Mission # 232

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 29 November 1944
384th Mission
Mission Number 232
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Mission Comments Refinery Bombed
The 384th provided three squadrons of the lead group of the 41st Bomb Wing C Wing. Advised that the primary target was covered by 10/10ths clouds, the group attacked the secondary (PFF aiming point) target in the same area.
Primary Target Target: Oil Refinery
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Misburg, Germany
Target Attacked (Mode) Secondary (PFF)
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Misburg, Germany
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Completed Mission, not including spares - 35
Aborted - 1
Scrubbed - 2
Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 3
Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 2
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
42‑38013⇗Mumper, Benjamin R ⇗Completed MissionHot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑39888⇗Wyatt, William Glenn ⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97150⇗Jackson, Oakley Homer ⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97251⇗Somers, James Lowell ⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97263⇗Woodworth, John Dempster ⇗Completed MissionHot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97271⇗Holmes, George W ⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97320⇗DeFrancesco, John Joseph ⇗Completed MissionHot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97510⇗Walker, Jay F ⇗Completed MissionReturned one bomb.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97960⇗Abbott, William H ⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑98000⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft,
Unused		 
42‑102459⇗Hoppen, Jack Stewart ⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102500⇗Hartness, Joseph George ⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102501⇗McLean, William S ⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102518⇗Touton, William F ⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102661⇗Fleshman, Warren Gray ⇗Flying Spare,
Completed Mission		Lead Squadron flying spare; joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102933⇗Mead, Frank Willard ⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107083⇗Causa, Raymond (NMI) ⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37717⇗Starr, William George ⇗Completed MissionHot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37843⇗Brown, Bert Oliver ⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37917⇗Zink, Joseph D ⇗Flying Spare,
Completed Mission		High Squadron flying spare; joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37971⇗McDaniel, Clifford Franklin ⇗Completed MissionHot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38016⇗[N/A]ScrubbedReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 44‑8216. took off with Gilbert Crew, but lost #2 engine.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38062⇗Orr, James Wallace ⇗AbortedHot camera ship. Aborted due to mechanical failure; landed away at Halesworth; jettisoned bombs in Channel.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38501⇗Hassing, Eugene Theron ⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38542⇗Bills, Edgar L ⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38548⇗LeDonne, Edward George ⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38630⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft,
Unused		 
43‑38673⇗Hicks, Kenneth Delmont ⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38678⇗Herring, Harold F ⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38750⇗Warner, Henry L ⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38752⇗Hicks, Ralph Benjamin ⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38801⇗Gilmore, James Robson ⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38823⇗Abbott, Edward William ⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6105⇗Majeske, Charles Paul ⇗Flying Spare,
Completed Mission		Low Squadron flying spare; joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6109⇗O'Donnell, Phillip J ⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6141⇗Galiano, Joe V ⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6476⇗Duesler, Donald Barton ⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6514⇗Sienkiewicz, Edward Alfred ⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6592⇗Goodrick, Gene Robert ⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8007⇗Carnes, Joe Ross ⇗Completed MissionGroup lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8211⇗Doran, William Elmer ⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8216⇗Gilbert, Stanley Milton ⇗Completed MissionGilbert Crew took off in 43‑38016 but lost #2 engine; landed and moved to this aircraft.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8409⇗[N/A]ScrubbedReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑97271
SORTIE REPORT ⇗