Mission Date | 23 November 1944 |
Eighth Air Force Operations | Operations description not yet available. |
384th Bomb Group Mission |
384th BG Mission Number 228, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 722
Primary Attacked Using Gee-H The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the the 41st CBW A Group on today's mission. The formation adjusted bombing altitude to compensate for weather conditions, and bombing was accomplished successfully, albeit with unobserved results.
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Primary Target |
Target: Nordstern Coking Plant at Gelsenkirchener Bergwerks-A.G. Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany |
Target Attacked (Mode) | Primary (Gee-H) |
Sortie/Aircraft Summary |
Completed Mission, not including spares - 45 Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 3 Scrubbed - 1 Aborted - 3 |
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 |
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42‑32106⇗ | Starr, William George⇗ | Aborted Mission After Taking Off. | Turned back due to #4 engine failure: #8 cylinder exhaust stack broke causing the cylinder to be burnt away. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑37788⇗ | McNamara, John Gordon⇗ | Completed Mission | Hot camera ship; high Squadron, B group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑38208⇗ | Sienkiewicz, Edward Alfred⇗ | Completed Mission | High Squadron, B group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑39888⇗ | Orr, James Wallace⇗ | Aborted Mission After Taking Off. | Turned back due to #3 engine supercharger failing. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97150⇗ | Jackson, Oakley Homer⇗ | Completed Mission | Hot camera ship; high Squadron, B group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97263⇗ | Mock, John Montague⇗ | Completed Mission | High Squadron, B group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97271⇗ | Backman, Glenn Elmer⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97309⇗ | Zink, Joseph Darrell⇗ | Aborted Mission After Taking Off. | Hot camera ship; turned back due to internal engine failure. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97320⇗ | Fleshman, Warren Gray⇗ | Completed Mission | Hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97592⇗ | Bills, Edgar L⇗ | Completed Mission | High Squadron lead, B group; PFF ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97824⇗ | Pranger, Nicholas Vincent⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron deputy, A group; Gee-H ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97960⇗ | Abbott, William H⇗ | Completed Mission | High Squadron, B Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑98000⇗ | Evans, Hugh Legar⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑102459⇗ | Wehrheim, Francis Walter⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑102501⇗ | Clements, Ben Hill⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑102518⇗ | Rose, Gerald Dale⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑102661⇗ | Rice, Robert Eugene⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑102933⇗ | Salley, Thomas Raysor⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑107083⇗ | Causa, Raymond (NMI)⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑107121⇗ | McLean, William S⇗ | Completed Mission | Ground Spare Aircraft, replaced 43‑38766. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑107125⇗ | Hicks, Ralph Benjamin⇗ | Completed Mission | High Squadron deputy, B group; Gee-H ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑107148⇗ | [N/A] | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
43‑37703⇗ | DeFrancesco, John Joseph⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑37713⇗ | Hartness, Joseph George⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑37717⇗ | Holmes, George W⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑37971⇗ | McDaniel, Clifford Franklin⇗ | Completed Mission | A group deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38016⇗ | Gabel, Raymond John⇗ | Completed Mission | High Squadron deputy, A group; Gee-H ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38062⇗ | McKone, Joseph Francis⇗ | Completed Mission | Hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38501⇗ | Hassing, Eugene Theron⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38542⇗ | Owens, Robert Clare⇗ | Completed Mission | High Squadron, B group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38548⇗ | Walker, Jay Frank⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38616⇗ | [N/A] | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
43‑38630⇗ | Farnsworth, Reuben Joseph⇗ | Completed Mission | High Squadron, B group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38673⇗ | Peters, Lloyd Arman⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38678⇗ | Hicks, Kenneth Delmont⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38747⇗ | Duesler, Donald Barton⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38750⇗ | Galiano, Joe Vincent⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38752⇗ | Heubner, Emil J⇗ | Completed Mission | High Squadron, B group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38757⇗ | Harter, David Smuck⇗ | Completed Mission | High Squadron, B group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38766⇗ | [N/A] | Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off | Replaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑107121. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38800⇗ | [N/A] | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
43‑38801⇗ | Gilmore, James Robson⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38823⇗ | Fahr, John (NMI)⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑6109⇗ | Mayner, John Robert⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑6141⇗ | Hoppen, Jack Stewart⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑6476⇗ | Brookshire, James D⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑6592⇗ | Majeske, Charles Paul⇗ | Completed Mission | High Squadron, B group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑8008⇗ | Ellis, Harold Richard⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron lead, A group; PFF ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑8211⇗ | Koch, Robert Bruce⇗ | Completed Mission | A group lead; PFF & Gee-H ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑8401⇗ | Smith, James Milton⇗ | Completed Mission | High Squadron lead, A group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑8409⇗ | O'Donnell, Phillip John⇗ | Completed Mission | Hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑8430⇗ | Chmura, Edward (NMI)⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |