Mission # 231

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 27 November 1944
Eighth Air Force Operations Operations description not yet available.
384th Bomb Group Mission
384th BG Mission Number 231, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 727
Weather Cooperates
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Previous Mission
The 384th provided three squadrons forming the lead group of the 41st Bomb Wing A Wing. A Gee-H bombing run was started at the IP, but the weather changed to CAVU leaving enough time to complete a visual bomb run. Results were deemed 'very good.'
Primary Target Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Offenburg, Germany
Target Attacked (Mode) Primary (Visual)
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Completed Mission, not including spares - 36
Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 2
Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 2
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⇗

43 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
42‑37822⇗Galiano, Joe Vincent⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38013⇗McNamara, John Gordon⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97150⇗Jackson, Oakley Homer⇗Completed MissionHot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97251⇗Chmura, Edward (NMI)⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97263⇗Mumper, Benjamin Royce⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97271⇗Weaver, Paul Hanson⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97320⇗DeFrancesco, John Joseph⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97960⇗Abbott, William H⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑98027⇗Cline, Walter William⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron lead; PFF & Gee-H ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102430⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑102459⇗Hoppen, Jack Stewart⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102500⇗Duesler, Donald Barton⇗Spare, Completed MissionHigh Squadron flying spare; joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102501⇗McLean, William S⇗Completed MissionHot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102518⇗Abbott, Edward William⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102661⇗Freiman, Peter Paul⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102933⇗O'Donnell, Phillip John⇗Completed MissionGround Spare Aircraft, replaced 44‑6109.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107083⇗Causa, Raymond (NMI)⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37703⇗Fleshman, Warren Gray⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37717⇗Starr, William George⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37843⇗Klatt, Merton Dale⇗Spare, Completed MissionLead Squadron flying spare; joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37917⇗Zink, Joseph Darrell⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Turned back; #3 prop feathered.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38062⇗Orr, James Wallace⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38501⇗Brookshire, James D⇗Completed MissionHot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38548⇗LeDonne, Edward George⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38616⇗Mohler, John Grigsby⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38673⇗Hicks, Kenneth Delmont⇗Completed MissionHot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38678⇗Herring, Harold F⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38750⇗Evans, Hugh Legar⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38757⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38766⇗Salley, Thomas Raysor⇗Completed MissionLanded away at White Waltham with two engines out; reason unknown.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38800⇗Smith, Jack M⇗Completed MissionHot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38801⇗Gilmore, James Robson⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38823⇗Mayner, John Robert⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6105⇗Heubner, Emil J⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6109⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑102933.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6141⇗McKone, Joseph Francis⇗Completed MissionFlew entire mission but could not drop bombs: bomb bay doors would not open either electrically or manually. Bomb load returned to base.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6476⇗Rummel, Brian Dunn⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6514⇗Sienkiewicz, Edward Alfred⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6592⇗Owens, Robert Clare⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8007⇗Davis, L K (IO)⇗Completed MissionGroup lead; PFF and Gee-H ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8216⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
44‑8221⇗Gross, Kenneth Eugene⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron lead: PFF & Gee-H ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8409⇗McDaniel, Clifford Franklin⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗