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Mission # 225

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 11 November 1944
Eighth Air Force Operations Operations description not yet available.
384th Bomb Group Mission
384th BG Mission Number 225, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 712
Synthetic Oil Plant Bombed
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Two squadrons, plus two spare aircraft, attacked the synthetic oil plant at Gelsenkirchen, despite equipment failures. The formation was led on the Gee-H bomb run by the low group deputy,
Primary Target Target: Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Target Attacked (Mode) Primary (Gee-H)
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Completed Mission, not including spares - 23
Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 2
Flight Completed - 1
Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 1
Scrubbed - 2
Aborted - 1
Mission Personnel Mission Personnel Roster⇗ or Mission Loading Lists⇗
Mission Documents Combat Mission Records and Plans obtained from the National Archives⇗

30 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
42‑32106⇗Starr, William George⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38208⇗McNamara, John Gordon⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑39888⇗Gilmore, James Robson⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97251⇗Freiman, Peter Paul⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97263⇗Brown, Bert Oliver⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97309⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑97510⇗Wyatt, William Glenn⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97824⇗Bills, Edgar L⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Gee-H ship; lead Squadron deputy; turned back at Dutch coast due to runaway prop; shaft snapped on return flight; engine burst into flames on landing; bombs jettisoned.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑98000⇗Fleshman, Warren Gray⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102500⇗McKone, Joseph F⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102501⇗Blankenmeyer, William J⇗Flight CompletedWeather aircraft.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107121⇗McLean, William S⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107125⇗Pranger, Nicholas Vincent⇗Completed MissionGee-H ship; low Squadron deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37843⇗Jackson, Oakley Homer⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38062⇗Groff, Richard Hubert⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38501⇗Hassing, Eugene Theron⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38588⇗Mead, Frank Willard⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38673⇗Doran, William Elmer⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38678⇗Rose, Gerald Dale⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38721⇗Herring, Harold F⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38747⇗Rummel, Brian Dunn⇗Spare, Completed MissionGround Spare Aircraft, replaced 44‑6476. Low Squadron flying spare; joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38800⇗Farnsworth, Reuben Joseph⇗Spare, Completed MissionLead Squadron flying spare; joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38823⇗Fahr, John (NMI)⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6476⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 43‑38747.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6592⇗Goodrick, Gene Robert⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8007⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 44‑8401.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8216⇗Cline, Walter William⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8401⇗Herzog, John Henry⇗Completed MissionLead PFF Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 44‑8007. Lead Squadron lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8409⇗Abbott, Edward William⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8430⇗Chmura, Edward (NMI)⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗