Mission Date | 6 October 1944 |
Eighth Air Force Operations | Operations description not yet available. |
384th Bomb Group Mission |
384th BG Mission Number 206, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 667
Primary Targets Not Attacked Aircraft of the 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as composite of 40th D Combat Wing (high squadron) and 41st A Combat Wing (low section of high squadron) on the mission flown today. Weather obscured the primary targets for both formations (A group primary was a Synthetic Oil Plant in 'Politz, Germany' - Police, Occupied Poland). The high squadron of the 40th D Combat Wing attacked the secondary target at Stargard, Germany (Occupied Poland): aiming was accomplished visually and bombs were away after an eight minute bomb run. The low section of the high squadron of the 41st A Combat Wing attacked the last resort target at Stralsund, Germany: aiming was accomplished visually and bombs were away after a twenty-four minute bomb run.
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Primary Target |
Target: M/T Factory Type: Industry Location: Stettin / Szczecin, Poland |
Target Attacked (Mode) |
Secondary (Visual) Target: Airfield - Hangars Type: Military Location: Stargard, Poland |
Sortie/Aircraft Summary |
Completed Mission, not including spares - 18 Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 3 Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 2 |
Mission Personnel | Mission Personnel Roster⇗ or Mission Loading Lists⇗ |
Mission Documents | Combat Mission Records and Plans obtained from the National Archives⇗ |
Other Mission Documents | 1944-10-06, Group Lead, W. Johnson, L. Durdin⇗ |
Aircraft | Pilot | Results | Mission/Sortie Information |
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42‑37788⇗ | Owens, Robert Clare⇗ | Completed Mission | D group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑37822⇗ | Hughes, Robert Davis⇗ | Completed Mission | D group deputy Squadron lead. Hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑38013⇗ | Mumper, Benjamin Royce⇗ | Completed Mission | D group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97263⇗ | Rowe, George B⇗ | Completed Mission | D group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97510⇗ | Salley, Thomas Raysor⇗ | Completed Mission | A group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97521⇗ | Green, Loren Lester⇗ | Spare, Completed Mission | Flying spare; joined A group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑102518⇗ | Peters, Lloyd Arman⇗ | Spare, Completed Mission | Flying spare; joined A group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑102620⇗ | Ellis, Harold Richard⇗ | Completed Mission | A group hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑107121⇗ | Brookshire, James D⇗ | Completed Mission | A group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑37703⇗ | Groff, Richard Hubert⇗ | Completed Mission | D group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑37917⇗ | Cepits, Francis Frederick⇗ | Completed Mission | A group. Returned one 500# bomb. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑37971⇗ | Gross, Kenneth Eugene⇗ | Spare, Completed Mission | Flying spare; joined A group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38262⇗ | Majeske, Charles Paul⇗ | Completed Mission | D group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38588⇗ | Duesler, Donald Barton⇗ | Completed Mission | A group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38615⇗ | Gilbert, Stanley Milton⇗ | Completed Mission | D group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑6105⇗ | Sienkiewicz, Edward Alfred⇗ | Completed Mission | D group. Hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑6141⇗ | Freiman, Peter Paul⇗ | Completed Mission | D group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑6149⇗ | Smith, Jack M⇗ | Completed Mission | D group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑6294⇗ | [N/A] | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
44‑6476⇗ | Tracy, Edward Hanks⇗ | Completed Mission | A group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑6512⇗ | Springsted, Donald George⇗ | Completed Mission | D group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑8008⇗ | [N/A] | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | Lead PFF Ground Spare Aircraft. |
44‑8211⇗ | Durdin, Larkin Clayton⇗ | Completed Mission | D group lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |