Mission # 209

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 11 October 1944
Eighth Air Force Operations Operations description not yet available.
384th Bomb Group Mission
384th BG Mission Number 209, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 672
Two Targets Attacked
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The 384th Bombardment Group (H) provided four squadrons of the 41st CBW C Wing for today's mission. The positions of these squadrons in the formation are not apparent from available documents. Three squadrons attacked the primary, and one squadron (the 'second squadron' according to documents) attacked the secondary target, Railroad Marshalling Yards in Coblenz, Germany.
Primary Target Target: Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Wesseling, Germany
Target Attacked (Mode) Primary (Visual)
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Completed Mission, not including spares - 42
Landed In Allied Territory - 1
Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 1
Scrubbed - 2
Aborted - 1
Failed To Return - 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 1944-10-11, First Squadron Lead, H. Frink, R. Koch⇗

49 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
42‑31484⇗Rowe, George B⇗Completed MissionGround Spare Aircraft; replaced 43‑38542. First Squadron.
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42‑32106⇗Gross, Kenneth Eugene⇗Completed MissionSecond Squadron.
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42‑37822⇗Farnsworth, Reuben Joseph⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.First Squadron. Aborted due to defective manifold pressure in #3 engine.
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42‑38013⇗Sine, George Henning⇗Completed MissionFirst Squadron hot camera ship.
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42‑38208⇗Majeske, Charles Paul⇗Completed MissionFirst Squadron.
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42‑39888⇗Cepits, Francis Frederick⇗Completed MissionThird Squadron.
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42‑97150⇗Cornair, Russell John⇗Completed MissionFirst Squadron.
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42‑97251⇗Tracy, Edward Hanks⇗Completed MissionFourth Squadron.
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42‑97282⇗Wehrheim, Francis Walter⇗Completed MissionThird Squadron.
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42‑97309⇗Doran, William Elmer⇗Completed MissionSecond Squadron.
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42‑97320⇗Groff, Richard Hubert⇗Completed MissionThird Squadron.
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42‑97510⇗Salley, Thomas Raysor⇗Completed MissionFourth Squadron.
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42‑97592⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑98027. PFF ship.
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42‑97824⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, UnusedLead Gee-H Ground Spare Aircraft.
42‑97941⇗Dudock, Edward Peter⇗Completed MissionFirst Squadron deputy. Gee-H ship.
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42‑97948⇗Peterson, John Wright⇗Failed To ReturnFourth Squadron deputy. Gee-H ship. Subjected to intense and very accurate flak in target area; crashed 1 kilometer west of Strohn, Germany; MACR 9479.
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42‑98000⇗Rice, Robert Eugene⇗Completed MissionThird Squadron.
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42‑98027⇗Koch, Robert Bruce⇗Completed MissionLead PFF Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑97592. First Squadron lead.
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42‑102430⇗Fahr, John (NMI)⇗Completed MissionSecond Squadron hot camera ship.
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42‑102500⇗Mohler, John Grigsby⇗Completed MissionFourth Squadron.
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42‑102620⇗Ellis, Harold Richard⇗Landed In Allied TerritoryFourth Squadron. Subjected to intense and very accurate flak in target area; initially reported MIA, found to have landed in allied territory. The crew was uninjured, returning to base on 13 October, and resumed flying combat missions on the 15th. The Aircraft was returned to Grafton Underwood also. It was repaired, re-assigned to the 544th, and resumed flying combat missions on 11 December 1944.
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42‑102661⇗Norton, Paul E⇗Completed MissionThird Squadron.
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42‑102933⇗Hale, Kenneth Oliver⇗Completed MissionFourth Squadron.
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42‑107121⇗Hassing, Eugene Theron⇗Completed MissionFourth Squadron. Togglier Dale Dean Peloke killed by Flak.
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42‑107125⇗Kass, Robert Hiler⇗Completed MissionSecond Squadron deputy. Gee-H and hot camera ship.
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42‑107148⇗McDaniel, Clifford Franklin⇗Completed MissionSecond Squadron.
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43‑37703⇗Springsted, Donald George⇗Completed MissionThird Squadron.
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43‑37717⇗Green, Loren Lester⇗Completed MissionSecond Squadron.
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43‑37843⇗Keller, Marion Wayne⇗Completed MissionFirst Squadron hot camera ship.
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43‑37917⇗Wismer, Richard Glen⇗Completed MissionSecond Squadron.
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43‑37971⇗Johnstone, William Andrew⇗Completed MissionSecond Squadron.
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43‑38016⇗Blankenmeyer, William J⇗Completed MissionThird Squadron deputy. Gee-H ship.
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43‑38062⇗Smith, James Milton⇗Completed MissionThird Squadron.
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43‑38542⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑31484.
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43‑38548⇗Chmura, Edward (NMI)⇗Completed MissionFourth Squadron.
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43‑38588⇗Mead, Frank Willard⇗Completed MissionFourth Squadron.
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43‑38616⇗Duesler, Donald Barton⇗Completed MissionFourth Squadron.
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43‑38630⇗Goodrick, Gene Robert⇗Completed MissionFirst Squadron.
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43‑38678⇗Hunt, John Hardy⇗Completed MissionSecond Squadron.
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44‑6105⇗Smith, Jack M⇗Completed MissionFirst Squadron.
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44‑6109⇗Peters, Lloyd Arman⇗Completed MissionSecond Squadron.
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44‑6135⇗Mumper, Benjamin Royce⇗Completed MissionFirst Squadron.
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44‑6141⇗Patella, Joseph David⇗Completed MissionThird Squadron.
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44‑6149⇗Levine, Max (NMI)⇗Failed To ReturnFirst Squadron. Knocked down by flak.
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44‑6476⇗Causa, Raymond (NMI)⇗Completed MissionFourth Squadron.
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44‑6512⇗Freiman, Peter Paul⇗Completed MissionThird Squadron.
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44‑8007⇗Martin, Donald Francis⇗Completed MissionSecond Squadron lead. PFF ship. While on the bomb run to attack the primary target using Gee-H, with the deputy in the lead, the equipment failed. The Squadron then proceeded to the secondary target and attacked using PFF.
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44‑8008⇗Toler, Harold Morton⇗Completed MissionThird Squadron lead. PFF ship.
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44‑8211⇗Henderson, William Vincent⇗Completed MissionFourth Squadron lead. PFF ship.
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