Mission # 21

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 6 September 1943
VIII Bomber Command Operations Operations description not yet available.
384th Bomb Group Mission
384th BG Mission Number 21, VIII BC Mission Number 91
Target Of Opportunity Attacked
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The 384th Bombardment Group had 21 aircraft airborne as scheduled. From the IP until leaving the target area, there was a complete undercast except for small sparse patches of farmland. This group followed the lead group over the target area twice without dropping the bombs. Bombs were finally dropped on a small town in Germany. Fuel ran short for many aircraft, many landing away at US and RAF airfields.
Primary Target Type: Industry
Location: Stuttgart, Germany
Target Attacked (Mode) TOO (Visual)
Target: Unidentified Farm Community
Type: Non-Military
Location: Unnamed, Germany
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Completed Mission, not including spares - 15
Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 4
Aborted - 1
Failed To Return - 5
Mission Personnel Mission Personnel Roster⇗ or Mission Loading Lists⇗
Mission Documents Combat Mission Records and Plans obtained from the National Archives⇗
Other Mission Documents 1943-09-06, Group Lead, R. Ketelsen, L. Armstrong⇗

25 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
41‑24507⇗Armstrong, James Edwin⇗Failed To ReturnTwo bomb runs due to overcast at target; enemy aircraft and flak knocked out two engines; insufficient fuel to reach England, crashed near Étrépagny, France; MACR 772.
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41‑24557⇗Sundlun, Bruce George⇗Completed MissionLanded away at RAF Deanland, East Sussex, due to low fuel.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑3041⇗McMahon, James Joseph⇗Failed To ReturnOut of fuel; crashed near Metz, France.
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42‑3216⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑3218⇗Armstrong, Lloyd Rowland⇗Completed MissionGroup lead. Landed at Grafton Underwood.
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42‑3429⇗Estes, Thomas Jefferson⇗Completed MissionLanded away near Dungeness, Kent, due to low fuel.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑3440⇗Sprague, Alfred Lee⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron lead. Landed away at Little Staughton, Cambridgeshire, due to low fuel.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑3455⇗Faulkiner, Russel Ruben⇗Failed To ReturnOut of gas (both wings hit by flak), FW-190 finished them off, crashed in the Bois des Moines, 11 miles NNW of d'Airion and about 16 miles NE of Beauvais, France; MACR 775.
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42‑3459⇗Higdon, Philip Earl⇗Completed MissionLanded at Grafton Underwood.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑5444⇗Thompson, Siguard (NMI)⇗Completed MissionLanded away at Deanland, East Sussex, due to low fuel.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑5720⇗Aufmuth, Lester Herbert⇗Failed To ReturnDamaged by enemy aircraft; insufficient fuel to return to England; made a forced landing in field near Beauvais, France; MACR 776.
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42‑5838⇗Frink, Horace Everett⇗Completed MissionLanded away at Hornchurch, Essex, due to low fuel.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑5843⇗Pulcipher, Ralph Robert⇗Failed To ReturnShot down by fighters and flak; crashed near Beauvais, France; MACR 1455.
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42‑5849⇗Ogilvie, Donald Potter⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Returned to station early after failure to draw more than 20 inches manifold pressure at 17,000 feet altitude.
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42‑5852⇗Butler, Johnny Addison⇗Completed MissionGroup deputy. Landed away at Hornchurch, Essex, due to low fuel.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29554⇗Yelvington, Melton Albert⇗Completed MissionLanded away at RAF Deanland, East Sussex, due to low fuel.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29651⇗Jacobs, Randolph George Edward⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron deputy. Landed away at Deanland, East Sussex, due to low fuel.
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42‑29699⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑29768⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑29814⇗Ingles, John Thomas⇗Completed MissionLanded away at Deanland, East Sussex, due to low fuel.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29828⇗Ashcraft, Archie Bertis⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron deputy. Landed away at [unknown location] due to low fuel.
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42‑29935⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑30026⇗Algar, Philip Morris⇗Completed MissionLanded away at West Malling, Kent, due to low fuel.
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42‑30033⇗Kelly, James Henry⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron lead. Landed away at West Malling, Kent, due to low fuel.
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42‑30043⇗Price, William Merriman⇗Completed MissionLanded away at RAF West Malling, Kent, due to low fuel. Returned to Station 106 at 1530 hours. Flak hole in left elevator.
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