B-17G Aircraft 43-38548 Was Assigned To 85 Missions Manned by 384th BG Personnel,
Earning Combat Credit For 70 Of Them
| Number |
Date |
Target |
Results |
Mission/Sortie Information |
| 201⇗ | 28 September 1944 | Target: Steelworks
Type: Industry
Location: Magdeburg, Germany | Completed Mission |
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| 202⇗ | 30 September 1944 | Target: Handorf Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Münster, Germany | Completed Mission |
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| 203⇗ | 2 October 1944 | Target: Ford Motor Works
Type: Industry
Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany | Completed Mission |
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| 204⇗ | 3 October 1944 | Target: Synthetic Oil Refinery
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Wesseling, Germany | Spare, Completed Mission | Low Squadron flying spare; joined formation.
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| 205⇗ | 5 October 1944 | Type: Industry
Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany | Completed Mission | Lead Squadron. Released bombs early.
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| 207⇗ | 7 October 1944 | Target: Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Leipzig, Germany | Completed Mission | Low Squadron.
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| 208⇗ | 9 October 1944 | Target: Ball-Bearing Plant
Type: Bearings Industry
Location: Schweinfurt, Germany | Completed Mission |
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| 209⇗ | 11 October 1944 | Target: Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Wesseling, Germany | Completed Mission | Fourth Squadron.
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| 210⇗ | 14 October 1944 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Saarbrücken, Germany | Completed Mission |
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| 211⇗ | 15 October 1944 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany | Completed Mission |
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| 212⇗ | 17 October 1944 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany | Completed Mission |
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| 213⇗ | 18 October 1944 | Target: Ford Motor Works
Type: Industry
Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany | Completed Mission |
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| 215⇗ | 25 October 1944 | Target: Nordstern Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany | Completed Mission | Lead Squadron.
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| 216⇗ | 30 October 1944 | Target: Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany | Completed Mission |
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| 217⇗ | 1 November 1944 | Target: Nordstern Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany | Completed Mission |
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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 |
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| 226⇗ | 16 November 1944 | Target: Tactical - Artillery Positions
Type: Military
Location: Eschweiler, Germany | Completed Mission | Landed away at Stratford, due to weather.
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| 227⇗ | 20 November 1944 | Target: Buer Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany | Completed Mission |
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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 |
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| 229⇗ | 25 November 1944 | Target: Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Lützkendorf, Germany | Completed Mission | Landed away at Aldermaston, due to weather.
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| 231⇗ | 27 November 1944 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Offenburg, Germany | Completed Mission |
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| 232⇗ | 29 November 1944 | Target: Oil Refinery
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Misburg, Germany | Completed Mission |
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| 234⇗ | 2 December 1944 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Oberlahnstein, Germany | Spare, Completed Mission | Lead Squadron flying spare; joined formation.
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| 235⇗ | 4 December 1944 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Soest, Germany | Completed Mission |
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| 236⇗ | 6 December 1944 | Target: Leuna Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Merseburg, Germany | Completed Mission |
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| 237⇗ | 9 December 1944 | Target: Airfield and Daimler Factory
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Böblingen (Stuttgart area), Germany | Completed Mission | Low Squadron hot camera ship.
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| 238⇗ | 11 December 1944 | Target: Road & Rail Bridge
Type: Transportation
Location: Mannheim, Germany | Completed Mission |
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| 239⇗ | 12 December 1944 | Target: Leuna Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Merseburg, Germany | Completed Mission |
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| 240⇗ | 18 December 1944 | Target: Road Junction
Type: Transportation
Location: Gemünd, Germany | Completed Mission |
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| 241⇗ | 19 December 1944 | Target: Railway Junction
Type: Transportation
Location: Glaadt, Germany | Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off | Did not take off due to weather which deteriorated after lead aircraft took off. [N.B.: The 546th loading list for this mission does not list crews who did not take off.]
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| 244⇗ | 27 December 1944 | Target: Bridge (Tactical)
Type: Transportation
Location: Altenahr, Germany | Completed Mission | Lead Squadron.
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| 245⇗ | 28 December 1944 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Brühl, Germany | Completed Mission |
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| 246⇗ | 30 December 1944 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Limburg, Germany | Completed Mission | Low Squadron.
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| 247⇗ | 31 December 1944 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Neuss, Germany | Completed Mission |
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| 249⇗ | 2 January 1945 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Gerolstein, Germany | Completed Mission | Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 43‑38721.
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| 252⇗ | 7 January 1945 | Target: Enemy Strong Point
Type: Military
Location: Blankenheim, Germany | Completed Mission |
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| 253⇗ | 8 January 1945 | Target: Railroad
Type: Transportation
Location: Kyllburg, Germany | Completed Mission |
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| 254⇗ | 10 January 1945 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Bonn, Germany | Completed Mission | High Squadron.
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| 255⇗ | 15 January 1945 | Target: Neuburg Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Neuburg an der Donau, Germany | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
| 256⇗ | 17 January 1945 | Target: Railroad Viaduct
Type: Transportation
Location: Bielefeld, Germany | Completed Mission |
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| 257⇗ | 20 January 1945 | Target: Rail and Road Bridges
Type: Transportation
Location: Mannheim, Germany | Aborted Mission After Taking Off. | Landed away at RAF Manston, Kent.
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| 263⇗ | 1 February 1945 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Mannheim, Germany | Completed Mission |
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| 264⇗ | 3 February 1945 | Target: Tempelhof Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Berlin, Germany | Completed Mission | High Squadron, Hot Camera Ship.
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| -- | 7 February 1945 | Essen/Bottrop, Germany, RECALLED | Mission Recalled |
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| 266⇗ | 14 February 1945 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Dresden, Germany | Completed Mission |
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| 267⇗ | 15 February 1945 | Target: Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Bohlen, Germany | Did Not Take Off | Did not take off because bad weather halted flight operations.
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| -- | 17 February 1945 | Mannheim, Germany, RECALLED | Mission Recalled |
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| 268⇗ | 19 February 1945 | Target: Coking Plant
Type: Industry
Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany | Completed Mission |
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| 269⇗ | 20 February 1945 | Target: Main Railroad Station
Type: Transportation
Location: Nuremberg / Nürnberg, Germany | Spare, Completed Mission | Lead Squadron flying spare; joined formation.
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| 270⇗ | 21 February 1945 | Target: Tank Factory
Type: Industry
Location: Nuremberg / Nürnberg, Germany | Completed Mission |
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| 271⇗ | 22 February 1945 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Ülzen, Germany | Completed Mission | Low Squadron hot camera ship.
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| 272⇗ | 23 February 1945 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Plauen, Germany | Completed Mission |
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| 273⇗ | 24 February 1945 | Target: Submarine Construction Shipyard
Type: Shipyards
Location: Hamburg, Germany | Completed Mission |
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| 275⇗ | 26 February 1945 | Target: Schlesicher Railroad Station (Bahnhof)
Type: Transportation
Location: Berlin, Germany | Completed Mission |
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| 276⇗ | 27 February 1945 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Wahren (Leipzig area), Germany | Completed Mission |
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| 277⇗ | 28 February 1945 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Hagen, Germany | Completed Mission | Lead Squadron. Landed away at Alconbury Airfield, AAF Station 102, on return, due to low fuel.
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| 281⇗ | 4 March 1945 | Target: Ordnance Depot
Type: Military
Location: Ulm, Germany | Completed Mission |
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| 282⇗ | 7 March 1945 | Target: Oil Refinery
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Bochum, Germany | Spare, Completed Mission | Low Squadron flying spare; joined formation.
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| 283⇗ | 8 March 1945 | Target: Oil Refinery - 'Benzol Plant'
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Essen, Germany | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
| 284⇗ | 9 March 1945 | Target: Henschel Tank and Locomotive Works
Type: Industry
Location: Kassel, Germany | Completed Mission |
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| 285⇗ | 10 March 1945 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Schwerte, Germany | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
| 287⇗ | 12 March 1945 | Target: Railway Center
Type: Transportation
Location: Betzdorf, Germany | Completed Mission |
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| 288⇗ | 14 March 1945 | Target: Railroad Bridge, Weser River
Type: Transportation
Location: Bad Oeynhausen, Germany | Completed Mission |
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| 289⇗ | 15 March 1945 | Target: Army HQ
Type: Military
Location: Zossen, Germany | Completed Mission | Low Squadron hot camera ship.
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| 291⇗ | 18 March 1945 | Target: Schlesischer Railway Station
Type: Transportation
Location: Berlin, Germany | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
| 292⇗ | 19 March 1945 | Target: Braunkohle-Benzin Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Bohlen, Germany | Completed Mission | 41C Group.
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| 293⇗ | 20 March 1945 | Target: Deutsche Werft Submarine Shipyard
Type: Submarine Facility
Location: Hamburg, Germany | Completed Mission |
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| 294⇗ | 22 March 1945 | Target: German Hutted Camps (Barracks) at 51°36'N,7°06'E
Type: Military
Location: Westerholt, Germany | Completed Mission |
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| 299⇗ | 28 March 1945 | Target: Berlin/Spandau Motor Transport Works
Type: Industry
Location: Spandau (Berlin), Germany | Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off | Replaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑102620.
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| 300⇗ | 30 March 1945 | Target: Deutsche Schiff- u. Maschinenbau A.G. (DESCHIMAG)
Submarine and Warship Yard
Machine Shop
Type: Submarine Facility
Location: Bremen, Germany | Completed Mission |
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| 301⇗ | 31 March 1945 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Lützkendorf, Germany | Completed Mission |
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| 302⇗ | 3 April 1945 | Target: Underground Oil Storage Depot
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Kiel, Germany | Completed Mission |
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| 303⇗ | 4 April 1945 | Target: Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Fassberg, Germany | Aborted Mission After Taking Off. | High Squadron. Returned to base with #1 engine out, #4 prop ran away.
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| 304⇗ | 5 April 1945 | Target: Ordnance Depot
Type: Military
Location: Ingolstadt, Germany | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
| 305⇗ | 6 April 1945 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards (Visual Primary)
Type: Transportation
Location: Leipzig, Germany | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
| 306⇗ | 7 April 1945 | Target: Underground Oil Storage Plant
Type: Military
Location: Hitzacker, Germany | Completed Mission |
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| 307⇗ | 9 April 1945 | Target: Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany | Completed Mission |
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| 308⇗ | 10 April 1945 | Target: Ordnance Depot Workshop Area
Type: Military
Location: Oranienburg, Germany | Completed Mission |
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| 310⇗ | 14 April 1945 | Target: Gun Battery
Type: Military
Location: Royan (Bordeaux), France | Completed Mission | Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 43‑38501. Feathered one engine just before bombs away, but stayed with formation.
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| 312⇗ | 16 April 1945 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Regensburg, Germany | Aborted Mission After Taking Off. | Turned back due to a faulty prop governor.
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| 313⇗ | 17 April 1945 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Dresden, Germany | Completed Mission | Ground Spare Aircraft, replaced 43‑38747. Lead Squadron hot camera ship.
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| 314⇗ | 19 April 1945 | Target: Railroad Station & Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Elsterwerda, Germany | Completed Mission |
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| 315⇗ | 20 April 1945 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Seddin, Germany | Completed Mission |
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| -- | 23 April 1945 | Training
(Non-Combat) | Flight Completed |
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| 316⇗ | 25 April 1945 | Target: Skoda Armament Works
Type: Industry
Location: Pilsen / Plzeň, Czechoslovakia | Completed Mission |
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