| Mission Date | 1 November 1944 |
| 384th Mission |
Mission Number 217
|
| 8th Air Force Mission | Mission Number 696 |
| Mission Comments |
Two Squadrons Hit Primary The 384th Bombardment Group (H) led the 1st Air Division and the 41st CBW Wing formation in the A Group position. The Lead and high squadrons completed a Gee-H attack on the primary as planned. The low group's Gee-H equipment failed prior to arriving at the primary IP, so it flew directly to the secondary target IP and attacked that target using PFF. |
| Primary Target |
Target: Nordstern Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany |
| Target Attacked (Mode) | Primary (Gee-H) |
| Sortie/Aircraft Summary |
Completed Mission, not including spares - 36 Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 3 Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 4 |
| Mission Personnel | Mission Personnel Roster⇗ or Mission Loading Lists⇗ |
| Mission Documents | Combat Mission Records and Plans obtained from the National Archives⇗ |
| Aircraft | Pilot | Results | Mission/Sortie Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| 42‑32106⇗ | Herring, Harold F ⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑37788⇗ | Sine, George Henning ⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑39888⇗ | McKone, Joseph F ⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑97150⇗ | Sienkiewicz, Edward Alfred ⇗ | Completed Mission | Lead Squadron hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑97263⇗ | Mock, John Montague ⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑97271⇗ | Mayner, John Robert ⇗ | Flying Spare, Completed Mission | Low Squadron flying spare; joined formation. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑97282⇗ | Springsted, Donald George ⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑97309⇗ | [N/A] | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
| 42‑97320⇗ | DeFrancesco, John Joseph ⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑97592⇗ | Martin, Donald Francis ⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron lead. PFF ship. Led Squadron in PFF attack on secondary target. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑97824⇗ | Mohler, John Grigsby ⇗ | Completed Mission | High Squadron deputy. Gee-H ship. Took over lead and led Squadron in Gee-H attack on primary. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑97941⇗ | Johnstone, William Andrew ⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron deputy. Gee-H ship. Gee-H equipment failed before primary IP, so this aircraft was not able to lead the Squadron to attack the primary target. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑97960⇗ | McNamara, John Gordon ⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑102449⇗ | Bills, Edgar L ⇗ | Completed Mission | Division Deputy. Gee-H ship. Returned early due to material failure. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑102661⇗ | Evans, Hugh Legar ⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑107121⇗ | [N/A] | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
| 43‑37917⇗ | Wismer, Richard Glen ⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38016⇗ | [N/A] | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | Lead Gee-H Ground Spare Aircraft. |
| 43‑38062⇗ | Freiman, Peter Paul ⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38501⇗ | Chmura, Edward (NMI) ⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38548⇗ | Tracy, Edward Hanks ⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38588⇗ | Causa, Raymond (NMI) ⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38616⇗ | Clements, Ben Hill ⇗ | Flying Spare, Completed Mission | High Squadron flying spare; joined formation. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38630⇗ | Goodrick, Gene Robert ⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38673⇗ | Doran, William Elmer ⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38678⇗ | Storey, Wallace Arnold ⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38721⇗ | Green, Loren Lester ⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38747⇗ | Somers, James Lowell ⇗ | Completed Mission | High Squadron hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38750⇗ | Rice, Robert Eugene ⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38757⇗ | [N/A] | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
| 43‑38766⇗ | Salley, Thomas Raysor ⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38800⇗ | Mumper, Benjamin Royce ⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38801⇗ | Gilmore, James Robson ⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38823⇗ | Holmes, George W ⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑6105⇗ | Farnsworth, Reuben Joseph ⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑6109⇗ | Kinnaird, William Robert ⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑6135⇗ | Keller, Marion Wayne ⇗ | Flying Spare, Completed Mission | Lead Squadron flying spare; joined formation. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑6141⇗ | Fleshman, Warren Gray ⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑6476⇗ | Rummel, Brian Dunn ⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑6512⇗ | Wyatt, William Glenn ⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑8008⇗ | Cline, Walter William ⇗ | Completed Mission | High Squadron lead. PFF ship. Relinquished lead to deputy for the Gee-H bomb run on the primary: resumed lead for return to base. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑8211⇗ | Carnes, Joe Ross ⇗ | Completed Mission | Division lead. PFF and Gee-H ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑8430⇗ | Brookshire, James D ⇗ | Completed Mission | High Squadron hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |