| Mission Date | 7 October 1944 |
| Eighth Air Force Operations | Operations description not yet available. |
| 384th Bomb Group Mission |
384th BG Mission Number 207, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 669
Synthetic Oil Production Targeted The 384th Bombardment Group flew as the lead and low squadrons of the 41st CBW C group on today's mission. In spite of difficulty seeing the target area, visual attacks were pressed home, with mixed results.
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| Primary Target |
Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Leipzig, Germany |
| Target Attacked (Mode) | Primary (Visual) |
| Sortie/Aircraft Summary |
Completed Mission, not including spares - 21 Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 2 Landed In Allied Territory - 1 Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed - 1 Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 4 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 | 1944-10-07,Wing Lead, R. Thacker, J. Bahten⇗ |
| Aircraft | Pilot | Results | Mission/Sortie Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| 42‑37788⇗ | Mumper, Benjamin Royce⇗ | Spare, Completed Mission | Low Squadron flying spare. Joined high Squadron (91st BG). SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑37822⇗ | [N/A] | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
| 42‑38013⇗ | Levine, Max (NMI)⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑39888⇗ | [N/A] | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
| 42‑97263⇗ | Sienkiewicz, Edward Alfred⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑97510⇗ | [N/A] | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
| 42‑97521⇗ | Fahr, John (NMI)⇗ | Completed Mission | Hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑98000⇗ | Springsted, Donald George⇗ | Spare, Completed Mission | Lead Squadron flying spare; joined formation. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑102449⇗ | Neville, Harry Walter⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron lead. Gee-H ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑102518⇗ | Peters, Lloyd Arman⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑102620⇗ | Causa, Raymond (NMI)⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑107121⇗ | Cepits, Francis Frederick⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑107148⇗ | Farra, Robert Leslie⇗ | Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed | Turned back, reason unknown. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑37703⇗ | Groff, Richard Hubert⇗ | Completed Mission | Hot camera ship. Bomb doors had to be manually opened and closed. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑37917⇗ | Green, Loren Lester⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑37971⇗ | Johnstone, William Andrew⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38262⇗ | Bills, Edgar L⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron. Hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38548⇗ | LeDonne, Edward George⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38588⇗ | Hale, Kenneth Oliver⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38615⇗ | Orr, James Wallace⇗ | Landed In Allied Territory | At 1100 hrs in the vicinity of [Bad] Iburg, aircraft was hit by flak and peeled off from formation with #2 wing tank smoking and leaking; last seen over Osnabrück with wheels down and under control; no chutes; landed in allied territory, near Brussels, with all crew safe. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38616⇗ | Chmura, Edward (NMI)⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron. Hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑6105⇗ | Goodrick, Gene Robert⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑6135⇗ | Cornair, Russell John⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑6141⇗ | Patella, Joseph David⇗ | Completed Mission | Released bombs late. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑6294⇗ | Mandelbaum, Norman W (IO)⇗ | Failed To Return | At 1236 hrs over Ruhland, lost part control of aircraft over target after being hit by flak: co-pilot was killed instantly, and pilot mortally wounded. He peeled off from formation under control after bombing target and left formation; ship appeared to be in good condition; no chutes observed but crew did bail out (except for the pilots); crashed near Ruhland, Germany; MACR 9365 SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑6476⇗ | Hassing, Eugene Theron⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑6512⇗ | Norton, Paul E⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑8007⇗ | Toler, Harold Morton⇗ | Completed Mission | Group deputy. PFF ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑8008⇗ | Bahten, John Irwin⇗ | Completed Mission | Wing lead. PFF ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑8211⇗ | [N/A] | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | Lead PFF Ground Spare Aircraft. |