Mission # 11

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date	28 July 1943
VIII Bomber Command Operations	Show Operations > Mission Number 78: The aviation industry in Germany is targeted but bad weather hampers the raids. >> Air Task Force 1. 182 B-17's are dispatched against the Fieseler Works at Kassel, Germany; 58 hit the target at 1027-1054 hours; they claim 27-15-22 Luftwaffe aircraft; 7 B-17's are lost, 4 are damaged beyond repair and 54 damaged; casualties are 15 WIA and 71 MIA. >> Air Task Force 2. 120 B-17's are dispatched to the Fw 190 plant at Oschersleben, Germany; 37 hit the target; they claim 56-19-41 Luftwaffe aircraft; 15 B-17's are lost, 1 is damaged beyond repair and 64 damaged; casualties are 11 WIA and 134 MIA. >> This is the deepest US bomber penetration into Germany to date. The raid achieves good results however, 22 B-17's are lost as fighters score first effective results with rockets. 105 P-47's, equipped with jettisonable belly tanks for the first time on a mission, escort the B-17's into Germany; other P-47's, going more than 30 miles (48 km) deeper into Germany than they have penetrated before, meet the returning bombers. They surprise about 60 German fighters and destroy 9 of them; 1 P-47 is lost. Source: Jack McKillop, Rutgers University, used with permission. Hide Operations
384^th Bomb Group Mission	384th BG Mission Number 11, VIII BC Mission Number 78 Aborted Mission Next Mission Previous Mission The deputy flight leader assumed the lead after the flight leader aborted. He turned the wing back 30 miles into Germany when the 303rd BG aborted, leaving only 26 aircraft in formation, which was fewer than he was authorized to lead into enemy territory. After turning back, the wing was attacked by 40-50 enemy aircraft of various types. Bombs were jettisoned into the North Sea rather than being dropped on occupied territory.
Primary Target	Target: Aircraft Engine Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Kassel, Germany
Target Attacked (Mode)	Other Location: Jettisoned in North Sea
Sortie/Aircraft Summary	Completed Mission, not including spares - 11 Returned Early - 1 Aborted - 7 Failed To Return - 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	1943-07-28, Deputy High Squadron Lead, D. Ogilvie, R. Kilmer⇗

20 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
42‑3222⇗	Mattes, Frank George⇗	Completed Mission	Low Squadron lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑3231⇗	Carrington, Richard Thompson⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑3259⇗	Algar, Philip Morris⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑5848⇗	Ogilvie, Donald Potter⇗	Completed Mission	High Squadron lead, deputy flight leader. Led wing after flight leader aborted. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑5849⇗	Sierens, Ernest Joseph⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑5889⇗	Sprague, Alfred Lee⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29699⇗	Frink, Horace Everett⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off.	High Squadron deputy. Turned back with #2 & #3 engines unable to produce enough power to stay with the formation. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29700⇗	Bishop, Charles W⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off.	Turned back with #2 engine supercharger trouble. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29728⇗	Higdon, Philip Earl⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29768⇗	Willing, Mark Skinner⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29985⇗	Lecates, Robert Leslie⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off.	Turned back after the loss of parts of oxygen system and #1 engine. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑30032⇗	Dietel, William (NMI)⇗	Failed To Return	Disabled by enemy aircraft, crashed near Kortwoude, The Netherlands. MACR 15165 SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑30033⇗	Kelly, James Henry⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑30043⇗	Goulder, Edmund Samuel⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off.	Turned back because they couldn't keep up with formation; detonation suspected. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑30046⇗	Wilson, Clayton Russell⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off.	Turned back when #2 supercharger failed. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑30065⇗	Keck, George B⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑30139⇗	Swank, Robert Dale⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off.	Turned back with #2 engine trouble. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑30142⇗	Gilmore, William Featherston⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off.	Wing lead. Turned back with #2 engine out. Bombed unidentified location on island of Terschelling, The Netherlands. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑30145⇗	Harry, William Russell⇗	Returned Early	Turned back before target with major battle damage. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑30196⇗	Armstrong, James Edwin⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗