Mission # 188

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 5 September 1944
Eighth Air Force Operations Operations description not yet available.
384th Bomb Group Mission
384th BG Mission Number 188, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 605
German Industry Attacked
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Previous Mission
Thirty-six aircraft of the 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the 41st Combat Bombardment Wing B with thirty-five aircraft attacking the primary target. All aircraft attacking were in combat wing formation and released their bombs at 200 foot interval on the Wing Lead PFF aircraft.
Primary Target Target: I. G. Farben Chemical Works
Type: Industry
Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany
Target Attacked (Mode) Primary (PFF)
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Completed Mission, not including spares - 35
Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 1
Flight Completed - 1
Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed - 2
Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 3
Scrubbed - 4
Aborted - 1
Mission Personnel Mission Personnel Roster⇗ or Mission Loading Lists⇗
Mission Documents Combat Mission Records and Plans obtained from the National Archives⇗

47 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
42‑31484⇗Wismer, Richard Glen⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37788⇗Brown, Bert Oliver⇗Completed MissionLanded with wounded aboard.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37822⇗Gabel, Raymond John⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38013⇗Goodrick, Gene Robert⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38014⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑38208⇗Sienkiewicz, Edward Alfred⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Plane returned early due to personnel failure: tail gunner became ill.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑39888⇗Blankenmeyer, William J⇗Completed MissionReturned with #4 feathered.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97150⇗Owens, Robert Clare⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97263⇗Levine, Max (NMI)⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97271⇗Hunt, John Hardy⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97309⇗Brodie, James Joseph⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97320⇗Groff, Richard Hubert⇗Flying Spare, Returned As BriefedLow group
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97510⇗Salley, Thomas Raysor⇗Completed MissionLanded away at Manston due to battle damage: flak shot out hydraulic system.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97521⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑102430.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97592⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, UnusedPFF Ground Spare Aircraft.
42‑97941⇗Herzog, John Henry⇗Completed MissionLead Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑97948. High group lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97948⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑97941.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97960⇗[N/A]Lead Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑97986⇗Wilson, Quentin (NMI)⇗Completed MissionPFF ship. Low group lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑98000⇗Hughes, Robert Davis⇗Completed MissionHot camera ship, low Squadron.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102430⇗Chadwick, James Woodrow⇗Spare, Completed MissionGround Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑97521. High group flying spare; joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102449⇗Laboda, Joseph Stanley⇗Flight CompletedWeather aircraft; remainder of crew (CP, N, RO, Eng) not identified
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102500⇗Hassing, Eugene Theron⇗Flying Spare, Returned As BriefedLead group
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102501⇗Clements, Ben Hill⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102518⇗Peters, Lloyd Arman⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102601⇗Mohler, John Grigsby⇗Completed MissionDid not attack target due to battle damage (wiring shot away) sustained during bomb run. Bomb load returned to base.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102620⇗Henderson, William Vincent⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102933⇗Pranger, Nicholas Vincent⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107057⇗Cepits, Francis Frederick⇗Completed MissionHot camera ship, lead group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107083⇗Causa, Raymond (NMI)⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107121⇗Toler, Harold Morton⇗Completed MissionHot camera ship. Low group deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107148⇗Gross, Kenneth Eugene⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37703⇗Gilbert, Stanley Milton⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37713⇗Hicks, Ralph Benjamin⇗Completed MissionGround Spare Aircraft; replaced 44‑8011.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37717⇗Green, Loren Lester⇗Completed MissionHot camera ship, high group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37822⇗Buslee, John Oliver⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37843⇗Skehan, Joseph Lynne⇗Completed MissionLanded with wounded aboard.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37971⇗Kass, Robert Hiler⇗Completed MissionGround Spare Aircraft; replaced 44‑6294. Hot camera ship. High group deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38062⇗Carnes, Joe Ross⇗Completed MissionReturned with #1 feathered.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38213⇗Combs, William Felix⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6080⇗Bills, Edgar L⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6109⇗Hulcher, Donald Lawrence ⇗Completed MissionLanded with wounded aboard.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6135⇗Rowe, George B⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6294⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑37971.
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44‑8007⇗Myrick, Kenneth Delay⇗Completed MissionPFF ship. Wing lead.
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44‑8008⇗Malone, John James⇗Completed MissionPFF ship. Wing deputy.
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44‑8011⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 43‑37713.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗