Mission Date | 25 November 1944 |
Eighth Air Force Operations | Operations description not yet available. |
384th Bomb Group Mission |
384th BG Mission Number 229, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 723
Bad Day for German Oil The 384th provided the three squadrons of the 41st Bomb Wing B Group. A visual attack on the primary target was not possible due to weather, so the Leuna works at Merseburg were bombed using PFF aiming. On returning to England, weather forced the diversion of 384th aircraft to Aldermaston and other fields; only two were able to land at Grafton Underwood.
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Primary Target |
Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Lützkendorf, Germany |
Target Attacked (Mode) |
Secondary (PFF) Target: Leuna Works Oil Refinery Type: Oil Industry Location: Merseburg, Germany |
Sortie/Aircraft Summary |
Completed Mission, not including spares - 36 Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed - 3 Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 4 Scrubbed - 1 |
Mission Personnel | Mission Personnel Roster⇗ or Mission Loading Lists⇗ |
Mission Documents | Combat Mission Records and Plans obtained from the National Archives⇗ |
Other Mission Documents | 1944-11-25, Group Lead, PFF Ship, T. Hutchinson, H. Neville⇗ |
Aircraft | Pilot | Results | Mission/Sortie Information |
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42‑97263⇗ | Abbott, William H⇗ | Completed Mission | Landed away at Aldermaston, due to weather. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97271⇗ | Backman, Glenn Elmer⇗ | Completed Mission | Landed away at Aldermaston, due to weather. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97320⇗ | Galiano, Joe Vincent⇗ | Completed Mission | Hot camera ship; landed away at White Waltham, due to weather. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97592⇗ | [N/A] | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
42‑97960⇗ | McNamara, John Gordon⇗ | Completed Mission | Landed away at Aldermaston, due to weather. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑98000⇗ | McKone, Joseph Francis⇗ | Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed | Low Squadron SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑102459⇗ | DeFrancesco, John Joseph⇗ | Completed Mission | Landed at Grafton Underwood. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑102500⇗ | [N/A] | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
42‑102501⇗ | Brookshire, James D⇗ | Completed Mission | Hot camera ship; landed away at Aldermaston, due to weather. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑102661⇗ | Wehrheim, Francis Walter⇗ | Completed Mission | Landed away at Aldermaston, due to weather. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑107083⇗ | Causa, Raymond (NMI)⇗ | Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed | Lead Squadron SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑107121⇗ | [N/A] | Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off | Replaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 43‑37713. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑107125⇗ | Wismer, Richard Glen⇗ | Completed Mission | Landed away at Aldermaston, due to weather. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑107148⇗ | Zink, Joseph Darrell⇗ | Completed Mission | Landed away at Hunston (probably RAF Hunsdon), due to weather. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑37703⇗ | Fleshman, Warren Gray⇗ | Completed Mission | Landed away at Aldermaston, due to weather. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑37713⇗ | Somers, James Lowell⇗ | Completed Mission | Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑107121. Landed away at Aldermaston, due to weather. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑37717⇗ | O'Donnell, Phillip John⇗ | Completed Mission | Hot camera ship; landed away at Aldermaston, due to weather. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑37843⇗ | Klatt, Merton Dale⇗ | Completed Mission | Landed away at Aldermaston, due to weather. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑37917⇗ | [N/A] | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
43‑38016⇗ | Rice, Robert Eugene⇗ | Completed Mission | Gee-H ship; landed away at Aldermaston, due to weather. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38062⇗ | Evans, Hugh Legar⇗ | Completed Mission | Hot camera ship; landed away at Harwell, due to weather. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38501⇗ | Duesler, Donald Barton⇗ | Completed Mission | Landed away at Aldermaston, due to weather. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38548⇗ | LeDonne, Edward George⇗ | Completed Mission | Landed away at Aldermaston, due to weather. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38616⇗ | Pranger, Nicholas Vincent⇗ | Completed Mission | Landed away at Aldermaston, due to weather. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38630⇗ | [N/A] | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
43‑38673⇗ | Starr, William George⇗ | Completed Mission | Landed away at Aldermaston, due to weather. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38678⇗ | Rose, Gerald Dale⇗ | Completed Mission | Landed away at Aldermaston, due to weather. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38752⇗ | Harter, David Smuck⇗ | Completed Mission | Landed away at Aldermaston, due to weather. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38757⇗ | Farnsworth, Reuben Joseph⇗ | Completed Mission | Landed away at Aldermaston, due to weather. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38766⇗ | Mead, Frank Willard⇗ | Completed Mission | Landed away at Aldermaston, due to weather. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38800⇗ | Woodworth, John Dempster⇗ | Completed Mission | Landed away at Aldermaston, due to weather. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38801⇗ | Gilmore, James Robson⇗ | Completed Mission | Landed away at Aldermaston, due to weather. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38823⇗ | Fahr, John (NMI)⇗ | Completed Mission | Hot camera ship; landed away at Bovingdon, due to weather. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑6105⇗ | Heubner, Emil J⇗ | Completed Mission | Landed away at Aldermaston, due to weather. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑6109⇗ | Hicks, Kenneth Delmont⇗ | Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed | High Squadron SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑6141⇗ | Hoppen, Jack Stewart⇗ | Completed Mission | Landed away at Aldermaston, due to weather. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑6476⇗ | Rummel, Brian Dunn⇗ | Completed Mission | Hot camera ship; landed away at Molesworth ('Wing'), due to weather. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑6514⇗ | Sienkiewicz, Edward Alfred⇗ | Completed Mission | Landed away at Aldermaston, due to weather. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑6592⇗ | Majeske, Charles Paul⇗ | Completed Mission | Landed away at Aldermaston, due to weather. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑8007⇗ | Martin, Donald Francis⇗ | Completed Mission | High Squadron lead; PFF ship; landed at Grafton Underwood. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑8008⇗ | Neville, Harry Walter⇗ | Completed Mission | Group lead; PFF ship; landed away at Aldermaston, due to weather. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑8401⇗ | Gilbert, Stanley Milton⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron lead; landed away at Aldermaston. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑8409⇗ | Abbott, Edward William⇗ | Completed Mission | Landed away at AAF Bovingdon, Station 112, due to weather. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑8430⇗ | McLean, William S⇗ | Completed Mission | Landed away at Aldermaston, due to weather. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |