Mission Date | 9 December 1944 |
384th Mission |
Mission Number 237
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8th Air Force Mission | Mission Number 743 |
Mission Comments |
Daimler Factory Attacked The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the 41st Combat Wing C Group for today's mission. All aircraft bombed the primary target: the lead squadron bombed by Gee-H with visual assist, the High squadron used Gee-H alone, and the Low squadron bombed visually. |
Primary Target |
Target: Airfield and Daimler Factory Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Böblingen (Stuttgart area), Germany |
Target Attacked (Mode) | Primary (Gee-H) |
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⇗ |
Aircraft | Pilot | Results | Mission/Sortie Information |
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42‑31484⇗ | Rose, Gerald Dale | Completed Mission | Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑102518. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑32106⇗ | Farnsworth, Reuben Joseph | Completed Mission | Lead Squadron hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑37822⇗ | [N/A] | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
42‑38208⇗ | Sienkiewicz, Edward Alfred | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑39888⇗ | Warner, Henry L | Aborted | Turned back; #1 feathered and #2 prop ran away. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97150⇗ | Jackson, Oakley Homer | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97251⇗ | Brookshire, James D | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97263⇗ | Woodworth, John Dempster | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97271⇗ | Backman, Glenn Elmer | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97320⇗ | Wyatt, William Glenn | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97510⇗ | Worthen, Kirk Winthrop | Completed Mission | Low Squadron hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97592⇗ | [N/A] | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | Lead PFF Ground Spare Aircraft. |
42‑97960⇗ | Weideman, Dennis Archer | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑98000⇗ | Hoppen, Jack Stewart | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑102459⇗ | DeFrancesco, John Joseph | Flying Spare, Completed Mission | High 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⇗ | [N/A] | Scrubbed | Replaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑31484. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑102661⇗ | Galiano, Joe V | Completed Mission | High Squadron hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑102933⇗ | Hale, Kenneth Oliver | Flying Spare, Completed Mission | Low Squadron flying spare; joined formation. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑107083⇗ | Hassing, Eugene Theron | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑37703⇗ | Freiman, Peter Paul | Completed Mission | High Squadron hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑37717⇗ | Starr, William George | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑37843⇗ | [N/A] | Scrubbed | Replaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑32106. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑37917⇗ | Zink, Joseph D | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑37971⇗ | Holmes, George W | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38016⇗ | Orr, James Wallace | Completed Mission | High Squadron deputy. Gee-H ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38062⇗ | Fisher, Robert Jeremy | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38548⇗ | Cepits, Francis Frederick | Completed Mission | Low Squadron hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38616⇗ | Hartness, Joseph George | Completed Mission | Low Squadron deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38630⇗ | Brown, Bert Oliver | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38673⇗ | Hollingsworth, Frederick Clay | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38678⇗ | Herring, Harold F | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38757⇗ | Klatt, Merton D | Flying Spare, Completed Mission | Lead Squadron flying spare; joined formation, but did not drop bombs, reason unknown. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38800⇗ | Hicks, Ralph Benjamin | Completed Mission | Group deputy and lead Squadron hot camera ship. Assumed lead after the lead aaircraft developed engine trouble and cound not keep up with formation. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38801⇗ | Gilmore, James Robson | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38823⇗ | Fahr, John | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑6109⇗ | Kinkead, Robert M | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑6476⇗ | Rummel, Brian Dunn | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑6514⇗ | Chamberlin, Myron | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑8007⇗ | Walker, Jay F | Completed Mission | Group lead. Feathered #3 engine bout 3 minutes after bombs away; relinquished lead to deputy and returned to base alone. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑8008⇗ | Blankenmeyer, William J | Completed Mission | High Squadron lead. PFF & Gee-H ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑8216⇗ | Oosterhof, Franklin G | Completed Mission | Low Squadron lead. PFF & Gee-H ship (no Gee-H Navigator on today's crew). Capt Ulrey intended to release on group lead, but his bombardier 'picked up the target visually, and made a visual run.' SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |