| Mission Date | 16 August 1944 |
| Eighth Air Force Operations | Operations description not yet available. |
| Mission |
384th BG Mission Number 181, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 556
Airfield Attacked The 384th Bombardment Group (H) provided all three groups of the 41st B Combat Bombardment Wing on today's mission. Good visibility in the target area contributed to good bombing of this large Luftaffe facility near Leipzig. Although the lead aircraft of the low group ran into propwash on the bomb run, which caused an upset to the bombsight, overall results for the 42st B wing were good.
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| Primary Target |
Target: Delitzsch Air Field and Air Equipment Depot Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Delitzsch, Germany |
| Target Attacked (Mode) | Primary (Visual) |
| Sortie/Aircraft Summary |
Completed Mission, not including spares - 35 Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed - 3 Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 3 Scrubbed - 2 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 | 1944-08-16, Wing Lead, R. Thacker, J. Bahten⇗ |
| Aircraft | Pilot | Results | Mission/Sortie Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| 42‑31484⇗ | Hulcher, Donald Lawrence ⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron deputy, low group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑38014⇗ | Duesler, Donald Barton⇗ | Completed Mission | High section deputy, high group. Landed away at Horsham St. Faith, AAF Station 123, on return due to low fuel and oil leak in #4 engine. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑38208⇗ | Bean, Donald W⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron lead, lead group. Landed away at Thorpe Abbotts, AAF Station 139, on return due to battle damage. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑97142⇗ | [N/A] | Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off | Replaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑102430. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑97150⇗ | Mumper, Benjamin Royce⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑97204⇗ | [N/A] | Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off | Replaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑97263. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑97251⇗ | Malone, John James⇗ | Completed Mission | High section lead, lead group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑97263⇗ | Mock, John Montague⇗ | Completed Mission | Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑97204. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑97282⇗ | Patella, Joseph David⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑97320⇗ | Groff, Richard Hubert⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑97510⇗ | Hanlon, Ernest Edward⇗ | Completed Mission | High section deputy, low group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑97592⇗ | Neville, Harry Walter⇗ | Completed Mission | Wing deputy. PFF ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑97941⇗ | Morris, Gordon (NMI)⇗ | Completed Mission | Low group lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑97960⇗ | [N/A] | Lead Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
| 42‑98000⇗ | Carlson, Walter Elmer⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron deputy, high group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑102430⇗ | Causa, Raymond (NMI)⇗ | Completed Mission | High section deputy, lead group. Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑97142. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑102459⇗ | Lindberg, Gilbert R⇗ | Completed Mission | High group hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑102500⇗ | Cepits, Francis Frederick⇗ | Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed | Lead group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑102501⇗ | Cline, Walter William⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑102518⇗ | Wismer, Richard Glen⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑102566⇗ | Green, Loren Lester⇗ | Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed | Low group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑102601⇗ | Mohler, John Grigsby⇗ | Aborted Mission After Taking Off. | Lead group. Turned back due to a runaway prop on #4 engine. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑102620⇗ | Henderson, William Vincent⇗ | Completed Mission | High section lead, low group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑102661⇗ | Wilson, Quentin (NMI)⇗ | Completed Mission | High group lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑107058⇗ | LeDonne, Edward George⇗ | Completed Mission | High section lead, high group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑107083⇗ | Carnes, Joe Ross⇗ | Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed | High group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑107121⇗ | Plowman, Noel Elwin⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑107125⇗ | Laboda, Joseph Stanley⇗ | Completed Mission | Low group deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑37703⇗ | Hughes, Robert Davis⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑37713⇗ | [N/A] | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
| 43‑37717⇗ | Hunt, John Hardy⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑37843⇗ | Levine, Max (NMI)⇗ | Completed Mission | Lead group hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑37917⇗ | Kinnaird, William Robert⇗ | Completed Mission | Low group hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑37990⇗ | Bills, Edgar L⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38016⇗ | Toler, Harold Morton⇗ | Completed Mission | High group deputy and hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38062⇗ | Hepler, Wilbur David⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑6080⇗ | Rainey, Harry Wesley⇗ | Completed Mission | Lead group hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑6105⇗ | Skehan, Joseph Lynne⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron deputy, lead group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑6109⇗ | Kass, Robert Hiler⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron lead, low group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑6135⇗ | Johnstone, William Andrew⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑6141⇗ | Combs, William Felix⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron lead, high group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑6294⇗ | Brodie, James Joseph⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑8007⇗ | Bahten, John Irwin⇗ | Completed Mission | Wing lead. PFF ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑8008⇗ | [N/A] | Lead Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | PFF ship. |