B-17G Aircraft 44-8007 Was Assigned To 71 Missions Manned by 384th BG Personnel,
Earning Combat Credit For 52 Of Them
| Number |
Date |
Target |
Results |
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| 176⇗ | 9 August 1944 | Target: Erding Airdrome & Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Erding, Germany | Completed Mission | Wing lead. PFF ship. Lt. Col. Calhoun aboard as Wing Commander (possibly from 41st CBW HQ).
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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 lead. PFF ship.
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| 183⇗ | 24 August 1944 | Target: Synthetic Oil & Chemical Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Merseburg, Germany | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
| 184⇗ | 25 August 1944 | Target: Airfield & Airpark
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Anklam, Germany | Completed Mission | Wing deputy. PFF ship.
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| 185⇗ | 26 August 1944 | Target: Buer Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany | Flight Completed | Weather aircraft; remainder of crew (CP, N, RO, Eng) not identified
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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. Wing lead.
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| 188⇗ | 5 September 1944 | Target: I. G. Farben Chemical Works
Type: Industry
Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany | Completed Mission | PFF ship. Wing lead.
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| 189⇗ | 8 September 1944 | Target: I. G. Farben Chemical Works
Type: Industry
Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
| 191⇗ | 10 September 1944 | Target: BMW Motor Component Parts Plant
Type: Industry
Location: Sindelfingen, Germany | Completed Mission | PFF ship; wing lead. Air commander is Lt. Col. Calhoun Wing Leader, 41st CBW HQ.
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| 196⇗ | 19 September 1944 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Hamm, Germany | Completed Mission | PFF ship; wing lead.
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| 197⇗ | 21 September 1944 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Mainz, Germany | Completed Mission | Wing lead. PFF ship.
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| 198⇗ | 25 September 1944 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany | Completed Mission | 41st CBW C Wing lead. PFF ship.
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| 199⇗ | 26 September 1944 | Target: Steelworks
Type: Industry
Location: Osnabrück, Germany | Completed Mission | PFF ship, wing lead.
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| 200⇗ | 27 September 1944 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards (PFF Aiming Points)
Type: Transportation
Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany | Completed Mission | Wing lead. PFF ship.
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| 201⇗ | 28 September 1944 | Target: Steelworks
Type: Industry
Location: Magdeburg, Germany | Landed In Allied Territory | Wing lead. PFF ship. Landed away in Brussels due to flak damage.
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| 207⇗ | 7 October 1944 | Target: Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Leipzig, Germany | Completed Mission | Group deputy. PFF ship.
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| 208⇗ | 9 October 1944 | Target: Ball-Bearing Plant
Type: Bearings Industry
Location: Schweinfurt, Germany | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
| 209⇗ | 11 October 1944 | Target: Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Wesseling, Germany | Completed Mission | Second Squadron lead. PFF ship. While on the bomb run to attack the primary target using Gee-H, with the deputy in the lead, the equipment failed. The Squadron then proceeded to the secondary target and attacked using PFF.
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| 211⇗ | 15 October 1944 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany | Completed Mission | Low Squadron lead. PFF ship.
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| 212⇗ | 17 October 1944 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany | Completed Mission | Group lead. PFF ship.
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| 213⇗ | 18 October 1944 | Target: Ford Motor Works
Type: Industry
Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany | Completed Mission | High Squadron deputy. PFF ship. Took over on bomb run after lead Gee-H equipment failed; completed attack on primary target.
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| 214⇗ | 19 October 1944 | Target: Heinrich Lanz Tank Factory
Type: Industry
Location: Mannheim, Germany | Completed Mission | Group lead. PFF ship. Turned over lead to deputy at IP to attack using Gee-H.
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| 215⇗ | 25 October 1944 | Target: Nordstern Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany | Completed Mission | High Squadron lead. PFF ship. Since deputy's Gee-H equipment failed prior to IP, led the Squadron to attack the secondary using PFF.
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| 216⇗ | 30 October 1944 | Target: Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany | Completed Mission | Group lead. PFF ship.
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| 219⇗ | 4 November 1944 | Target: Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Bottrop (Welheim), Germany | Completed Mission | PFF ship; low Squadron lead.
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| 220⇗ | 5 November 1944 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
| 221⇗ | 6 November 1944 | Target: Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Bottrop (Welheim), Germany | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
| 222⇗ | 8 November 1944 | Target: Leuna Synthetic Oil Plant (visual aim point)
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Merseburg, Germany | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
| 224⇗ | 10 November 1944 | Target: Ostheim Airfield & Butzweilerhof Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany | Completed Mission | 41C Group, Group Lead. PFF ship.
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| 225⇗ | 11 November 1944 | Target: Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany | Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off | Replaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 44‑8401.
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| 229⇗ | 25 November 1944 | Target: Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Lützkendorf, Germany | Completed Mission | High Squadron lead; PFF ship; landed at Grafton Underwood.
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| 231⇗ | 27 November 1944 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Offenburg, Germany | Completed Mission | Group lead; PFF and Gee-H ship.
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| 232⇗ | 29 November 1944 | Target: Oil Refinery
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Misburg, Germany | Completed Mission | Group lead.
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| 234⇗ | 2 December 1944 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Oberlahnstein, Germany | Completed Mission | Division lead. PFF & Gee-H ship.
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| 235⇗ | 4 December 1944 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Soest, Germany | Completed Mission | High Squadron lead. PFF & Gee-H ship.
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| 236⇗ | 6 December 1944 | Target: Leuna Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Merseburg, Germany | Completed Mission | Group lead. PFF & Gee-H ship.
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| 237⇗ | 9 December 1944 | Target: Airfield and Daimler Factory
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Böblingen (Stuttgart area), Germany | Completed Mission | Group lead. Feathered #3 engine bout 3 minutes after bombs away; relinquished lead to deputy and returned to base alone.
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| 238⇗ | 11 December 1944 | Target: Road & Rail Bridge
Type: Transportation
Location: Mannheim, Germany | Completed Mission | Group lead, B Group. PFF & Gee-H ship. Dropped bombs using PFF.
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| 239⇗ | 12 December 1944 | Target: Leuna Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Merseburg, Germany | Completed Mission | High Squadron lead. PFF & Gee-H ship.
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| 240⇗ | 18 December 1944 | Target: Road Junction
Type: Transportation
Location: Gemünd, Germany | Completed Mission | Group lead. PFF & Gee-H ship.
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| 241⇗ | 19 December 1944 | Target: Railway Junction
Type: Transportation
Location: Glaadt, Germany | Completed Mission | Loaned to the 401st BG for today's mission. Manned by 401st personnel, except as noted on the Sortie Report. Landed away at RAF Predannack, Wales.
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| 245⇗ | 28 December 1944 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Brühl, 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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| 250⇗ | 3 January 1945 | Target: Enemy Strong Point & Transportation Hub
Type: Military
Location: St Vith, Belgium | Completed Mission | High Squadron lead. Gee-H ship. After taking interval at the IP, Gee-H equipment failed: therefore, the high Squadron did not attack.
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| 251⇗ | 5 January 1945 | Target: Landing Ground
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Neiderbreisig, Germany | Flight Completed | Weather aircraft. Co-pilot identified only as 'Hicks' - Kenneth Delmont Hicks is most likely as the aircraft, pilot, and 'Hicks', are all from the 545th BS. remainder of crew (RO, Eng) not identified
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| --⇗ | 6 January 1945 | TBD | Completed Mission | This aircraft was loaned to an as yet unidentified Bomb Group along with a Gee-H Navigator for this mission: the 384th stood down on this date.
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| 252⇗ | 7 January 1945 | Target: Enemy Strong Point
Type: Military
Location: Blankenheim, Germany | Completed Mission | Group lead. PFF & Gee-H ship.
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| 253⇗ | 8 January 1945 | Target: Railroad
Type: Transportation
Location: Kyllburg, Germany | Completed Mission | Group lead. PFF & Gee-H ship.
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| 254⇗ | 10 January 1945 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Bonn, Germany | Completed Mission | Gee-H ship. Loaned to 401st BG with Gee-H navigator; unidentified crewmembers provided by the 401st BG. Attacked assigned 401st BG primary target.
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| 255⇗ | 15 January 1945 | Target: Neuburg Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Neuburg an der Donau, Germany | Returned Early | Group lead. PFF ship. Aborted 30 minutes prior to IP due to mechanical problems. Ordered low Squadron into lead before departing. Bombed a target of opportunity (TOO) during return.
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| 259⇗ | 22 January 1945 | Target: Synthetic Oil Refinery
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Sterkrade, 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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| 261⇗ | 28 January 1945 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany | Completed Mission | Low Squadron lead; PFF and Gee-H ship.
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| 262⇗ | 29 January 1945 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Siegen, Germany | Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off | Replaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 43‑39053.
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| 263⇗ | 1 February 1945 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Mannheim, Germany | Completed Mission | High Squadron lead; PFF & Gee-H ship.
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| 264⇗ | 3 February 1945 | Target: Tempelhof Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Berlin, Germany | Completed Mission | Lead Squadron, Group Deputy. PFF and Gee-H ship.
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| -- | 7 February 1945 | Essen/Bottrop, Germany, RECALLED | Mission Recalled | Col. Milton LdSqLd
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| 265⇗ | 9 February 1945 | Target: Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Lützkendorf, Germany | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
| 266⇗ | 14 February 1945 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Dresden, Germany | Completed Mission | Wing deputy; PFF and Gee-H ship.
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| 267⇗ | 15 February 1945 | Target: Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Bohlen, Germany | Completed Mission | High Squadron lead. PFF and Gee-H ship. Only aircraft to land at Grafton Underwood after the mission.
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| 272⇗ | 23 February 1945 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Plauen, Germany | Completed Mission | Low Squadron lead; PFF ship.
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| 274⇗ | 25 February 1945 | Target: Tank & Submarine Engine Factory
Type: Industry
Location: Friedrichshafen, Germany | Completed Mission | Group deputy; PFF and Gee-H ship.
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| 277⇗ | 28 February 1945 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Hagen, Germany | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
| 278⇗ | 1 March 1945 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Bruchsal, Germany | Completed Mission | Loaned to the 306th BG for today's mission. Manned by 306th personnel, except as noted on the Sortie Report.
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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 | Returned To Base | Crew on Artillery Spotting
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| 306⇗ | 7 April 1945 | Target: Underground Oil Storage Plant
Type: Military
Location: Hitzacker, Germany | Completed Mission | Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 44‑8679.
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| 307⇗ | 9 April 1945 | Target: Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany | Flight Completed | Weather aircraft.
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| 309⇗ | 11 April 1945 | Target: Underground Oil Storage Depot
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Freiham, Germany | Completed Mission | Low Squadron deputy and hot camera ship.
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| 313⇗ | 17 April 1945 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Dresden, Germany | Completed Mission | Low Squadron lead. PFF & Gee-H ship.
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| 315⇗ | 20 April 1945 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Seddin, Germany | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
| -- | 23 April 1945 | Training
(Non-Combat) | Flight Completed | LdSq Deputy
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| 316⇗ | 25 April 1945 | Target: Skoda Armament Works
Type: Industry
Location: Pilsen / Plzeň, Czechoslovakia | Flight Completed | Weather aircraft; remainder of crew (CP, N, RO, Eng) not identified
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