Mission # 167

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 29 July 1944
Eighth Air Force Operations Show Operations
Mission
384th BG Mission Number 167, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 503
Merseburg Slammed Again
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The 384th Bombardment Group (H) put up four group formations for today's mission. Three formed the entire 41st B Combat Bombardment Wing, and the remaining one made up the bulk of the high composite group in the 41st D wing. The weather in Merseburg was clear enough for visual aiming, so the primary target was heavily damaged.
Primary Target Target: Synthetic Oil & Chemical Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Merseburg, Germany
Target Attacked (Mode) Primary (Visual)
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Completed Mission, not including spares - 41
Returned Early - 1
Returned To Base - 1
Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed - 1
Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 2
Scrubbed - 2
Aborted - 2
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⇗

51 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⇗Ungerman, Kenneth Armistead⇗Returned To BaseAssembly A/C
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31222⇗Mead, Frank Willard⇗Completed MissionHigh section deputy, lead group 41st B wing.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31484⇗Liebert, Jack Louis⇗Completed MissionHigh group deputy, 41st D wing.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37788⇗Majeske, Charles Paul⇗Completed MissionHigh group, 41st B wing. Landed away at RAF Shrivenham, Berkshire (now Oxfordshire), on return for unknown reasons.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37822⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 43‑37703.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37982⇗Durdin, Larkin Clayton⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38013⇗Goodrick, Gene Robert⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38208⇗Soester, Wilbur Leroy⇗Completed MissionHigh section deputy, high group, 41st B wing.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑39888⇗Teehan, John Francis⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97072⇗Melzar, Raymond Augustus⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97142⇗Hayes, Edgar Jerome⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Turned back over field because of low oil pressure.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97150⇗Hannaford, Vernon Lloyal⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97204⇗Hicks, Ralph Benjamin⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97251⇗Tracy, Edward Hanks⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97263⇗Bennett, John R⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97271⇗Hunt, John Hardy⇗Completed MissionLanded away at RAF Beccles, Suffolk, on return due to battle damage.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97282⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑102620.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97510⇗Henderson, William Vincent⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97574⇗Kelsay, Omar Frank⇗Completed Mission41st B wing lead. PFF aircraft and unidentified crew members provided by the 305th BG, Chelveston, AAF Station 105.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97699⇗Wilson, Quentin (NMI)⇗Completed Mission41st B wing deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97941⇗Keate, Richard Clifford⇗Completed MissionHigh composite group lead, 41st D wing.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97960⇗Wortman, Marshall (NMI)⇗Completed MissionHigh group lead, 41st B wing.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102430⇗Martin, Donald Francis⇗Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102459⇗Thompson, Paul Waldron⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron lead, low group, 41st B wing.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102500⇗Vinnedge, Roy Alan⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron lead, lead group, 41st B wing.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102501⇗Endelicato, Marion (NMI)⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102518⇗Young, Daniel Monroe⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102566⇗Green, Loren Lester⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron deputy, high group, 41st D wing.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102601⇗Strand, Robert Earl⇗Completed MissionHigh section lead, lead group, 41st B wing.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102617⇗Patella, Joseph David⇗Returned EarlyForced to leave formation due to failure of #1 engine; dropped bombs on target of opportunity (TOO) near Minden, Germany.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102620⇗Norton, Paul E⇗Completed MissionHigh section deputy, low group, 41st B wing. Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑97282.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102661⇗Strong, Bert Franklin⇗Completed MissionLow group deputy, 41st B wing.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102933⇗[N/A]Lead Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑102959⇗Seidlein, George Harold⇗Completed MissionLanded away at RAF Foulsham, Norfolk, on return for unkown reasons.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107057⇗LeDonne, Edward George⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107058⇗Peterson, John Wright⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107121⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑107224⇗Toler, Harold Morton⇗Completed MissionLanded away at Hethel, AAF Station 114, on return due to battle damage.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37703⇗Dodson, Lee White⇗Completed MissionGround Spare Aircraft; replaced 42-37822.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37713⇗Myrick, Kenneth Delay⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37822⇗Fairfield, William Adelbert⇗Completed MissionLow group lead, 41st B wing.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37870⇗Sweeney, Ned Hardy⇗Failed To ReturnHigh group deputy, 41st B wing. Knocked down by FLAK.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37917⇗Maxey, Jesse Edward⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37990⇗Parker, George Frederick⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6080⇗Halloran, Kenneth Martin⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron lead, high group, 41st B wing.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6105⇗Dudock, Edward Peter⇗Completed MissionHigh section lead, high group, 41st B wing.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6109⇗Farra, Robert Leslie⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6135⇗McDaniel, Clifford Franklin⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Turned back 20 miles on course from Luton; unable to locate formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6141⇗Combs, William Felix⇗Completed MissionHigh section lead, low group 41st B wing.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6294⇗Johnstone, William Andrew⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8011⇗Neville, Harry Walter⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron deputy, high group, 41st B wing.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗