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Mission # 236

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 6 December 1944
Eighth Air Force Operations Operations description not yet available.
Mission
384th BG Mission Number 236, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 741
More Pressure On Oil
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The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the 41st Combat Wing B Group on today's mission. The primary target was attacked using PFF sighting, with unobserved results.
Primary Target Target: Leuna Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Merseburg, Germany
Target Attacked (Mode) Primary (PFF)
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Completed Mission, not including spares - 35
Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 1
Flight Completed - 1
Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed - 2
Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 3
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⇗

45 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
42‑31484⇗Brookshire, James D⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑32106⇗Kinkead, Robert Miller⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37788⇗Sienkiewicz, Edward Alfred⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37822⇗Hoppen, Jack Stewart⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38208⇗Abbott, William H⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑39888⇗Orr, James Wallace⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97150⇗Woodworth, John Dempster⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97251⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑97309.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97271⇗Backman, Glenn Elmer⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97309⇗Chmura, Edward (NMI)⇗Completed MissionGround Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑97251.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97320⇗Fisher, Robert Jeremy⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97824⇗Gabel, Raymond John⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron deputy. Gee-H ship (but no Gee-H navigator on this mission).
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97960⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑98000⇗Wyatt, William Glenn⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑98027⇗Smith, James Milton⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron lead. PFF & Gee-H ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102430⇗Freiman, Peter Paul⇗Spare, Completed MissionLow Squadron flying spare; joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102500⇗Somers, James Lowell⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102501⇗McLean, William S⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102518⇗Rose, Gerald Dale⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102661⇗McKone, Joseph Francis⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Low Squadron hot camera ship. This aircraft suffered an internal failure of the #1 engine.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107083⇗Hartness, Joseph George⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107148⇗Touton, William Frank⇗Flying Spare, Returned As BriefedLead Squadron
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37703⇗Warner, Henry L⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37717⇗Starr, William George⇗Completed MissionLead Squadron hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37843⇗Weideman, Dennis Archie⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37917⇗Wismer, Richard Glen⇗Completed MissionGroup deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38016⇗Herzog, John Henry⇗Flight CompletedWeather aircraft; remainder of crew (CP, N, RO, Eng) not identified.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38262⇗Rowe, George B⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38548⇗Cepits, Francis Frederick⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38616⇗Hassing, Eugene Theron⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38630⇗Goodrick, Gene Robert⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38673⇗Storey, Wallace Arnold⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38721⇗Holmes, George W⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38747⇗Hale, Kenneth Oliver⇗Completed MissionCrashed while landing at base: flak damaged #2 engine and left main landing gear, which folded up on touchdown. This aircraft was repaired and returned to combat by 1 January 1945.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38752⇗Farnsworth, Reuben Joseph⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38757⇗Klatt, Merton Dale⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38801⇗Gilmore, James Robson⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6109⇗Fahr, John (NMI)⇗Completed MissionLead Squadron hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6476⇗Rummel, Brian Dunn⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6514⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
44‑6592⇗Brown, Bert Oliver⇗Flying Spare, Returned As BriefedHigh Squadron
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8007⇗Kinnaird, William Robert⇗Completed MissionGroup lead. PFF & Gee-H ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8216⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, UnusedLead PFF Ground Spare Aircraft.
44‑8221⇗Smith, Jack M⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron lead. PFF & Gee-H ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8401⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 44‑8007.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗