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Mission # 233

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 30 November 1944
Eighth Air Force Operations Operations description not yet available.
Mission
384th BG Mission Number 233, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 731
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The initial bomb run using PFF was terminated when traffic congestion forced the formation to alter course. A second (visual) bomb run was made after sighting the target, but it turned out to be the towns of Meuselwitz and Wintersdorf, Germany, about 5 miles southeast of the primary target. The high squadron bombed the 'Last Resort Target' of Fulda, Germany, using PFF.
Primary Target Target: Synthetic Oil Refinery
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Zeitz, Germany
Target Attacked (Mode) Other (Visual)
Location: Meuselwitz, Wintersdorf, Germany
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Completed Mission, not including spares - 31
Crashed - 2
Flight Completed - 1
Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed - 3
Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 3
Scrubbed - 1
Some Crewmembers Bailed Out - 1
Failed To Return - 2
Mission Personnel Mission Personnel Roster⇗ or Mission Loading Lists⇗
Mission Documents Combat Mission Records and Plans obtained from the National Archives⇗

44 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
42‑32106⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑37788⇗Woodworth, John Dempster⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37822⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑97150⇗Jackson, Oakley Homer⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97251⇗Chmura, Edward (NMI)⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97271⇗Backman, Glenn Elmer⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97320⇗DeFrancesco, John Joseph⇗Flying Spare, Returned As BriefedLow Squadron
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97592⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 44‑8221.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑98000⇗Galiano, Joe Vincent⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102430⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑102500⇗Duesler, Donald Barton⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102501⇗Cepits, Francis Frederick⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102518⇗Abbott, Edward William⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102661⇗Warner, Henry L⇗Completed MissionHot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107083⇗Brookshire, James D⇗Flying Spare, Returned As BriefedHigh Squadron
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107121⇗Somers, James Lowell⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37703⇗McKone, Joseph Francis⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37713⇗Evans, Hugh Legar⇗Failed To ReturnDamaged by flak, force-landed near Rebgeshain, Hesse, Germany. Crew survived combat, but four members were murdered by the local Nazi Ortsgruppenleiter in Beltershain, the others became POW. MACR 11129
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37843⇗Brown, Bert Oliver⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37917⇗Kinkead, Robert Miller⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37971⇗McDaniel, Clifford Franklin⇗Completed MissionHot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38262⇗Owens, Robert Clare⇗Flight CompletedWeather aircraft; remainder of crew (CP, N, RO, Eng) not identified
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38501⇗Hassing, Eugene Theron⇗Completed MissionHot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38542⇗Gabel, Raymond John⇗Crashed In Allied TerritoryLanded with wheels up due to confusion in the cockpit during final approach.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38616⇗Mohler, John Grigsby⇗Completed MissionHot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38630⇗Klatt, Merton Dale⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38673⇗Starr, William George⇗Flying Spare, Returned As BriefedLead Squadron
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38678⇗Storey, Wallace Arnold⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38750⇗Rice, Robert Eugene⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38752⇗Farnsworth, Reuben Joseph⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38800⇗Goodrick, Gene Robert⇗Completed Mission, Some Crew Bailed OutFirst Lt. Gene Goodrick awarded Silver Star, Owens p. 200; MACR 11111 covers crewmembers that departed aircraft.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38801⇗Orr, James Wallace⇗Completed MissionHot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38823⇗Fahr, John (NMI)⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6105⇗Mumper, Benjamin Royce⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6109⇗O'Donnell, Phillip John⇗Completed MissionThis aircraft carried delayed action bombs.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6141⇗Fleshman, Warren Gray⇗Crashed In Allied TerritoryCrash landed in Luxembourg due to battle damage after the crew bailed out.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6476⇗Rummel, Brian Dunn⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6514⇗Sienkiewicz, Edward Alfred⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6592⇗Majeske, Charles Paul⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8211⇗Oosterhof, Franklin Gerald⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8221⇗Smith, James Milton⇗Completed MissionGround Spare Aircraft, replaced 42‑97592. Low Squadron lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8401⇗Wilson, Quentin (NMI)⇗Completed MissionGroup lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8409⇗Champ, Arthur Dexter⇗Failed To ReturnReceived a direct flak burst and exploded in vicinity of primary target after bombs away.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8430⇗Mead, Frank Willard⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗