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Mission # 37

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 26 November 1943
VIII Bomber Command Operations Operations description not yet available.
384th Bomb Group Mission
384th BG Mission Number 37, VIII BC Mission Number 138
Bremen Bombed
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The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew today's mission as one group of the 41st Combat Wing. Assembly was impeded by conflicting traffic, but they eventually formed up and bombed the target with the Wing.
Primary Target Target: City Center
Type: Non-Military
Location: Bremen, Germany
Target Attacked (Mode) Primary (Unknown)
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Completed Mission, not including spares - 16
Returned Early - 1
Ditched - 1
Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed - 1
Failed To Return - 3
Mission Personnel Mission Personnel Roster⇗ or Mission Loading Lists⇗
Mission Documents Combat Mission Records and Plans obtained from the National Archives⇗
Other Mission Documents 1943-11-26, Group Lead, R. Ketelsen, L. Armstrong⇗

22 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
41‑24557⇗Thompson, Siguard (NMI)⇗Completed MissionGroup deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑3218⇗Bedsole, Joseph Linyer⇗Returned EarlyTurned back with a supercharger failure, apparently after entering into enemy airspace and thereby earning combat credit.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑3429⇗Sprague, Alfred Lee⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑5051⇗Gilmore, William Featherston⇗Failed To Return: DitchedDamaged by flak, ditched in the North Sea near the English coast, with most of the crew rescued; MACR 1579; T/Sgt. Maurice Henry awarded posthumous Distinguished Service Cross, Owens p.195; Maj. William Gilmore awarded Silver Star, Owens p. 198.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑5444⇗Armstrong, Lloyd Rowland⇗Completed MissionGroup lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑5838⇗Goulder, Edmund Samuel⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29529⇗Ashcraft, Archie Bertis⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29554⇗Yelvington, Melton Albert⇗Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29651⇗Herbert, Joseph Robert⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29768⇗Nelson, Darwin George⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29927⇗Martin, Rudolph Alfred⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29987⇗Amundson, Leslie Otho⇗Failed To ReturnDamaged by enemy aircraft, force-landed with injured crewman near Donkerbroek, the Netherlands; MACR 1662.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31042⇗Holland, John Benjamin⇗Failed To ReturnDamaged by enemy aircraft; crashed near Hagen, Germany; MACR 1663
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37727⇗Van der Haeghen, Joseph Albert⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37758⇗Jones, William Arch⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37762⇗Zitnik, Charles Allen⇗Failed To ReturnDamaged by enemy aircraft; crashed near Bad Zwischenahn, Germany; MACR 1580. Zitnik and Pelley landed with the ship. All others bailed out.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37785⇗Allison, Earl Thomas⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37788⇗Stearns, Clarence Grover⇗Completed MissionLanded away at RAF Warboys.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37789⇗Carpenter, Walter Richard⇗Completed MissionLanded away at Snetterton Heath.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37828⇗Jacobs, Randolph George Edward⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑39784⇗Jorgenson, Henry (NMI)⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑39796⇗Kaczaraba, William (NMI)⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗