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Mission # 33

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 20 October 1943
VIII Bomber Command Operations Operations description not yet available.
384th Bomb Group Mission
384th BG Mission Number 33, VIII BC Mission Number 116
Weather & Traffic - No Attack
The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the high group of the 41st CBW. Dense clouds to 32,000' at the German border forced the Wing to turn back and seek targets of opportunity. The Wing leader made a bomb run on an unknown airfield in Occupied Territory, but the low group was directly below the 384th, so bombs were held.
Primary Target Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Düren, Germany
Target Attacked (Mode) No Target Attacked
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Completed Mission, not including spares - 16
Scrubbed - 1
Aborted - 3
Mission Personnel Mission Personnel Roster or Mission Loading Lists
Mission Documents Combat Mission Records and Plans obtained from the National Archives

20 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
41‑24557Sundlun, Bruce GeorgeCompleted MissionLow Squadron lead.
SORTIE REPORT
41‑24560Hurley, Joseph AnthonyCompleted Mission SORTIE REPORT
41‑24575Jorgenson, Henry (NMI)Aborted Mission After Taking Off. SORTIE REPORT
41‑24578Fields, LeonCompleted Mission SORTIE REPORT
42‑3259Jones, William ArchCompleted Mission SORTIE REPORT
42‑3440Sprague, Alfred LeeCompleted Mission SORTIE REPORT
42‑5051Robinson, Robert LawrenceCompleted Mission SORTIE REPORT
42‑5404Thompson, Siguard (NMI)Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT
42‑5444Ross, Burton RaymondCompleted Mission SORTIE REPORT
42‑5747[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑29636.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑5838Estes, Thomas JeffersonCompleted MissionGroup lead.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑29632Ashcraft, Archie BertisCompleted Mission SORTIE REPORT
42‑29636Jacobs, Randolph George EdwardCompleted MissionGround Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑5747.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑29717Carpenter, Walter RichardCompleted Mission SORTIE REPORT
42‑29723Wilson, William MonroeAborted Mission After Taking Off. SORTIE REPORT
42‑29768Bedsole, Joseph LinyerCompleted Mission SORTIE REPORT
42‑29927Carter, T L (IO)Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT
42‑29987Willing, Mark SkinnerCompleted MissionHigh Squadron lead.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑30005MacPhail, Philip RayAborted Mission After Taking Off. SORTIE REPORT
42‑30033Kelly, James HenryCompleted MissionGroup deputy.
SORTIE REPORT