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Mission # 221

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 6 November 1944
Eighth Air Force Operations Operations description not yet available.
384th Bomb Group Mission
384th BG Mission Number 221, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 704
Attack on Oil
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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
Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 3
Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 3
Scrubbed - 1
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 MissionHigh Squadron.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37788⇗Klatt, Merton Dale⇗Spare, Completed MissionLead Squadron flying spare; joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37822⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 43‑38062.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38208⇗Sienkiewicz, Edward Alfred⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97150⇗Milne, Alexander Dale⇗Completed MissionLead Squadron hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97263⇗McNamara, John Gordon⇗Completed MissionLead 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 MissionLow Squadron hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97510⇗Salley, Thomas Raysor⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97824⇗Mohler, John Grigsby⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron deputy. Led Squadron on bomb run (two bomb runs).
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑98000⇗Galiano, Joe V⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102449⇗Dudock, Edward Peter⇗Completed MissionLead 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 Frederick⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102661⇗Groff, Richard Hubert⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102933⇗Hale, Kenneth Oliver⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107125⇗Hunt, John Hardy⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron deputy and hot camera ship. Led Squadron on bomb run.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37703⇗Drake, William Bright⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37843⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
43‑37917⇗Holmes, George W⇗Spare, Completed MissionLow Squadron flying spare; joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37971⇗Starr, William George⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38062⇗DeFrancesco, John Joseph⇗Completed MissionGround Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑37822.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38198⇗Cline, Walter William⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron lead. PFF ship provided by 379th BG, flown by 384th crew. Call-sign Nightgar-Z.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38501⇗Causa, Raymond (NMI)⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38542⇗Brown, Bert Oliver⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38588⇗Mead, Frank Willard⇗Spare, Completed MissionHigh Squadron flying spare; joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38616⇗Tracy, Edward Hanks⇗Completed MissionHigh 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 MissionHigh Squadron.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38752⇗Harter, David Smuck⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38766⇗Walker, Jay F⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38800⇗Majeske, Charles Paul⇗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, UnusedLead PFF Ground Spare Aircraft.
44‑8008⇗Martin, Donald Francis⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron lead. PFF ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8211⇗Davis, L K (IO)⇗Completed MissionGroup lead. PFF ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8409⇗Fahr, John (NMI)⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗