| Mission Date | 16 November 1944 |
| Eighth Air Force Operations | Operations description not yet available. |
| 384th Bomb Group Mission |
384th BG Mission Number 226, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 715
Enemy Troop Positions Bombed The 384th BG provided all aircraft and personnel for the lead, high, and low squadrons of the 41st Bomb Wing A Group, and the lead squadron of the 41st Bomb Wing D Group. In addition, two aircraft were loaned to other groups. The mission was to attack enemy ground positions ahead of allied forces.
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| Primary Target |
Target: Tactical - Artillery Positions Type: Military Location: Eschweiler, Germany |
| Target Attacked (Mode) | Primary (PFF) |
| Sortie/Aircraft Summary |
Completed Mission, not including spares - 48 Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 2 Flight Completed - 1 Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 1 Scrubbed - 3 Failed To Return - 1 |
| 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⇗ | Weaver, Paul Hanson⇗ | Completed Mission | Hot camera ship. Landed away at RAF Cranfield, Bedfordshire, due to weather. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑37788⇗ | Abbott, William H⇗ | Completed Mission | Ground Spare Aircraft, replaced 44‑6514. Lead Squadron, 41st Bomb Wing D group. Landed away at RAF Tilstock, Shropshire, due to weather. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑38013⇗ | Hassing, Eugene Theron⇗ | Completed Mission | Ground Spare Aircraft, replaced 43‑38501. Landed away at Stratford, due to weather. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑38208⇗ | Brown, Bert Oliver⇗ | Completed Mission | Landed away at Stratford, due to weather. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑39888⇗ | Orr, James Wallace⇗ | Completed Mission | Landed away at Stratford, due to weather. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑97150⇗ | Jackson, Oakley Homer⇗ | Completed Mission | Lead Squadron, 41st Bomb Wing D group. Landed away at Tilstock, due to weather. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑97251⇗ | Cepits, Francis Frederick⇗ | Completed Mission | Landed away at Stratford, due to weather. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑97263⇗ | Mock, John Montague⇗ | Completed Mission | Lead Squadron, 41st Bomb Wing D group; did not bomb target because bomb release mechanism froze up. Landed away at Tilstock, due to weather. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑97309⇗ | Peters, Lloyd Arman⇗ | Completed Mission | Ground Spare Aircraft, replaced 43‑37917. Landed away at Stratford, due to weather. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑97320⇗ | DeFrancesco, John Joseph⇗ | Completed Mission | Landed away at Stratford, due to weather. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑97510⇗ | Salley, Thomas Raysor⇗ | Spare, Completed Mission | Lead Squadron flying spare, 41st Bomb Wing A group; joined formation. Landed away at Stratford, due to weather. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑97824⇗ | Gabel, Raymond John⇗ | Completed Mission | Gee-H ship; aircraft flew with the 381st BG at Ridgewell, as deputy group lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑97941⇗ | Hunt, John Hardy⇗ | Completed Mission | Gee-H ship; high Squadron deputy, 41st Bomb Wing A group. Landed away at Stratford, due to weather; involved in an accident on the runway: Lt Green landed long and crashed into this aircraft. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑98000⇗ | Hoppen, Jack Stewart⇗ | Completed Mission | Hot camera ship. Landed away at Stratford, due to weather. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑98027⇗ | Cline, Walter William⇗ | Completed Mission | PFF & Gee-H ship; group lead, 41st Bomb Wing A group. Landed away at Stratford, due to weather. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑102459⇗ | McKone, Joseph Francis⇗ | Completed Mission | Landed away at Stratford, due to weather. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑102501⇗ | Clements, Ben Hill⇗ | Completed Mission | Landed away at Stratford, due to weather. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑102518⇗ | Rose, Gerald Dale⇗ | Completed Mission | Landed away at Stratford, due to weather. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑102933⇗ | Hale, Kenneth Oliver⇗ | Spare, Completed Mission | Flying spare; joined formation. Landed away at Stratford, due to weather. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑107121⇗ | Somers, James Lowell⇗ | Completed Mission | Hot camera ship. Landed away at Stratford, due to weather. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑107125⇗ | [Non-384th Pilot] | Completed Mission | Loaned to the 401st BG for today's mission. Manned by 401st personnel, except as noted on the Sortie Report. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑37703⇗ | Evans, Hugh Legar⇗ | Completed Mission | Landed away at Stratford, due to weather. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑37713⇗ | Duesler, Donald Barton⇗ | Completed Mission | Landed away at Stratford, due to weather. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑37717⇗ | Holmes, George W⇗ | Completed Mission | Hot camera ship. Landed away at Stratford, due to weather. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑37843⇗ | Klatt, Merton Dale⇗ | Completed Mission | Lead Squadron, 41st Bomb Wing D group. Landed away at Tilstock, due to weather. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑37917⇗ | Abbott, Edward William⇗ | Completed Mission | Landed away at Stratford, due to weather. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑37971⇗ | [N/A] | Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off | Replaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑97309. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38062⇗ | Rice, Robert Eugene⇗ | Completed Mission | Landed away at Stratford, due to weather. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38501⇗ | [N/A] | Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off | Replaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑38013. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38542⇗ | Rowe, George B⇗ | Completed Mission | Lead Squadron deputy, 41st Bomb Wing D group. Landed away at Tilstock, due to weather. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38548⇗ | LeDonne, Edward George⇗ | Completed Mission | Landed away at Stratford, due to weather. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38616⇗ | Koch, Robert Bruce⇗ | Flight Completed | Weather aircraft; remainder of crew (CP, N, RO, Eng) not identified SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38630⇗ | Goodrick, Gene Robert⇗ | Completed Mission | Lead Squadron, 41st Bomb Wing D group. Landed away at Stratford, due to weather. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38673⇗ | Storey, Wallace Arnold⇗ | Completed Mission | Landed away at Stratford, due to weather. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38678⇗ | Herring, Harold F⇗ | Completed Mission | Landed away at Stratford, due to weather. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38721⇗ | Green, Loren Lester⇗ | Completed Mission | On return to England, in bad weather, pilots were instructed to divert and land at Stratford. Lt. Green landed long and collided with an aircraft still on the runway. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38747⇗ | Mohler, John Grigsby⇗ | Completed Mission | Hot camera ship; lead Squadron deputy, 41st Bomb Wing A group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38750⇗ | Groff, Richard Hubert⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron deputy, 41st Bomb Wing A group. Landed away at Stratford, due to weather. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38752⇗ | Farnsworth, Reuben Joseph⇗ | Completed Mission | Lead Squadron, 41st Bomb Wing D group. Landed away at Stratford, due to weather. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38757⇗ | Owens, Robert Clare⇗ | Completed Mission | Lead Squadron, 41st Bomb Wing D group. Landed away at Tilstock, due to weather. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38766⇗ | McLean, William S⇗ | Completed Mission | Landed away at Stratford, due to weather. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38800⇗ | Mumper, Benjamin Royce⇗ | Completed Mission | Hot camera ship; lead Squadron, 41st Bomb Wing D group. Landed away at Tilstock, due to weather. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38801⇗ | Gilmore, James Robson⇗ | Completed Mission | Landed away at Stratford, due to weather. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38823⇗ | Fahr, John (NMI)⇗ | Completed Mission | Landed away at Stratford, due to weather. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑6105⇗ | Heubner, Emil J⇗ | Completed Mission | Lead Squadron, 41st Bomb Wing D group. Landed away at Tilstock, due to weather. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑6141⇗ | Wehrheim, Francis Walter⇗ | Completed Mission | Landed away at Stratford, due to weather. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑6476⇗ | Walker, Jay Frank⇗ | Completed Mission | Landed away at Stratford, due to weather. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑6512⇗ | Springsted, Donald George⇗ | Failed To Return | Hot camera ship. Aircraft received a direct flak burst in #3 engine over target, setting it afire at 1205 hrs. Six chutes were observed, but one appeared to be on fire. The aircraft crash-landed at Tongres, Belgium, with injured pilot and tail-gunner, and dead co-pilot. MACR 10448 SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑6514⇗ | [N/A] | Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off | Replaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑37788. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑6592⇗ | Milne, Alexander Dallas⇗ | Completed Mission | Hot camera ship; lead Squadron, 41st Bomb Wing D group. Landed away at Tilstock, due to weather. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑8008⇗ | Blankenmeyer, William J⇗ | Completed Mission | PFF ship; low Squadron lead, 41st Bomb Wing A group. Landed away at Stratford, due to weather. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑8211⇗ | Keller, Marion Wayne⇗ | Completed Mission | PFF & Gee-H ship; lead Squadron lead, 41st Bomb Wing D group. Landed away at RAF Tilstock, Shropshire, due to weather. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑8216⇗ | [N/A] | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
| 44‑8401⇗ | Martin, Donald Francis⇗ | Completed Mission | PFF ship; high Squadron lead, 41st Bomb Wing A group. Landed away at Stratford, due to weather. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑8409⇗ | Starr, William George⇗ | Completed Mission | Landed away at RAF Stratford, Warwickshire, due to weather. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑8430⇗ | Mead, Frank Willard⇗ | Completed Mission | Landed away at Stratford, due to weather. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |