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Mission # 166

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 28 July 1944
Eighth Air Force Operations Show Operations
Mission
384th BG Mission Number 166, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 501
Return To Merseburg
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The 384th Bombardment Group (H) provided all three groups of the 41st C Combat Bombardment Wing on today's mission. Last attacked on 12 May 1944, this synthetic oil and chemical plant had returned to 75% of capacity. The attack was carried out by PFF means.
Primary Target Target: Synthetic Oil & Chemical Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Merseburg, Germany
Target Attacked (Mode) Primary (PFF)
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Completed Mission, not including spares - 35
Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 1
Returned To Base - 1
Flight Completed - 1
Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed - 2
Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 3
Scrubbed - 1
Aborted - 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 1944-07-28, High Group Lead, G. Koehne, H. Peck⇗

45 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
42‑3441⇗Strong, Bert Franklin⇗Returned To BaseAssembly aircraft.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31484⇗Herzog, John Henry⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑32106⇗Johnstone, William Andrew⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37982⇗Durdin, Larkin Clayton⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38013⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑97150.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38014⇗Gibson, James Allen⇗Completed MissionHigh group deputy and hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97072⇗Seidlein, George Harold⇗Completed MissionHigh section deputy, low group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97142⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑97150⇗Bennett, John R⇗Flying Spare, Returned As BriefedGround Spare Aircraft, replaced 42‑38013.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97204⇗Soester, Wilbur Leroy⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97251⇗Tracy, Edward Hanks⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97263⇗Goodrick, Gene Robert⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97271⇗Hunt, John Hardy⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97320⇗Melzar, Raymond Augustus⇗Completed MissionHigh section lead, lead group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97574⇗Kelsay, Omar Frank⇗Completed MissionWing lead. PFF ship provided by the 305th BG, Chelveston, AAF Station 105.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97941⇗Morris, Gordon (NMI)⇗Completed MissionLow group lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97948⇗Myrick, Kenneth Delay⇗Completed MissionHigh section lead, high group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97960⇗Shelley, John Keith⇗Flight CompletedWeather aircraft; remainder of crew (CP, N, RO, Eng) not identified
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102430⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑102459⇗Thompson, Paul Waldron⇗Completed MissionHigh section lead, low group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102500⇗Strand, Robert Earl⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron lead, high group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102501⇗Clements, Ben Hill⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron deputy, high group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102518⇗Young, Daniel Monroe⇗Spare, Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102601⇗Davis, L K (IO)⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102617⇗Teehan, John Francis⇗Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102620⇗Mead, Frank Willard⇗Completed MissionHigh group hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102933⇗Peck, Harland Kenneth⇗Completed MissionHigh group lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102959⇗[N/A]Lead Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑107058⇗LeDonne, Edward George⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107083⇗Peterson, John Wright⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107148⇗Liebert, Jack Louis⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Low group deputy and hot camera ship. Turned back due to #4 supercharger failure. Right main landing gear collapsed following a hard landing. Aircraft was damaged but crew were not injured.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37703⇗Hughes, Robert Davis⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37822⇗Toler, Harold Morton⇗Completed MissionHigh section deputy, lead group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37843⇗Brown, Billie Barnard⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron deputy, lead group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37870⇗Bahten, John Irwin⇗Completed MissionWing deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37917⇗Martin, Donald Francis⇗Completed MissionLow group hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37990⇗Parker, George Frederick⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38016⇗Dodson, Lee White⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6080⇗Sweeney, Ned Hardy⇗Completed MissionLead group hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6105⇗Hannaford, Vernon Lloyal⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron lead, lead group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6109⇗Farra, Robert Leslie⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron deputy, low group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6135⇗Kass, Robert Hiler⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron lead, low group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6141⇗Combs, William Felix⇗Completed MissionHigh section deputy, high group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6149⇗Neville, Harry Walter⇗Completed MissionLead group hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6294⇗Maxey, Jesse Edward⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗