Mission Date | 27 September 1944 |
Eighth Air Force Operations | Operations description not yet available. |
384th Bomb Group Mission |
384th BG Mission Number 200, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 650
Marshalling Yards Bombed By PFF The 384th Bombardment Group (H) formed the 41st CBW A wing for today's attack on railroad marshalling yards in Cologne, Germany.
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Primary Target |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards (PFF Aiming Points) Type: Transportation Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany |
Target Attacked (Mode) | Primary (PFF) |
Sortie/Aircraft Summary |
Completed Mission, not including spares - 34 Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 2 Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed - 1 Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 1 Scrubbed - 2 Aborted - 1 Ground Accident, did not take off - 2 |
Mission Personnel | Mission Personnel Roster⇗ or Mission Loading Lists⇗ |
Mission Documents | Combat Mission Records and Plans obtained from the National Archives⇗ |
Aircraft | Pilot | Results | Mission/Sortie Information |
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42‑31222⇗ | Farnsworth, Reuben Joseph⇗ | Spare, Completed Mission | High group flying spare; joined formation. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑32106⇗ | Peters, Lloyd Arman⇗ | Completed Mission | Lead group hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑37788⇗ | Smith, Jack M⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑37822⇗ | [N/A] | Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off | Replaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 43‑38615. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑38013⇗ | Cornair, Russell John⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑39888⇗ | Skehan, Joseph Lynne⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97251⇗ | Tracy, Edward Hanks⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97263⇗ | Mock, John Montague⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97271⇗ | Hunt, John Hardy⇗ | Completed Mission | Tail wheel would not extend for landing. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97282⇗ | Blankenmeyer, William J⇗ | Completed Mission | Landed with wounded aboard. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97309⇗ | Farra, Robert Leslie⇗ | Spare, Completed Mission | Lead group flying spare; joined formation. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97510⇗ | Salley, Thomas Raysor⇗ | Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed | Low group SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97521⇗ | Fahr, John (NMI)⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97592⇗ | Martin, Donald Francis⇗ | Completed Mission | Wing deputy. PFF ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97960⇗ | Bills, Edgar L⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97986⇗ | Peterson, John Wright⇗ | Completed Mission | Low group lead. PFF ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑98000⇗ | Gabel, Raymond John⇗ | Completed Mission | High group hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑102430⇗ | Wismer, Richard Glen⇗ | Completed Mission | Ground Spare Aircraft, replaced 43‑37917. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑102449⇗ | Buslee, John Oliver⇗ | Completed Mission | High group deputy. Hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑102500⇗ | Brookshire, James D⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑102501⇗ | Cepits, Francis Frederick⇗ | Completed Mission | Landed with #3 feathered. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑102620⇗ | LeDonne, Edward George⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑102661⇗ | Combs, William Felix⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑102933⇗ | Hale, Kenneth Oliver⇗ | Completed Mission | Low group hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑107121⇗ | Duesler, Donald Barton⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑107148⇗ | McDaniel, Clifford Franklin⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑37703⇗ | Orr, James Wallace⇗ | Completed Mission | Went over target but did not release bombs due to bomb bay malfunction; bomb bay doors could not be fully opened, either electrically or manually. Returned bombs to base. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑37717⇗ | Green, Loren Lester⇗ | Aborted Mission After Taking Off. | Turned back due to internal failure in an engine. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑37917⇗ | [N/A] | Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off | Replaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑102430. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑37971⇗ | Springsted, Donald George⇗ | Completed Mission | Replaced 44‑6141, which was damaged in a taxi accident prior to takeoff. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑37990⇗ | Keller, Marion Wayne⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38016⇗ | Durdin, Larkin Clayton⇗ | Completed Mission | High group lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38062⇗ | Hughes, Robert Davis⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38501⇗ | Mead, Frank Willard⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38615⇗ | Gilbert, Stanley Milton⇗ | Completed Mission | Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑37822. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑6080⇗ | Brown, Bert Oliver⇗ | Ground Accident | Taxi accident prior to takeoff. Salvaged 9/27/44 SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑6135⇗ | Mumper, Benjamin Royce⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑6141⇗ | Springsted, Donald George⇗ | Ground Accident | Taxi accident prior to takeoff, crew not injured; replaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 43‑37971. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑6149⇗ | Sienkiewicz, Edward Alfred⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑6294⇗ | Doran, William Elmer⇗ | Completed Mission | Lead group hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑6476⇗ | Cline, Walter William⇗ | Completed Mission | Low group deputy. Hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑8007⇗ | Johnson, William T⇗ | Completed Mission | Wing lead. PFF ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑8008⇗ | [N/A] | Lead Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused |