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Mission # 29

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 8 October 1943
VIII Bomber Command Operations Operations description not yet available.
384th Bomb Group Mission
384th BG Mission Number 29, VIII BC Mission Number 111
Bremen Attacked
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The 384th Bombardment Group (H) sent 21 aircraft on today's mission. 'The primary target was covered by an intense smoke screen. Consequently, we turned slightly to the right and bombed the center of the city.'
Primary Target Target: Workshops
Type: Submarine Facility
Location: Bremen, Germany
Target Attacked (Mode) Other (Visual)
Target: City Center
Type: Non-Military
Location: Bremen, Germany
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Completed Mission, not including spares - 19
Flight Completed - 1
Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 2
Scrubbed - 1
Aborted - 2
Mission Personnel Mission Personnel Roster⇗ or Mission Loading Lists⇗
Mission Documents Combat Mission Records and Plans obtained from the National Archives⇗

25 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
41‑24525⇗Kaczaraba, William (NMI)⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
41‑24560⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑5444.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
41‑24575⇗Jorgenson, Henry (NMI)⇗Completed MissionLanded away at Attlebridge Airfield, AAF Station 120, due to low fuel. Landed at Grafton Underwood at 7:10PM, about 1.5 hours after the rest of the Group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑3216⇗Van der Haeghen, Joseph Albert⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑3218⇗Armstrong, Lloyd Rowland⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.High Squadron lead. Turned back, unable to keep up with formation due to lack of power.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑3259⇗Jones, William Arch⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑3429⇗Estes, Thomas Jefferson⇗Completed MissionGroup lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑3440⇗Sprague, Alfred Lee⇗Completed MissionGroup deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑5086⇗Harry, William Russell⇗Flight CompletedAir-sea rescue ship. Remainder of crew not identified.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑5404⇗Thompson, Siguard (NMI)⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑5444⇗Hurley, Joseph Anthony⇗Completed MissionGround Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑24560.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑5852⇗Goulder, Edmund Samuel⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29554⇗Ashcraft, Archie Bertis⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29557⇗Fields, Leon⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29703⇗Robinson, Robert Lawrence⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29712⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑29717⇗Williams, Walter Gordon⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29768⇗Willing, Mark Skinner⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29809⇗Bedsole, Joseph Linyer⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29814⇗Ingles, John Thomas⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29935⇗Calnon, Mark Brooks⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29987⇗Price, William Merriman⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Turned back, the right waist gunner "could not stand altitude."
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑30026⇗MacPhail, Philip Ray⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑30033⇗[N/A]Lead Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑30196⇗Ogilvie, Donald Potter⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗