| Mission Date | 26 August 1944 |
| Eighth Air Force Operations | Operations description not yet available. |
| Mission |
384th BG Mission Number 185, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 576
More Oil Pressure The 384th Bombardment Group (H) provided all three groups of the 41st A Combat Bombardment Wing on today's mission. Weather at the target was not ideal, but the lead and low groups were able to drop accurately. The high group was not able to bomb the primary, so continued on to locate targets of opportunity. However, weather and air traffic conflicts prevented them from attacking, so they went on to the coast in search of some enemy shipping that had been reported. Eventually, nothing was spotted and they brought their bombs home.
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| Primary Target |
Target: Buer Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany |
| Target Attacked (Mode) | Primary (Visual) |
| Sortie/Aircraft Summary |
Completed Mission, not including spares - 35 Flight Completed - 1 Scrubbed - 1 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 | 1944-08-26, Wing Lead, W. Buck, O. Kelsay⇗ |
| Aircraft | Pilot | Results | Mission/Sortie Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| 42‑31484⇗ | McDaniel, Clifford Franklin⇗ | Completed Mission | High section lead, high group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑37788⇗ | Owens, Robert Clare⇗ | Completed Mission | Lead group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑37822⇗ | Majeske, Charles Paul⇗ | Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off | Lead group. Originally assigned as a flying spare with the Majeske Crew; did not take off. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑38013⇗ | Goodrick, Gene Robert⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron deputy, lead group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑39888⇗ | Mumper, Benjamin Royce⇗ | Completed Mission | Lead group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑97142⇗ | Clements, Ben Hill⇗ | Completed Mission | High section lead, low group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑97204⇗ | Rainey, Harry Wesley⇗ | Failed To Return | Lead group. At 1228 hrs, shortly after leaving target, aircraft observed feathering #4 engine and dropped down very rapidly, falling behind, but under control; crashed near the Oldebroek army training area, Wezep, The Netherlands. MACR 8466 SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑97251⇗ | Tracy, Edward Hanks⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron deputy, low group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑97271⇗ | Hunt, John Hardy⇗ | Completed Mission | High group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑97282⇗ | Henderson, William Vincent⇗ | Completed Mission | Low group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑97309⇗ | Peters, Lloyd Arman⇗ | Completed Mission | High group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑97510⇗ | Hale, Kenneth Oliver⇗ | Completed Mission | High section deputy, low group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑97521⇗ | Chadwick, James Woodrow⇗ | Completed Mission | High group hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑97824⇗ | Skehan, Joseph Lynne⇗ | Completed Mission | Lead group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑97948⇗ | Peck, Harland Kenneth⇗ | Completed Mission | Low group lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑97960⇗ | Bills, Edgar L⇗ | Completed Mission | High section lead, lead group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑97986⇗ | Kelsay, Omar Frank⇗ | Completed Mission | Wing lead. PFF ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑102430⇗ | Brodie, James Joseph⇗ | Completed Mission | High section deputy, high group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑102449⇗ | Dudock, Edward Peter⇗ | Completed Mission | Wing deputy and hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑102500⇗ | Plowman, Noel Elwin⇗ | Completed Mission | Low group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑102566⇗ | Gross, Kenneth Eugene⇗ | Completed Mission | High group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑102601⇗ | Mohler, John Grigsby⇗ | Completed Mission | Low group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑107057⇗ | Cline, Walter William⇗ | Completed Mission | Low group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑107058⇗ | LeDonne, Edward George⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron lead, low group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑107083⇗ | Salley, Thomas Raysor⇗ | Completed Mission | Low group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑107121⇗ | Malone, John James⇗ | Completed Mission | Low group deputy and hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑107125⇗ | Morris, Gordon (NMI)⇗ | Completed Mission | High group lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑37703⇗ | Rowe, George B⇗ | Completed Mission | High section deputy, lead group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑37713⇗ | Brookshire, James D⇗ | Completed Mission | Low group hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑37822⇗ | Levine, Max (NMI)⇗ | Completed Mission | Lead group hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑37917⇗ | Hulcher, Donald Lawrence ⇗ | Completed Mission | High group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑37971⇗ | Farra, Robert Leslie⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron lead, high group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38016⇗ | Kass, Robert Hiler⇗ | Completed Mission | High group deputy and hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38213⇗ | Johnstone, William Andrew⇗ | Completed Mission | High group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑6149⇗ | Mock, John Montague⇗ | Completed Mission | Lead group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑6294⇗ | Green, Loren Lester⇗ | Completed Mission | High group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑8007⇗ | Vinnedge, Roy Alan⇗ | Flight Completed | Weather aircraft; remainder of crew (CP, N, RO, Eng) not identified SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑8011⇗ | Bean, Donald W⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron lead, lead group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |