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Mission # 81

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 24 March 1944
Eighth Air Force Operations Operations description not yet available.
384th Bomb Group Mission
384th BG Mission Number 81, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 277
Ball Bearing Plant Spared
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The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the low group of the 41st Combat Bombardment Wing on today's mission. The primary target was hidden by heavy clouds, so the Wing bombed the city of Frankfurt.
Primary Target Target: Ball-Bearing Plant
Type: Bearings Industry
Location: Schweinfurt, Germany
Target Attacked (Mode) Secondary (PFF)
Target: City
Type: Non-Military
Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Completed Mission, not including spares - 20
Crashed - 1
Flight Completed - 1
Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed - 2
Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 3
Scrubbed - 1
Mission Personnel Mission Personnel Roster⇗ or Mission Loading Lists⇗
Mission Documents Combat Mission Records and Plans obtained from the National Archives⇗
Other Mission Documents 1944-03-24, Group Lead, G. Harris, E. Ulrey⇗

28 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
42‑3440⇗Jorgenson, Henry (NMI)⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31048⇗Poole, George Irvin⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31166⇗Briley, Scott Andrew⇗Crashed In Allied TerritoryFlying spare. Turned back early with engine trouble, crash-landed at Nuthampstead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31211⇗MacPhail, Philip Ray⇗Completed MissionGroup deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31235⇗[N/A]Lead Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑31346⇗Herbert, Joseph Robert⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31375⇗Courtemanche, Ralph Eudor⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31433⇗Stearns, Clarence Grover⇗Flight CompletedWeather aircraft; remainder of crew (CP, N, Eng, RO) not identified.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31484⇗Langlois, Robert Ezra⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31495⇗Clayton, John Earl⇗Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31740⇗Berbrich, John Martin⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37758⇗Barad, Robert Leo⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37776⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑37785⇗Baylor, Robert Bledsoe⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37816⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑97139.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37885⇗Harvey, Walter Lewis⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37982⇗Goller, Theodore (NMI)⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38014⇗Ulrey, Edgar Ellsworth⇗Completed MissionGroup lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38112⇗Fioretti, Edward Anthony⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38208⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑39888⇗Foster, James Everett⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97081⇗Corcoran, John Joseph⇗Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97124⇗Hines, James Wesley⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97136⇗Knapp, Paul Bernard⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97139⇗Heffley, Farris Ormond⇗Completed MissionGround Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑37816.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97142⇗Smith, Charles Grover⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97477⇗Helmley, Loyd Elmer⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97510⇗Cole, Howard Woodrow⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗