| Mission Date | 11 February 1944 |
| Eighth Air Force Operations | Operations description not yet available. |
| 384th Bomb Group Mission |
384th BG Mission Number 62, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 218
Visual Attack Despite Confusion The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the high group of the 41st Combat Wing on today's mission. Due to confusion near the IP, this group dropped bombs on (or near) a Luftwaffe airfield, using visual sighting.
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| Primary Target |
Target: Propeller Factory (Foundry) Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
| Target Attacked (Mode) |
TOO (Visual) Target: Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
| Sortie/Aircraft Summary |
Completed Mission, not including spares - 12 Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 2 Scrubbed - 1 Aborted - 5 Failed To Return - 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 42‑3087⇗ | Kew, William Joseph⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑29723⇗ | Stier, George Withers⇗ | Spare, Completed Mission | Flying spare; joined formation. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑29809⇗ | Pryor, Raymond Thomas⇗ | Completed Mission | Landed away at RAF Stansted, Essex, due to low fuel and #1 engine knocked out by flak. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑29828⇗ | [N/A] | Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off | Replaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑31235. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑30026⇗ | Decker, Charles Edgar⇗ | Aborted Mission After Taking Off. | Turned back at 0919 hrs because of oxygen leakage in ball turret caused when a crew member stepped on and broke an electical conduit leading to ball turret. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑31235⇗ | Heffley, Farris Ormond⇗ | Aborted Mission After Taking Off. | Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑29828. Flying spare; joined formation; aborted before reaching enemy coast because oil temperature on #2 engine was too high, and #2 and #4 engines had detonation (pinging).
SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑31346⇗ | Rinne, Austin Dean⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑31375⇗ | Courtemanche, Ralph Eudor⇗ | Aborted Mission After Taking Off. | Turned back at 1000 hrs because flight engineer became unconscious from anoxia and 'bends', requiring immediate medical attention. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑31433⇗ | Carter, T L (IO)⇗ | Completed Mission | Group lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑31484⇗ | Bedsole, Joseph Linyer⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑31495⇗ | Wilson, William Monroe⇗ | Completed Mission | High Squadron lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑31606⇗ | Urton, Raymond Lee⇗ | Completed Mission | Group deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑37788⇗ | Smith, Harry Bailey⇗ | Aborted Mission After Taking Off. | Turned back at 1008 hrs; #2 supercharger ran away and could not be controlled. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑37801⇗ | Bennett, Phillip Nathan⇗ | Aborted Mission After Taking Off. | Turned back at 1011 hrs; #2 engine running rough and pulling 20" to 25". SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑37848⇗ | Horton, Lloyd (NMI)⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑37885⇗ | Poole, George Irvin⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑37974⇗ | Jones, William Arch⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑39888⇗ | Yelvington, Melton Albert⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑39962⇗ | Widener, Seth Grenell⇗ | Failed To Return | Last seen approaching French Coast making a left turn losing altitude, going into a steep spiral and into a dive at 10,000 ft; fire in bomb-bay, from several accounts in the MACR; crashed near Saint-Vaast-d'Équiqueville, France. MACR 2529 SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑39991⇗ | Markow, Henry Victor⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑40005⇗ | Moore, Clifford Orville⇗ | Failed To Return | Last seen at 1240 hrs 20 mi west of Frankfurt, losing altitude rapidly but under control; aircraft made a right turn toward another formation, continued losing altitude, dropping into clouds; Damaged by enemy aircraft; crashed near Valenciennes, France (9 km SE, per German report). MACR 2530 SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑97449⇗ | Daskey, Kendall (NMI)⇗ | Spare, Completed Mission | Flying spare; joined formation. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |