Mission Date | 25 October 1944 |
Eighth Air Force Operations | Show Operations |
384th Bomb Group Mission |
384th BG Mission Number 215, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 688
Primary & Secondary Attacked The 384th Bomb Group (Heavy) flew four squadrons to form the entire 41st B Combat Bomb Wing, the second wing of three, of Air Task Force 4 on today's mission. The low squadron attacked the primary target using Gee-H aiming, but cloud obscuration and equipment failure forced the remaining squadrons attack the secondary target using PFF aiming.
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Primary Target |
Target: Nordstern Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany |
Target Attacked (Mode) |
Secondary (PFF) Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Hamm, Germany |
Sortie/Aircraft Summary |
Completed Mission, not including spares - 46 Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 4 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 | 1944-10-25, Group Lead, PFF Ship, A. Bean, K. Myrick⇗ |
Aircraft | Pilot | Results | Mission/Sortie Information |
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42‑32106⇗ | Kinnaird, William Robert⇗ | Completed Mission | High Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑38208⇗ | Sienkiewicz, Edward Alfred⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97150⇗ | Nicholson, Gilbert Orin⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97251⇗ | Tracy, Edward Hanks⇗ | Completed Mission | Lead Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97263⇗ | Mock, John Montague⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97271⇗ | Herring, Harold F⇗ | Completed Mission | High Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97282⇗ | Wehrheim, Francis Walter⇗ | Completed Mission | Fourth Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97309⇗ | Holmes, George W⇗ | Completed Mission | High Squadron hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97320⇗ | Wyatt, William Glenn⇗ | Completed Mission | Fourth Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97510⇗ | Fleshman, Warren Gray⇗ | Aborted Mission After Taking Off. | Fourth Squadron. Aborted due to internal failure of #1 engine SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97592⇗ | Parker, George Frederick⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron lead. PFF ship. Relinquished lead to deputy at IP for Gee-H guidance on bomb run. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97824⇗ | Davis, L K (IO)⇗ | Completed Mission | Group deputy. Gee-H ship. Gee-H equipment failed on the bomb run, so group lead resumed control. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97960⇗ | Heubner, Emil J⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑98000⇗ | Freiman, Peter Paul⇗ | Completed Mission | Fourth Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑98027⇗ | Blankenmeyer, William J⇗ | Completed Mission | Fourth Squadron lead. PFF ship. Deputy's Gee-H failed during assembly, so the Squadron lead conducted a PFF attack on the secondary target. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑102449⇗ | Hicks, Ralph Benjamin⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron deputy. Gee-H ship. Took lead at IP and guided Squadron to an attack on the primary target using Gee-H. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑102459⇗ | DeFrancesco, John Joseph⇗ | Completed Mission | Fourth Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑102566⇗ | [N/A] | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
42‑102661⇗ | Smith, James Milton⇗ | Completed Mission | Fourth Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑102933⇗ | Hale, Kenneth Oliver⇗ | Completed Mission | Lead Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑107083⇗ | [N/A] | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
42‑107121⇗ | Brookshire, James D⇗ | Completed Mission | Lead Squadron hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑107125⇗ | Johnstone, William Andrew⇗ | Completed Mission | High Squadron deputy. Gee-H ship. Gee-H equipment failed prior to IP. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑107148⇗ | Rose, Gerald Dale⇗ | Aborted Mission After Taking Off. | High Squadron. Aborted due to loss of oil pressure in #2 engine. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑37843⇗ | Klatt, Merton Dale⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑37917⇗ | Wismer, Richard Glen⇗ | Completed Mission | High Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑37971⇗ | Peters, Lloyd Arman⇗ | Completed Mission | High Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38016⇗ | Gabel, Raymond John⇗ | Completed Mission | Fourth Squadron deputy. Gee-H equipment failed during assembly. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38062⇗ | Fisher, Robert Jeremy⇗ | Completed Mission | Fourth Squadron hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38501⇗ | Hassing, Eugene Theron⇗ | Completed Mission | Lead Squadron hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38542⇗ | Owens, Robert Clare⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38548⇗ | LeDonne, Edward George⇗ | Completed Mission | Lead Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38588⇗ | Galiano, Joe Vincent⇗ | Completed Mission | Fourth Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38616⇗ | Pranger, Nicholas Vincent⇗ | Completed Mission | Lead Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38630⇗ | Keller, Marion Wayne⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38678⇗ | Gross, Kenneth Eugene⇗ | Completed Mission | High Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38747⇗ | Duesler, Donald Barton⇗ | Completed Mission | Lead Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38750⇗ | Evans, Hugh Legar⇗ | Completed Mission | Fourth Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38752⇗ | Farnsworth, Reuben Joseph⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38757⇗ | Goodrick, Gene Robert⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38766⇗ | Chmura, Edward (NMI)⇗ | Completed Mission | Lead Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38823⇗ | Fahr, John (NMI)⇗ | Completed Mission | High Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑6105⇗ | [N/A] | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
44‑6109⇗ | McDaniel, Clifford Franklin⇗ | Completed Mission | High Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑6135⇗ | Brown, Bert Oliver⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑6141⇗ | [N/A] | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
44‑6476⇗ | Rummel, Brian Dunn⇗ | Completed Mission | Lead Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑6512⇗ | McKone, Joseph Francis⇗ | Completed Mission | Fourth Squadron hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑8007⇗ | Hulcher, Donald Lawrence ⇗ | Completed Mission | High Squadron lead. PFF ship. Since deputy's Gee-H equipment failed prior to IP, led the Squadron to attack the secondary using PFF. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑8008⇗ | Myrick, Kenneth Delay⇗ | Completed Mission | Group lead. PFF ship. Resumed lead on bomb run after deputy's Gee-H equipment failed. Led Squadron to attack secondary target using PFF. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑8409⇗ | Backman, Glenn Elmer⇗ | Completed Mission | High Squadron hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑8430⇗ | Mohler, John Grigsby⇗ | Completed Mission | Lead Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |