Mission # 198

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 25 September 1944
Eighth Air Force Operations Operations description not yet available.
384th Bomb Group Mission
384th BG Mission Number 198, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 647
Primary Target Attacked By PFF
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The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the 41st CBW B Wing, and as the lead and high groups of the 41st CBW C Wing. In all, 53 aircraft took off between 0700 and 0736. All formations bombed the primary target using PFF aiming, with unobserved results.
Primary Target Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Target Attacked (Mode) Primary (PFF)
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Completed Mission, not including spares - 48
Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 1
Aborted - 3
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 1944-09-25, Wing Lead, A. Bean, L. Durdin⇗

53 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
42‑31222⇗Mead, Frank Willard⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31484⇗Duesler, Donald Barton⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑32106⇗Johnstone, William Andrew⇗Completed MissionB Wing, low group. Did not bomb because unable to see wing lead release bombs.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37788⇗Owens, Robert Clare⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37822⇗Gabel, Raymond John⇗Completed MissionC Wing, low group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38013⇗Keller, Marion Wayne⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38208⇗Brown, Bert Oliver⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑39888⇗Buslee, John Oliver⇗Completed MissionC Wing, high group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97251⇗Tracy, Edward Hanks⇗Completed MissionB wing, lead group. Hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97263⇗Farnsworth, Reuben Joseph⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97271⇗Hunt, John Hardy⇗Completed MissionB Wing, low group. Did not bomb because unable to see wing lead release bombs.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97282⇗Blankenmeyer, William J⇗Completed MissionC Wing, lead group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97309⇗Brodie, James Joseph⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97320⇗Gilbert, Stanley Milton⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.C Wing, lead group. Aborted over base during assembly due to personnel illness.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97510⇗Salley, Thomas Raysor⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97521⇗Mandelbaum, Norman W (IO)⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97592⇗Toler, Harold Morton⇗Completed MissionC wing deputy. PFF ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97941⇗Hulcher, Donald Lawrence ⇗Completed MissionB Wing, low group lead. Did not bomb because unable to see wing lead release bombs.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97948⇗Minor, Henry W⇗Completed MissionC wing, low group lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97960⇗Parker, George Frederick⇗Completed MissionB wing, high group deputy. Hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97986⇗Malone, John James⇗Completed MissionB Wing, deputy wing lead. PFF ship. Led wing on bomb run due to failure of equipment on lead aircraft - the PFF on this ship went out momentarily on first bomb run, forcing a second one.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑98000⇗Rice, Robert Eugene⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.C Wing, lead Squadron. Aborted due to personnel illness.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102449⇗Neville, Harry Walter⇗Completed MissionB wing, high group lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102500⇗Ellis, Harold Richard⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102501⇗Bills, Edgar L⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102518⇗Peters, Lloyd Arman⇗Completed MissionB Wing, low group. Did not bomb because unable to see wing lead release bombs.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102620⇗LeDonne, Edward George⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102661⇗Patella, Joseph David⇗Completed MissionC wing, lead group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102933⇗Mock, John Montague⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107057⇗Plowman, Noel Elwin⇗Failed To ReturnHit by flak, crashed near Wiesbaden, Germany; MACR 9414
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107083⇗Causa, Raymond (NMI)⇗Completed MissionCollided with B-24, but was able to return to base; left wing damaged.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107121⇗Chmura, Edward (NMI)⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Turned back due to mechanical failure.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107125⇗Henderson, William Vincent⇗Completed MissionC Wing, low group deputy. Hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107148⇗McDaniel, Clifford Franklin⇗Completed MissionC Wing, low group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37703⇗Combs, William Felix⇗Completed MissionC Wing, lead group. Hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37717⇗Green, Loren Lester⇗Completed MissionB Wing, low group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37822⇗Norton, Paul E⇗Completed MissionC wing, lead group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37843⇗Sienkiewicz, Edward Alfred⇗Completed MissionC wing, low group. Hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37971⇗Wismer, Richard Glen⇗Completed MissionB wing, low group. Hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37990⇗Mumper, Benjamin Royce⇗Completed MissionC wing, low group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38016⇗Carlson, Walter Elmer⇗Completed MissionC Wing, lead group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38062⇗Hutchinson, Thomas Dale⇗Completed MissionC Wing, lead group. Hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38501⇗Cepits, Francis Frederick⇗Spare, Completed MissionC Wing, low group, flying spare. Joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6080⇗Goodrick, Gene Robert⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6105⇗Skehan, Joseph Lynne⇗Completed MissionB wing, high group. Hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6109⇗Doran, William Elmer⇗Completed MissionB Wing, low group. Did not bomb because unable to see wing lead release bombs.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6135⇗Smith, Jack M⇗Completed MissionC wing, low group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6141⇗Hughes, Robert Davis⇗Completed MissionC Wing, lead group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6149⇗Hicks, Ralph Benjamin⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6294⇗Farra, Robert Leslie⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8007⇗Durdin, Larkin Clayton⇗Completed Mission41st CBW C Wing lead. PFF ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8008⇗Martin, Donald Francis⇗Completed MissionB Wing, low group deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8047⇗Myrick, Kenneth Delay⇗Completed MissionB Wing lead. PFF & Gee-H ship, both of which failed prior to target, necessitating having the deputy lead the bomb run.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗