B-17G Aircraft 42-97592 Was Assigned To 58 Missions Manned by 384th BG Personnel,
Earning Combat Credit For 38 Of Them
| Number |
Date |
Target |
Results |
Mission/Sortie Information |
| 156⇗ | 12 July 1944 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Munich / München, Germany | Completed Mission | Wing deputy. PFF ship and unidentified crew members provided by the 305th BG, Chelveston, AAF Station 105.
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| 181⇗ | 16 August 1944 | Target: Delitzsch Air Field and Air Equipment Depot
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Delitzsch, Germany | Completed Mission | Wing deputy. PFF ship.
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| 183⇗ | 24 August 1944 | Target: Synthetic Oil & Chemical Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Merseburg, Germany | Completed Mission | Wing deputy. PFF ship.
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| -- | 1 September 1944 | Ludwigshaven, Germany, RECALLED | Mission Recalled |
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| 187⇗ | 3 September 1944 | Target: I. G. Farben Chemical Works
Type: Industry
Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany | Completed Mission | PFF ship. Low Squadron lead.
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| 188⇗ | 5 September 1944 | Target: I. G. Farben Chemical Works
Type: Industry
Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
| 189⇗ | 8 September 1944 | Target: I. G. Farben Chemical Works
Type: Industry
Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany | Completed Mission | PFF ship. Wing deputy. Returned with #3 feathered.
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| 194⇗ | 13 September 1944 | Target: Leuna Synthetic Oil Refinery
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Merseburg, Germany | Completed Mission | Wing deputy; PFF ship.
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| 196⇗ | 19 September 1944 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Hamm, Germany | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
| 197⇗ | 21 September 1944 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Mainz, Germany | Completed Mission | Low group lead. PFF ship.
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| 198⇗ | 25 September 1944 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany | Completed Mission | C wing deputy. PFF ship.
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| 199⇗ | 26 September 1944 | Target: Steelworks
Type: Industry
Location: Osnabrück, Germany | Completed Mission | Lead group deputy. PFF ship.
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| 200⇗ | 27 September 1944 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards (PFF Aiming Points)
Type: Transportation
Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany | Completed Mission | Wing deputy. PFF ship.
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| 201⇗ | 28 September 1944 | Target: Steelworks
Type: Industry
Location: Magdeburg, Germany | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
| 202⇗ | 30 September 1944 | Target: Handorf Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Münster, Germany | Completed Mission | Wing lead. PFF ship.
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| 203⇗ | 2 October 1944 | Target: Ford Motor Works
Type: Industry
Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany | Completed Mission | Wing deputy. PFF ship. Led wing after Major Bean aborted. Turned over lead to high Squadron at IP for Gee-H bombing. After the Gee-H equipment failed on the second run, resumed lead and dropped using PFF aiming.
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| 208⇗ | 9 October 1944 | Target: Ball-Bearing Plant
Type: Bearings Industry
Location: Schweinfurt, Germany | Completed Mission | Group deputy. PFF ship.
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| 209⇗ | 11 October 1944 | Target: Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Wesseling, Germany | Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off | Replaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑98027. PFF ship.
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| 210⇗ | 14 October 1944 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Saarbrücken, Germany | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
| 211⇗ | 15 October 1944 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
| 212⇗ | 17 October 1944 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany | Completed Mission | Low Squadron lead. PFF ship.
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| 213⇗ | 18 October 1944 | Target: Ford Motor Works
Type: Industry
Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany | Completed Mission | Group deputy. PFF ship. Took over on bomb run after lead Gee-H equipment failed, but too late to bomb primary. Led Squadron to attack secondary by PFF.
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| 215⇗ | 25 October 1944 | Target: Nordstern Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany | Completed Mission | Low Squadron lead. PFF ship. Relinquished lead to deputy at IP for Gee-H guidance on bomb run.
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| 216⇗ | 30 October 1944 | Target: Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
| 217⇗ | 1 November 1944 | Target: Nordstern Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany | Completed Mission | Low Squadron lead. PFF ship. Led Squadron in PFF attack on secondary target.
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| 218⇗ | 2 November 1944 | Target: Ruhr-Chemie A.G. Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Sterkrade (Holten), Germany | Completed Mission | Low Squadron lead. PFF ship. Turned over lead to deputy for Gee-H bomb run.
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| 219⇗ | 4 November 1944 | Target: Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Bottrop (Welheim), Germany | Completed Mission | PFF ship; high Squadron lead. Took lead for 2nd bomb run and bombing with PFF.
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| 224⇗ | 10 November 1944 | Target: Ostheim Airfield & Butzweilerhof Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany | Completed Mission | 41C Group, High Squadron Lead. PFF ship. Landed away at RAF Woodbridge, Suffolk, due to low fuel.
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| 227⇗ | 20 November 1944 | Target: Buer Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany | Completed Mission | PFF ship; low Squadron lead, 41st Bomb Wing C group.
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| 228⇗ | 23 November 1944 | Target: Nordstern Coking Plant at Gelsenkirchener Bergwerks-A.G.
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany | Completed Mission | High Squadron lead, B group; PFF ship.
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| 229⇗ | 25 November 1944 | Target: Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Lützkendorf, Germany | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
| 233⇗ | 30 November 1944 | Target: Synthetic Oil Refinery
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Zeitz, Germany | Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off | Replaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 44‑8221.
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| 237⇗ | 9 December 1944 | Target: Airfield and Daimler Factory
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Böblingen (Stuttgart area), Germany | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
| 241⇗ | 19 December 1944 | Target: Railway Junction
Type: Transportation
Location: Glaadt, Germany | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
| 242⇗ | 23 December 1944 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Ehrang, Germany | Completed Mission | Ground Spare Aircraft, replaced 43‑37917. Landed away at RAF Wethersfield, Essex, due to weather. Apparently ferried to Ridgewell prior to 24 December mission.
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| 243⇗ | 24 December 1944 | Target: Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Kirch Göns, Germany | Completed Mission | Took off from Ridgewell Airfield, AAF Station 167 (was unable to return to GU after prior day's mission due to weather), to lead a Squadron of the 381st BG to attack Steinbach Airfield in Germany.
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| 244⇗ | 27 December 1944 | Target: Bridge (Tactical)
Type: Transportation
Location: Altenahr, Germany | Completed Mission | High Squadron lead. Turned over lead of Squadron to deputy at the IP for a Gee-H run. The Gee-H failed about 2/3 of the way to the target and Parker resumed the lead and attempted to complete the attack visually, but was unable to. They then attempted to complete a second run visually, which was unsuccessful because conditions prevented identification of the target, so they moved on to the secondary, using PFF with visual assist.
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| 245⇗ | 28 December 1944 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Brühl, Germany | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
| 246⇗ | 30 December 1944 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Limburg, Germany | Completed Mission | High Squadron lead. PFF & Gee-H ship.
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| 247⇗ | 31 December 1944 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Neuss, Germany | Completed Mission | Low Squadron lead. PFF ship.
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| 249⇗ | 2 January 1945 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Gerolstein, Germany | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
| 250⇗ | 3 January 1945 | Target: Enemy Strong Point & Transportation Hub
Type: Military
Location: St Vith, Belgium | Completed Mission | Low Squadron lead. PFF ship. Low Squadron released bombs when the group lead released.
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| 254⇗ | 10 January 1945 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Bonn, Germany | Completed Mission | High Squadron lead. PFF ship. Bombed secondary target on first run, PFF with visual assist.
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| 256⇗ | 17 January 1945 | Target: Railroad Viaduct
Type: Transportation
Location: Bielefeld, Germany | Completed Mission | High Squadron lead. PFF ship.
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| 258⇗ | 21 January 1945 | Target: Marshalling Yard
Type: Transportation
Location: Aschaffenburg, Germany | Completed Mission | Group lead. PFF and Gee-H ship.
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| 261⇗ | 28 January 1945 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany | Completed Mission | Loaned to the 306th BG, with Gee-H navigator.
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| -- | 7 February 1945 | Essen/Bottrop, Germany, RECALLED | Mission Recalled | Capt. Bean HSqLd; Arnold bombardier
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| 278⇗ | 1 March 1945 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Bruchsal, Germany | Completed Mission | Loaned to the 401st BG for today's mission. Manned by 401st personnel, except as noted on the Sortie Report.
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| 292⇗ | 19 March 1945 | Target: Braunkohle-Benzin Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Bohlen, Germany | Completed Mission | 41D Squadron, Squadron Lead. PFF ship.
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| 293⇗ | 20 March 1945 | Target: Deutsche Werft Submarine Shipyard
Type: Submarine Facility
Location: Hamburg, Germany | Completed Mission | Group deputy.
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| 293⇗ | 20 March 1945 | Target: Deutsche Werft Submarine Shipyard
Type: Submarine Facility
Location: Hamburg, Germany | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
| 294⇗ | 22 March 1945 | Target: German Hutted Camps (Barracks) at 51°36'N,7°06'E
Type: Military
Location: Westerholt, Germany | Completed Mission | Low Squadron lead. PFF & Gee-H ship.
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| 296⇗ | 24 March 1945 | Target: Vechta Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Vechta, Germany | Completed Mission | Loaned to the 92nd BG for today's mission. Manned by 92nd BG personnel, except as noted on the Sortie Report.
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| 306⇗ | 7 April 1945 | Target: Underground Oil Storage Plant
Type: Military
Location: Hitzacker, Germany | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
| 311⇗ | 15 April 1945 | Target: Flak guns at Pointe de Suzac
Type: Military
Location: Royan, France | Flight Completed | Weather aircraft.
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| 312⇗ | 16 April 1945 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Regensburg, Germany | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
| 315⇗ | 20 April 1945 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Seddin, Germany | Completed Mission | High Squadron Deputy and hot camera ship. PFF ship
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| -- | 23 April 1945 | Training
(Non-Combat) | Flight Completed | HSq Deputy
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