Mission # 257

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 20 January 1945
Eighth Air Force Operations Operations description not yet available.
384th Bomb Group Mission
384th BG Mission Number 257, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 801
Transportation Bombed
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The 384th Bombardment Group (Heavy) formed the 41st B group on today's mission. Weather prevented visual bombing, and the formation was unable to use Gee-H guidance to the target, so the PFF Primary target was bombed, with unobserved results. Upon the Group's return to Grafton Underwood, a heavy snowstorm forced nearly all aircraft to land elsewhere.
Primary Target Target: Rail and Road Bridges
Type: Transportation
Location: Mannheim, Germany
Target Attacked (Mode) PFF Primary (PFF)
Target: Marshalling Yard
Type: Transportation
Location: Mannheim, Germany
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Completed Mission, not including spares - 34
Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 2
Crashed - 2
Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 2
Scrubbed - 2
Aborted - 1
Mission Personnel Mission Personnel Roster⇗ or Mission Loading Lists⇗
Mission Documents Combat Mission Records and Plans obtained from the National Archives⇗

43 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
42‑32106⇗Baughman, John R⇗Completed MissionLanded away at RAF Warboys, Huntingdonshire (now Cambridgeshire).
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42‑37822⇗Milligan, George Robert⇗Completed MissionLanded away at RAF Upwood, Huntingdonshire (now Cambridgeshire).
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42‑38013⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑97251⇗Cook, Raymond D⇗Crashed In Allied TerritoryGround Spare Aircraft, replaced 42‑107125 when it was taken by Abbott in the lead Squadron. Low Squadron Deputy.
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42‑97510⇗Peterson, Calvin James⇗Completed MissionLanded away at Cheddington Airfield, AAF Station 113.
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42‑97824⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Gee-H aircraft 42‑107125, which was originally assigned to Cook, low Squadron deputy.
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42‑97960⇗Molder, Charles Richard⇗Completed MissionLanded away at RAF Wyton, Cambridgeshire.
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42‑97986⇗Walker, Jay F⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron lead; PFF ship. Landed away at RAF Stradishall, Suffolk.
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42‑102501⇗McKay, William Monroe⇗Completed MissionLanded away at RAF Newmarket, Suffolk.
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42‑102518⇗Hollingsworth, Fredrick Clay⇗Completed MissionLanded away at RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire.
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42‑102620⇗Warner, Henry L⇗Spare, Completed MissionHigh Squadron flying spare; joined formation. Landed away at Bassingbourn Airfield, AAF Station 121.
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42‑102661⇗Van Pelt, Charles A⇗Completed MissionLanded away at RAF Newmarket, Suffolk.
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42‑107125⇗Abbott, William H⇗Completed MissionThis aircraft was originally assigned to Cook (low Squadron deputy); taken by Abbott after finding 42‑97824 unservicable, and no other Gee-H ships were available. Landed away at RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire.
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42‑107148⇗Hewes, Charles Pershing⇗Completed MissionLanded away at Little Walden Airfield, AAF Station 165.
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43‑37703⇗Kramer, William Leo⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron Hot camera ship. Landed away at RAF Upwood, Huntingdonshire (now Cambridgeshire).
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43‑38016⇗Rice, Robert Eugene⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron deputy; Gee-H ship. Landed away at RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire.
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43‑38062⇗Fisher, Robert Jeremy⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron hot camera ship. Landed away at RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire.
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43‑38542⇗Fleshman, Warren Gray⇗Crashed In Allied TerritoryCrash landed near Molesworth Airfield, AAF Station 107 due to weather and engine failures; 2 crew killed, 7 seriously injured.
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43‑38548⇗Ramsay, Walter E⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Landed away at RAF Manston, Kent.
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43‑38630⇗Whitesides, John Boyce⇗Completed MissionLead Squadron hot camera ship. Landed away at RAF Bourn, Cambridgeshire.
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43‑38673⇗Welsh, James H⇗Completed MissionLanded away at RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire.
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43‑38678⇗Holmes, George W⇗Completed MissionLanded away at RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire.
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43‑38721⇗Mohr, James Henry⇗Completed MissionLanded away at Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire.
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43‑38747⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 43‑39053.
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43‑38752⇗Goble, Charles D⇗Completed MissionLanded away at RAF Wyton, Cambridgeshire.
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43‑38757⇗Ruckman, George Francis⇗Completed MissionOne of only three aircraft to land at Grafton Underwood.
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43‑38800⇗Smisek, William Joseph⇗Completed MissionOne of only three aircraft to land at Grafton Underwood.
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43‑38823⇗Starr, William George⇗Completed MissionLanded away at RAF Tempsford, Bedfordshire.
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43‑38850⇗Springsted, Donald George⇗Completed MissionLanded away at Ridgewell Airfield, AAF Station 167.
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43‑38927⇗Van Popering, Earle Allen⇗Completed MissionLanded away at RAF Warboys, Huntingdonshire (now Cambridgeshire).
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43‑38994⇗Gregg, William G⇗Completed MissionLanded away at RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire.
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43‑39053⇗Festersen, John Carl⇗Completed MissionGround Spare Aircraft; replaced 43‑38747. Landed away at RAF Upwood, Huntingdonshire (now Cambridgeshire).
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43‑39060⇗Gilmer, Charles E⇗Completed MissionLanded away at RAF Wyton, Cambridgeshire.
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43‑39131⇗Spangler, George Knox⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron hot camera ship. Landed away at Deenethorpe Airfield, AAF Station 128.
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44‑6109⇗MacKellar, Donald Allen⇗Completed MissionLanded away at Alconbury Airfield, AAF Station 102.
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44‑6476⇗Tatulis, Charles Paul⇗Completed MissionLanded away at Ridgewell Airfield, AAF Station 167.
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44‑6514⇗Belsinger, Harry Flair⇗Completed MissionLead Squadron hot camera ship. Landed away at Ridgewell Airfield, AAF Station 167.
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44‑6592⇗Bennett, Ralph J⇗Completed MissionLanded away at RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire.
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44‑8211⇗Ellis, Harold Richard⇗Completed MissionGroup lead; PFF & Gee-H ship. Landed away at RAF Warboys, Huntingdonshire (now Cambridgeshire).
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44‑8221⇗[N/A]Lead Ground Spare Aircraft, UnusedLead Ground Spare Aircraft; PFF ship.
44‑8401⇗Smith, James Milton⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron lead; PFF ship. Landed away at RAF Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire.
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44‑8430⇗Rush, Joseph Henry⇗Spare, Completed MissionLead Squadron flying spare; joined formation. One of only three aircraft to land at Grafton Underwood.
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44‑8608⇗Galiano, Joe Vincent⇗Completed MissionLanded away at Bury St. Edmunds Airfield, Suffolk.
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