Mission # 221

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date	6 November 1944
384^th Mission	Mission Number 221 Next Mission Previous Mission
8^th Air Force Mission	Mission Number 704
Mission Comments	Attack on Oil The 384th Bombardment Group flew as the 41st Combat Wing C Group for today's mission. All three squadrons bombed separately, with the high squadron making two bomb runs due to bomb release failure. As a result, the high squadron made the return trip to Grafton Underwood alone.
Primary Target	Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Bottrop (Welheim), Germany
Target Attacked (Mode)	Primary (Gee-H)
Sortie/Aircraft Summary	Completed Mission, not including spares - 36 Scrubbed - 1 Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 3 Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 3
Mission Personnel	Mission Personnel Roster⇗ or Mission Loading Lists⇗
Mission Documents	Combat Mission Records and Plans obtained from the National Archives⇗

43 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⇗	Brookshire, James D	Completed Mission	High Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37788⇗	Klatt, Merton D	Flying Spare, Completed Mission	Lead Squadron flying spare; joined formation. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37822⇗	[N/A]	Scrubbed	Replaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 43‑38062. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38208⇗	Sienkiewicz, Edward Alfred	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97150⇗	Milne, Alexander Dale	Completed Mission	Lead Squadron hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97263⇗	McNamara, John Gordon	Completed Mission	Lead Squadron hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97271⇗	Backman, Glenn Elmer	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97282⇗	McKone, Joseph F	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97309⇗	Herring, Harold F	Completed Mission	Low Squadron hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97510⇗	Salley, Thomas Raysor	Completed Mission	High Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97824⇗	Mohler, John Grigsby	Completed Mission	High Squadron deputy. Led Squadron on bomb run (two bomb runs). SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑98000⇗	Galiano, Joe V	Completed Mission	High Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102449⇗	Dudock, Edward P	Completed Mission	Lead Squadron deputy. Led Squadron on bomb run. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102459⇗	Fleshman, Warren Gray	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102500⇗	[N/A]	Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused
42‑102501⇗	Cepits, Francis F	Completed Mission	High Squadron hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102661⇗	Groff, Richard Hubert	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102933⇗	Hale, Kenneth Oliver	Completed Mission	High Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107125⇗	Hunt, John Hardy	Completed Mission	Low Squadron deputy and hot camera ship. Led Squadron on bomb run. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37703⇗	Drake, William Bright	Completed Mission	High Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37843⇗	[N/A]	Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused
43‑37917⇗	Holmes, George W	Flying Spare, Completed Mission	Low Squadron flying spare; joined formation. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37971⇗	Starr, William George	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38062⇗	DeFrancesco, John Joseph	Completed Mission	Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑37822. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38198⇗	Cline, Walter W	Completed Mission	High Squadron lead. PFF ship provided by 379th BG, flown by 384th crew. Call-sign Nightgar-Z. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38501⇗	Causa, Raymond (NMI)	Completed Mission	High Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38542⇗	Brown, Bert Oliver	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38588⇗	Mead, Frank Willard	Flying Spare, Completed Mission	High Squadron flying spare; joined formation. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38616⇗	Tracy, Edward H	Completed Mission	High Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38673⇗	Doran, William Elmer	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38721⇗	Storey, Wallace Arnold	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38750⇗	Wehrheim, Francis Walter	Completed Mission	High Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38752⇗	Harter, David S	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38766⇗	Walker, Jay F	Completed Mission	High Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38800⇗	Majeske, Charles P	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38801⇗	Gilmore, James Robson	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6105⇗	Heubner, Emil J	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6109⇗	Hicks, Kenneth Delmont	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6512⇗	Freiman, Peter Paul	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8007⇗	[N/A]	Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused	Lead PFF Ground Spare Aircraft.
44‑8008⇗	Martin, Donald Francis	Completed Mission	Low Squadron lead. PFF ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8211⇗	Davis, L K (IO)	Completed Mission	Group lead. PFF ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8409⇗	Fahr, John	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗