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Mission # 224

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 10 November 1944
Eighth Air Force Operations Show Operations
Mission
384th BG Mission Number 224, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 709
Primary Targets Bombed
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The 384th provided three squadrons to form the 41st C Combat Bombardment Wing (41C Group) and an additional 12 aircraft to form the high squadron of the 41st D Combat Bombardment Wing (41D Squadron). The 41C Group lead and low squadrons bombed Ostheim Airfield using Gee-H, but the high squadron Gee-H equipment failed on the bomb run, and a second run was necessary. They started a PFF run on the primary target, but the PFF equipment failed, then attempted a visual run but could not see the primary target. They then salvoed their bombs over the secondary target, the center of Köln. The 41D Squadron made a 'long smooth run' to attack Butzweilerhof Airfield through 'intense and accurate' flak.
Primary Target Target: Ostheim Airfield & Butzweilerhof Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany
Target Attacked (Mode) Primary (Gee-H)
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Completed Mission, not including spares - 46
Flight Completed - 1
Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 3
Scrubbed - 1
Aborted - 4
Mission Personnel Mission Personnel Roster⇗ or Mission Loading Lists⇗
Mission Documents Combat Mission Records and Plans obtained from the National Archives⇗
Other Mission Documents 1944-11-10, Group Lead, PFF Ship, G. Koehne, Q. Wilson⇗

55 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 Mission41C Group, Low Squadron.
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42‑32106⇗Herring, Harold F⇗Completed Mission41C Group, Lead Squadron.
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42‑37788⇗McNamara, John Gordon⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.41C Group, High Squadron. Hot Camera ship. Turned back due to mechanical failure.
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42‑37822⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, UnusedThere is no evidence in the mission files that this aircraft was assigned to this mission, save for a reference to aircraft '822' being assigned to the Fleshman Crew on the 544th BS loading list.
42‑38013⇗Klatt, Merton Dale⇗Completed Mission41C Group, High Squadron. Landed away on continent due to low fuel.
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42‑39888⇗Freiman, Peter Paul⇗Completed Mission41D Squadron.
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42‑97150⇗Jackson, Oakley Homer⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.41C Group, High Squadron. Turned back due to mechanical failure; bomb load returned to base.
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42‑97251⇗Hines, James Wesley⇗Flight CompletedWeather Aircraft. remainder of crew (CP, N, RO, Eng) not identified.
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42‑97309⇗Hicks, Kenneth Delmont⇗Completed Mission41C Group, Lead Squadron. Hot Camera ship.
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42‑97592⇗Keller, Marion Wayne⇗Completed Mission41C Group, High Squadron Lead. PFF ship. Landed away at RAF Woodbridge, Suffolk, due to low fuel.
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42‑97824⇗Gabel, Raymond John⇗Completed Mission41D Squadron, Squadron Deputy. Gee-H ship. 544th loading list has 'Lt. Toelhman (303rd B. Gp)' listed as GH Navigator.
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42‑97960⇗Mock, John Montague⇗Completed Mission41C Group, High Squadron. Landed away on continent due to low fuel. Engineer died from anoxia.
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42‑98000⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off41D Squadron. Replaced by Ground Spare aircraft 44‑8409.
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42‑98027⇗[Pilot TBD]Completed Mission41C Group, Gee-H aircraft; flew with 381st BG; remaining crew positions filled by non-384th personnel.
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42‑102449⇗Hicks, Ralph Benjamin⇗Completed Mission41C Group, High Squadron Deputy. Gee-H ship. Landed away at Brussels, Belgium, due to low fuel.
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42‑102459⇗Hoppen, Jack Stewart⇗Completed Mission41D Squadron.
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42‑102500⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused41D Squadron.
42‑102566⇗Zink, Joseph Darrell⇗Completed Mission41C Group, Lead Squadron.
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42‑102661⇗Groff, Richard Hubert⇗Completed Mission41D Squadron.
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42‑102933⇗Hale, Kenneth Oliver⇗Completed Mission41C Group, Low Squadron. Hot Camera ship.
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42‑107125⇗Martin, Donald Francis⇗Completed Mission41C Group, Group Deputy. Gee-H ship.
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42‑107148⇗Starr, William George⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.41C Group, Lead Squadron. Turned back due to material failure; jettisoned bomb load in Channel.
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43‑37703⇗Wehrheim, Francis Walter⇗Completed Mission41D Squadron.
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43‑37713⇗Salley, Thomas Raysor⇗Completed Mission41C Group, Low Squadron. Hot Camera ship.
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43‑37717⇗Holmes, George W⇗Completed Mission41C Group, Lead Squadron.
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43‑37843⇗Mumper, Benjamin Royce⇗Completed Mission41C Group, High Squadron. Landed away on continent due to low fuel.
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43‑37917⇗Rose, Gerald Dale⇗Completed Mission41C Group, Lead Squadron.
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43‑37971⇗Peters, Lloyd Arman⇗Completed Mission41C Group, Lead Squadron.
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43‑38016⇗Pranger, Nicholas Vincent⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.41C Group, Low Squadron Deputy. Gee-H ship. Turned back over France due to material failure; jettisoned bombs in open field in France.
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43‑38062⇗McKone, Joseph Francis⇗Completed Mission41D Squadron.
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43‑38501⇗Clements, Ben Hill⇗Completed Mission41C Group, Low Squadron.
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43‑38542⇗Rowe, George B⇗Completed Mission41C Group, High Squadron. Landed away on continent due to low fuel.
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43‑38588⇗LeDonne, Edward George⇗Completed Mission41C Group, Low Squadron.
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43‑38616⇗McLean, William S⇗Completed Mission41C Group, Low Squadron.
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43‑38630⇗Milne, Alexander Dallas⇗Completed Mission41C Group, High Squadron. Hot Camera ship. Landed away on continent due to low fuel.
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43‑38678⇗Green, Loren Lester⇗Completed Mission41C Group, Lead Squadron.
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43‑38721⇗Mayner, John Robert⇗Completed Mission41C Group, Lead Squadron.
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43‑38747⇗Somers, James Lowell⇗Completed Mission41C Group, Low Squadron.
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43‑38750⇗Rice, Robert Eugene⇗Completed Mission41D Squadron.
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43‑38752⇗Majeske, Charles Paul⇗Completed Mission41C Group, High Squadron. Landed away on continent due to low fuel.
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43‑38766⇗Causa, Raymond (NMI)⇗Completed Mission41C Group, Low Squadron.
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43‑38801⇗Fisher, Robert Jeremy⇗Completed Mission41D Squadron. Hot Camera ship.
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43‑38823⇗Fahr, John (NMI)⇗Completed Mission41C Group, Lead Squadron. Hot Camera ship.
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44‑6105⇗Heubner, Emil J⇗Completed Mission41C Group, High Squadron. Landed away on continent due to low fuel.
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44‑6135⇗Abbott, William H⇗Completed Mission41C Group, High Squadron. Landed away on continent due to low fuel.
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44‑6141⇗Galiano, Joe Vincent⇗Completed Mission41D Squadron.
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44‑6476⇗Rummel, Brian Dunn⇗Completed Mission41C Group, Low Squadron.
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44‑6512⇗DeFrancesco, John Joseph⇗Completed Mission41D Squadron. Hot Camera ship.
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44‑6514⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused41D Squadron.
44‑8007⇗Carnes, Joe Ross⇗Completed Mission41C Group, Group Lead. PFF ship.
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44‑8211⇗[Pilot TBD]Completed Mission41C Group, Gee-H aircraft; flew with 381st BG; remaining crew positions filled by non-384th personnel.
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44‑8216⇗Ellis, Harold Richard⇗Completed Mission41C Group, Low Squadron Lead. PFF ship.
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44‑8401⇗Gilbert, Stanley Milton⇗Completed Mission41D Squadron, Squadron Lead. PFF ship. Marion Chase, Engineer: 'Feathered #3 after flak hit oil cooler and we lost our oil.'
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44‑8409⇗Fleshman, Warren Gray⇗Completed Mission41D Squadron. Ground Spare aircraft, replaced 42‑98000.
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44‑8430⇗Cepits, Francis Frederick⇗Completed Mission41C Group, Low Squadron.
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