B-17G Aircraft 43-39053 Was Assigned To 38 Missions Manned by 384th BG Personnel,
Earning Combat Credit For 36 Of Them
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Date |
Target |
Results |
Mission/Sortie Information |
| 254⇗ | 10 January 1945 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Bonn, Germany | Completed Mission | Low Squadron deputy.
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| 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 | Completed Mission | Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 43‑38747. Landed away at RAF Upwood, Huntingdonshire (now Cambridgeshire).
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| 259⇗ | 22 January 1945 | Target: Synthetic Oil Refinery
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Sterkrade, Germany | Completed Mission |
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| 260⇗ | 23 January 1945 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Neuss, Germany | Spare, Completed Mission | Lead Squadron flying spare; joined formation. Landed away at North Pickenham Airfield, AAF Station 143.
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| 261⇗ | 28 January 1945 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany | Completed Mission |
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| 262⇗ | 29 January 1945 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Siegen, Germany | Completed Mission | Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 44‑8007. Group deputy.
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| 263⇗ | 1 February 1945 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Mannheim, Germany | Completed Mission | Low Squadron deputy.
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| 264⇗ | 3 February 1945 | Target: Tempelhof Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Berlin, Germany | Completed Mission | High Squadron Deputy.
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| -- | 7 February 1945 | Essen/Bottrop, Germany, RECALLED | Mission Recalled |
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| 265⇗ | 9 February 1945 | Target: Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Lützkendorf, Germany | Completed Mission |
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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 | Completed Mission | Landed away at Bassingbourn Airfield, AAF Station 121.
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| 268⇗ | 19 February 1945 | Target: Coking Plant
Type: Industry
Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany | Completed Mission | High Squadron hot camera ship.
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| 269⇗ | 20 February 1945 | Target: Main Railroad Station
Type: Transportation
Location: Nuremberg / Nürnberg, Germany | Completed Mission |
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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 deputy.
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| 272⇗ | 23 February 1945 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Plauen, Germany | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
| 273⇗ | 24 February 1945 | Target: Submarine Construction Shipyard
Type: Shipyards
Location: Hamburg, Germany | Completed Mission | Lead Squadron hot camera ship.
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| 274⇗ | 25 February 1945 | Target: Tank & Submarine Engine Factory
Type: Industry
Location: Friedrichshafen, Germany | Completed Mission | High Squadron.
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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 | Spare, Completed Mission | High Squadron flying spare; joined formation.
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| 277⇗ | 28 February 1945 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Hagen, Germany | Completed Mission | Lead Squadron hot camera ship.
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| 279⇗ | 2 March 1945 | Target: Low Temperature Carbonization Plant and Refinery of Deutsche Petroleum A.G.
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Rositz, Germany | Completed Mission |
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| 280⇗ | 3 March 1945 | Target: Synthetic Oil Refinery
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Misburg, Germany | Completed Mission |
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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 | Completed Mission | Lead Squadron.
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| 283⇗ | 8 March 1945 | Target: Oil Refinery - 'Benzol Plant'
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Essen, Germany | Spare, Completed Mission | High Squadron flying spare; joined formation.
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| 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 | Completed Mission |
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| 286⇗ | 11 March 1945 | Target: Vacuum Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Bremen, 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 | High Squadron.
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| 290⇗ | 17 March 1945 | Target: Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Bohlen (Leipzig), Germany | Completed Mission |
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| 291⇗ | 18 March 1945 | Target: Schlesischer Railway Station
Type: Transportation
Location: Berlin, Germany | Completed Mission | Lead Squadron hot camera ship.
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| 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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| 295⇗ | 23 March 1945 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Gladbeck, Germany | Failed To Return | Left formation at target on fire after aircraft received direct flak burst, setting #4 on fire and #2 started smoking; the aircraft lost 8-10,000ft in a spin, then exploded in mid-air; two to four chutes observed; crashed near Duisburg, Germany. MACR 13611
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