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Mission # 243

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 24 December 1944
Eighth Air Force Operations Operations description not yet available.
384th Bomb Group Mission
384th BG Mission Number 243, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 760, Task Forces 1 & 2
Various Targets Attacked
The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew two formations for today's mission. The first formation formed the lead and low squadrons of the 41st Combat Bombardment Wing C Group (41C Group) as part of 8th Air Force Mission 760 Task Force 2, while the second formation, comprised of aircraft that had landed at Horham Airfield, Station 118, the previous day, flew in squadron strength with the 13th Combat Bombardment Wing F Group (13F Squadron) as part of 8th Air Force Mission 760 Task Force 1. Other 384th aircraft participated with other units as indicated in Sortie comments.
The 41C Group attacked their primary target, an airfield at Kirch Göns, Germany, and most returned to Grafton Underwood, except as noted. The 13F Squadron was unable to pick up their primary target in the bombsight so they attacked their secondary target, railroad marshaling yards at Kaiserslautern, Germany, by visual means: all 13F Squadron aircraft were diverted to Sudbury Airfield, Station 174, on their return due to inclement weather.
Primary Target Target: Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Kirch Göns, Germany
Target Attacked (Mode) Primary (Visual)
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Completed Mission, not including spares - 41
Flight Completed - 1
Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 3
Mission Personnel Mission Personnel Roster or Mission Loading Lists
Mission Documents Combat Mission Records and Plans obtained from the National Archives

45 AIRCRAFT ASSIGNED TO THIS MISSION
Table is sorted by Pilot, and may be sorted by any column: click the column head.
Aircraft Pilot Results Mission/Sortie Information
42‑3441Gabel, Raymond JohnFlight CompletedWeather aircraft.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑31484Rummel, Brian DunnCompleted Mission41C Group.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑32106Touton, William FrankCompleted Mission41C Group.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑37788Woodworth, John DempsterCompleted Mission41C Group.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑38208Smisek, William JosephCompleted Mission41C Group. Landed away at Sudbury Airfield, AAF Station 174, due to weather.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑39888Van Pelt, Charles ACompleted Mission41C Group.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑97150Jackson, Oakley HomerCompleted Mission41C Group.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑97251Festersen, John CarlCompleted Mission41C Group.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑97263Gregg, William GCompleted Mission13F Squadron.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑97271Backman, Glenn ElmerCompleted Mission13F Squadron.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑97320Ultcht, John PrestonCompleted Mission13F Squadron.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑97510Fahr, John (NMI)Completed MissionTook off from Ridgewell Airfield, AAF Station 167 (was unable to return to GU after prior day's mission due to weather) and flew the mission with the 381st BG, attacking their assigned primary target. Diverted to Sudbury Airfield, AAF Station 174, on return due to inclement weather.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑97592Kinnaird, William RobertCompleted MissionTook off from Ridgewell Airfield, AAF Station 167 (was unable to return to GU after prior day's mission due to weather), to lead a Squadron of the 381st BG to attack Steinbach Airfield in Germany.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑97960Molder, Charles RichardCompleted Mission13F Squadron.
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42‑97986Mohler, John GrigsbyCompleted Mission13F Squadron Deputy. PFF ship.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑98000Warner, Henry LCompleted MissionTook off from Eye Airfield, AAF Station 134 (was unable to return to GU after prior day's mission due to weather), and flew the mission with the 490th BG, attacking their assigned primary target.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑98027Ellis, Harold RichardCompleted Mission41C Group, Low Squadron Lead. Landed away at RAF Wratting Common, Cambridgeshire.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑102501Hollingsworth, Fredrick ClayCompleted Mission41C Group.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑102661Freiman, Peter PaulCompleted Mission13F Squadron.
SORTIE REPORT
43‑37703Galiano, Joe VincentCompleted Mission41C Group.
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43‑37717Starr, William GeorgeCompleted Mission41C Group.
SORTIE REPORT
43‑37917Zink, Joseph DarrellCompleted Mission41C Group.
SORTIE REPORT
43‑38016Wismer, Richard GlenCompleted Mission13F Squadron.
SORTIE REPORT
43‑38062DeFrancesco, John JosephCompleted Mission41C Group.
SORTIE REPORT
43‑38262Blankenmeyer, William JCompleted Mission41C Group Deputy. Gee-H ship.
SORTIE REPORT
43‑38501McLean, William SCompleted Mission13F Squadron.
SORTIE REPORT
43‑38616Oosterhof, Franklin GeraldCompleted Mission41C Group, Low Squadron Deputy. Landed away at Ridgewell Airfield, AAF Station 167, due to weather.
SORTIE REPORT
43‑38630Owens, Robert ClareCompleted Mission41C Group.
SORTIE REPORT
43‑38673Storey, Wallace ArnoldCompleted Mission41C Group.
SORTIE REPORT
43‑38678Weisenberg, LeonardCompleted Mission13F Squadron.
SORTIE REPORT
43‑38721Holmes, George WCompleted Mission13F Squadron.
SORTIE REPORT
43‑38752Klatt, Merton DaleCompleted Mission41C Group. Took off from Great Ashfield Airfield, AAF Station 155 (was unable to return to GU after prior day's mission due to weather), and flew mission with the 384th BG. Crewmember S/Sgt E Duff (FG), provided by 385th BG.
SORTIE REPORT
43‑38757Hicks, Ralph BenjaminCompleted Mission41C Group. Landed away at Sudbury Airfield, AAF Station 174, due to inclement weather.
SORTIE REPORT
43‑38800[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
43‑38823[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
43‑38927Gilmore, James RobsonCompleted Mission41C Group.
SORTIE REPORT
43‑38994Gilmer, Charles ECompleted Mission41C Group, Low Squadron Hot Camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT
44‑6105Abbott, William HCompleted Mission41C Group.
SORTIE REPORT
44‑6109Kinkead, Robert MillerCompleted Mission41C Group.
SORTIE REPORT
44‑6476Tatulis, Charles PaulCompleted Mission13F Squadron.
SORTIE REPORT
44‑8211Walker, Jay FCompleted Mission13F Squadron. PFF ship.
SORTIE REPORT
44‑8216[N/A]Lead Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
44‑8221Herzog, John HenryCompleted Mission41C Group Lead. PFF ship.
SORTIE REPORT
44‑8401Rowe, George BCompleted Mission13F Squadron Lead. PFF ship.
SORTIE REPORT
44‑8430Worthen, Kirk WinthropCompleted Mission41C Group.
SORTIE REPORT