Mission # 202

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 30 September 1944
Eighth Air Force Operations Operations description not yet available.
384th Bomb Group Mission
384th BG Mission Number 202, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 655
Münster Bombed
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The 384th Bomb Group (H) flew as the 41st CBW B Wing on today's mission. Clouds obscured the primary target resulting in a decision to release the bombs on the center of the city.
Primary Target Target: Handorf Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Münster, Germany
Target Attacked (Mode) Secondary (Visual)
Target: City
Type: Non-Military
Location: Münster, Germany
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Completed Mission, not including spares - 34
Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 2
Returned Early - 1
Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed - 1
Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 4
Aborted - 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 1944-09-30, Wing Lead, G. Koehne, W. Johnson⇗

43 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
42‑37788⇗Majeske, Charles Paul⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37822⇗Rice, Robert Eugene⇗Flying Spare, Returned As BriefedLead group
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38013⇗Owens, Robert Clare⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑39888⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑97251⇗Chmura, Edward (NMI)⇗Completed MissionWent over target but did not release bombs due to inoperative bomb bay door motor; hand cranked the doors but a/c was past bomb line by then.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97309⇗Farra, Robert Leslie⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97320⇗Springsted, Donald George⇗Completed MissionLead group hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97510⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑97521⇗Fahr, John (NMI)⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97592⇗Johnson, William T⇗Completed MissionWing lead. PFF ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97960⇗Farnsworth, Reuben Joseph⇗Completed MissionLow group hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97986⇗Dudock, Edward Peter⇗Completed MissionLow group lead. PFF ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑98000⇗Gilbert, Stanley Milton⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102430⇗Wismer, Richard Glen⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102449⇗Bills, Edgar L⇗Completed MissionLow group deputy. Hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102500⇗Mohler, John Grigsby⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102501⇗Clements, Ben Hill⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102518⇗Peters, Lloyd Arman⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102620⇗Duesler, Donald Barton⇗Completed MissionHigh group hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102661⇗Combs, William Felix⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102933⇗Hale, Kenneth Oliver⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107121⇗Rummel, Brian Dunn⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107125⇗[N/A]Lead Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑107148⇗Gross, Kenneth Eugene⇗Returned EarlyTurned back within sight of the target 'due to severe oil leakage and inability to feather two engines. Major Stone, however, awarded us credit for the mission.' per Wallace Storey, 2014.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37703⇗Patella, Joseph David⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37717⇗Green, Loren Lester⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37843⇗Keller, Marion Wayne⇗Spare, Completed MissionLow Squadron flying spare; joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37917⇗Hulcher, Donald Lawrence ⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37971⇗Johnstone, William Andrew⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37990⇗Mock, John Montague⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Turned back; returned early with #1 feathered.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38062⇗Gabel, Raymond John⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38501⇗Causa, Raymond (NMI)⇗Spare, Completed MissionHigh group flying spare; joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38542⇗Goodrick, Gene Robert⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38548⇗LeDonne, Edward George⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38615⇗Hughes, Robert Davis⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38616⇗Pranger, Nicholas Vincent⇗Completed MissionHigh group deputy. Hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6105⇗Brown, Bert Oliver⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6141⇗Orr, James Wallace⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6149⇗Sienkiewicz, Edward Alfred⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6294⇗Mandelbaum, Norman W (IO)⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6476⇗Henderson, William Vincent⇗Completed MissionHigh group lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8008⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, UnusedLead PFF Ground Spare Aircraft..
44‑8047⇗Durdin, Larkin Clayton⇗Completed MissionWing deputy. PFF ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗