384th 2025 REUNION
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Mission # 210

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 14 October 1944
Eighth Air Force Operations Operations description not yet available.
Mission
384th BG Mission Number 210, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 676
Target: Transportation
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The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the lead and low squadrons of the 41st CBW B Group on today's mission.
Primary Target Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Saarbrücken, Germany
Target Attacked (Mode) Primary (Gee-H)
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Completed Mission, not including spares - 22
Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 2
Flight Completed - 1
Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 2
Scrubbed - 1
Aborted - 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 1944-10-14, Group Lead, M. Booska, J. Carnes⇗

30 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
42‑32106⇗Herring, Harold F⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38013⇗Majeske, Charles Paul⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97263⇗Klatt, Merton Dale⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97282⇗Orr, James Wallace⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97309⇗Green, Loren Lester⇗Spare, Completed MissionLow Squadron flying spare; joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97510⇗Chmura, Edward (NMI)⇗Spare, Completed MissionLead Squadron flying spare; joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97592⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, UnusedLead PFF Ground Spare Aircraft.
42‑97824⇗Johnstone, William Andrew⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron deputy. Gee-H and hot camera ship. Assumed lead after Hines/Hulcher aborted.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑98000⇗DeFrancesco, John Joseph⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102430⇗Farnsworth, Reuben Joseph⇗Completed MissionLead Squadron hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102500⇗Mead, Frank Willard⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Turned back due to mechanical failure.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102501⇗Hassing, Eugene Theron⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102518⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 43‑38678.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102933⇗Hale, Kenneth Oliver⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107148⇗Henderson, William Vincent⇗Flight CompletedWeather aircraft; remainder of crew (CP, N, RO, Eng) not identified.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37703⇗Smith, Jack M⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37917⇗Wismer, Richard Glen⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38016⇗Hughes, Robert Davis⇗Completed MissionLead Squadron deputy. Gee-H and hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38062⇗Wehrheim, Francis Walter⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38542⇗Skehan, Joseph Lynne⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38548⇗Cepits, Francis Frederick⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38616⇗Duesler, Donald Barton⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38630⇗Owens, Robert Clare⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38678⇗Holmes, George W⇗Completed MissionGround Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑102518.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6109⇗Hunt, John Hardy⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6141⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
44‑6476⇗Clements, Ben Hill⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6512⇗Patella, Joseph David⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8008⇗Carnes, Joe Ross⇗Completed MissionGroup lead. PFF ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8047⇗Hulcher, Donald Lawrence ⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Low Squadron lead. PFF ship. Aborted due to failure of #2 engine.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗