| Mission Date | 9 October 1943 |
| VIII Bomber Command Operations | Show Operations |
| 384th Bomb Group Mission |
384th BG Mission Number 30, VIII BC Mission Number 113
Aircraft Factories Attacked The 384th Bombardment Group (H) put up 21 Flying Fortresses as the High Group of the 41st Combat Bombardment Wing, which led the 1st Air Task Force on today's mission. They pounded one source of enemy air strength, the aircraft factories at Anklam, with excellent results under perfect bombing conditions.
Maj. Ketelsen, Group Leader: 'Fifteen fighters attacked at 1035 for ten minutes, halfway through Denmark, but no fighters or flak from there to target. After leaving the target, Ju-88s, ME's, and FW-190s attacked for two hours. Flew too close to Rostock and its heavy intense flak on way home. Thirty minutes after the two hour attack ended, 60 miles off the Frisian Islands, FW-190s attacked the wing following the 41st wing. Low clouds forced the group up so that it came home apart from other groups.' |
| Primary Target |
Target: Aircraft Factories Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Anklam, Germany |
| Target Attacked (Mode) | Primary (Visual) |
| Sortie/Aircraft Summary |
Completed Mission, not including spares - 17 Ditched - 1 Scrubbed - 1 Aborted - 2 Failed To Return - 1 |
| Mission Personnel | Mission Personnel Roster⇗ or Mission Loading Lists⇗ |
| Mission Documents | Combat Mission Records and Plans obtained from the National Archives⇗ |
| Aircraft | Pilot | Results | Mission/Sortie Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| 41‑24529⇗ | Willing, Mark Skinner⇗ | Aborted Mission After Taking Off. | Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑3216. Subsequently aborted, unable to locate formation after late takeoff. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 41‑24557⇗ | Sundlun, Bruce George⇗ | Completed Mission | Group deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 41‑24560⇗ | Hurley, Joseph Anthony⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑3037⇗ | Ashcraft, Archie Bertis⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑3051⇗ | MacPhail, Philip Ray⇗ | Completed Mission | Aircraft sustained severe battle damage, with 42 holes in critical positions. It did not fly again until December 13. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑3216⇗ | [N/A] | Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off | Replaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 41-24529. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑3218⇗ | Jones, William Arch⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑3441⇗ | Armstrong, Lloyd Rowland⇗ | Completed Mission | Group lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑5086⇗ | Wilson, William Monroe⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑5747⇗ | Kopf, William Everett⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑29651⇗ | Carpenter, Walter Richard⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑29703⇗ | Robinson, Robert Lawrence⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑29712⇗ | Calnon, Mark Brooks⇗ | Failed To Return | Disabled by enemy aircraft, crashed in Schleswig-Holstein; MACR 873. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑29717⇗ | Sprague, Alfred Lee⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑29809⇗ | Bedsole, Joseph Linyer⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑29814⇗ | Ingles, John Thomas⇗ | Failed To Return: Ditched | Damaged by enemy aircraft; ditched at 1341 hrs 50 mi. west of Danish coast, North Sea; MACR 872. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑29867⇗ | Williams, Walter Gordon⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑29927⇗ | Kaczaraba, William (NMI)⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑29987⇗ | Price, William Merriman⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑30005⇗ | Harry, William Russell⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑30026⇗ | Keller, Lawrence Larry⇗ | Aborted Mission After Taking Off. | Turned back because #4 engine was rough; jettisoned bombs in safe condition in The Wash; landed away at Kingscliffe; #2 prop nicked by flak; piece of flak embedded in pilot's cushion; empty shell casing wedged in the cooling fins in #3 engine. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑30033⇗ | Kelly, James Henry⇗ | Completed Mission | High Squadron lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |