Mission Date | 17 October 1944 |
Eighth Air Force Operations | Operations description not yet available. |
384th Bomb Group Mission |
384th BG Mission Number 212, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 681
One Marshalling Yard Bombed The 384th Bombardment Group flew as the 41st CBW C wing on thday's mission. Each squadron was assigned a different marshalling yard, but clouds in the target area altered the plan. All squadrons bombed the lead squadron's assigned visual primary target, releasing bombs on lead by PFF.
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Primary Target |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany |
Target Attacked (Mode) | Primary (PFF) |
Sortie/Aircraft Summary |
Completed Mission, not including spares - 36 Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 2 Flight Completed - 1 Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 1 Scrubbed - 1 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 | 1944-10-17, Group Lead, PFF Ship, A. Stone, J. Hines⇗ |
Aircraft | Pilot | Results | Mission/Sortie Information |
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42‑32106⇗ | Green, Loren Lester⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑37822⇗ | Orr, James Wallace⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑39888⇗ | DeFrancesco, John Joseph⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97251⇗ | Tracy, Edward Hanks⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97263⇗ | Mock, John Montague⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97271⇗ | Keller, Marion Wayne⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97282⇗ | Wehrheim, Francis Walter⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97309⇗ | Farnsworth, Reuben Joseph⇗ | Completed Mission | Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 43‑38757. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97320⇗ | Groff, Richard Hubert⇗ | Aborted Mission After Taking Off. | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97510⇗ | Ellis, Harold Richard⇗ | Spare, Completed Mission | High Squadron flying spare; joined formation. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97521⇗ | Fahr, John (NMI)⇗ | Completed Mission | Lead Squadron hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97592⇗ | Bean, Donald W⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron lead. PFF ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97960⇗ | Smith, Jack M⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑98000⇗ | Fleshman, Warren Gray⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑98027⇗ | Kass, Robert Hiler⇗ | Completed Mission | Group deputy. PFF ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑102430⇗ | Holmes, George W⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑102449⇗ | Cornair, Russell John⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑102501⇗ | Hassing, Eugene Theron⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑102518⇗ | Peters, Lloyd Arman⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑102566⇗ | Herring, Harold F⇗ | Spare, Completed Mission | Lead Squadron flying spare; joined formation. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑102661⇗ | Freiman, Peter Paul⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑102933⇗ | Duesler, Donald Barton⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑107121⇗ | Chmura, Edward (NMI)⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑37703⇗ | McKone, Joseph Francis⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑37843⇗ | Klatt, Merton Dale⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑37917⇗ | Kinnaird, William Robert⇗ | Completed Mission | Lead Squadron hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑37971⇗ | Hunt, John Hardy⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38016⇗ | Mumper, Benjamin Royce⇗ | Flight Completed | Weather aircraft; remainder of crew (CP, N, RO, Eng) not identified SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38062⇗ | Gabel, Raymond John⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38262⇗ | Hicks, Ralph Benjamin⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron deputy. Hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38542⇗ | Owens, Robert Clare⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38548⇗ | Cepits, Francis Frederick⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38588⇗ | Mead, Frank Willard⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38616⇗ | Davis, L K (IO)⇗ | Completed Mission | High Squadron lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38678⇗ | Doran, William Elmer⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38747⇗ | Pranger, Nicholas Vincent⇗ | Completed Mission | High Squadron deputy. Hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38757⇗ | [N/A] | Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off | Replaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑97309. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑6141⇗ | Sienkiewicz, Edward Alfred⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑6476⇗ | Rummel, Brian Dunn⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑6512⇗ | Galiano, Joe Vincent⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑8007⇗ | Hines, James Wesley⇗ | Completed Mission | Group lead. PFF ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑8047⇗ | [N/A] | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | Lead PFF Ground Spare Aircraft. |