Mission Date | 23 December 1944 |
Eighth Air Force Operations | Operations description not yet available. |
Mission |
384th BG Mission Number 242, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 757
Primary Target Attacked A normal Gee-H run was started from the IP, but before bombs away, the bombardier picked up the target visually and released bombs on the primary target. On arriving back at Grafton Underwood, bad weather forced diversion of most aircraft to other airfields.
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Primary Target |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Ehrang, Germany |
Target Attacked (Mode) | Primary (Visual) |
Sortie/Aircraft Summary |
Completed Mission, not including spares - 35 Flight Completed - 1 Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 3 Scrubbed - 3 |
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⇗ | Brookshire, James D⇗ | Completed Mission | Landed at Grafton Underwood. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑32106⇗ | [N/A] | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
42‑37822⇗ | Milligan, George Robert⇗ | Completed Mission | Landed away at Framlingham due to weather. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97150⇗ | Jackson, Oakley Homer⇗ | Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97263⇗ | Rowe, George B⇗ | Completed Mission | Landed away at Horham due to weather. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97271⇗ | Backman, Glenn Elmer⇗ | Completed Mission | Landed away at Horham due to weather. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97309⇗ | Miley, Harold L⇗ | Completed Mission | Landed away at RAF Castle Camps, Cambs., due to weather. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97320⇗ | Ultcht, John Preston⇗ | Completed Mission | Landed away at Horham due to weather. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97510⇗ | Fahr, John (NMI)⇗ | Completed Mission | Ground Spare Aircraft, replaced 43‑37917. Landed away at RAF Wethersfield, Essex, due to weather. Apparently ferried to Ridgewell prior to 24 December mission. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97592⇗ | Kinnaird, William Robert⇗ | Completed Mission | Ground Spare Aircraft, replaced 43‑37917. Landed away at RAF Wethersfield, Essex, due to weather. Apparently ferried to Ridgewell prior to 24 December mission. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97960⇗ | Molder, Charles Richard⇗ | Completed Mission | Landed away at Horham due to weather. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97986⇗ | Mohler, John Grigsby⇗ | Completed Mission | High Squadron lead. Landed away at Horham due to weather. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑98000⇗ | Warner, Henry L⇗ | Completed Mission | Landed away at Eye due to weather. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑102459⇗ | Fisher, Robert Jeremy⇗ | Completed Mission | Engineer/Top Turret Gunner died of anoxia: aircraft landed in allied territory on the continent, at Valenciennes (A-83, Denain/Prouvy), France, to get medical attention for him, which was unsuccessful. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑102500⇗ | Cook, Raymond D⇗ | Completed Mission | Landed away at Horham due to weather. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑102501⇗ | [N/A] | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
42‑102518⇗ | Rex, Kenneth Monroe⇗ | Completed Mission | Landed away at RAF Castle Camps, Cambs., due to weather. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑102620⇗ | Kramer, William Leo⇗ | Completed Mission | Landed away at Little Staughton due to weather. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑102661⇗ | Freiman, Peter Paul⇗ | Completed Mission | Landed away at Horham due to weather. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑37717⇗ | Starr, William George⇗ | Completed Mission | Hot camera ship. Landed at Grafton Underwood. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑37843⇗ | Brown, Bert Oliver⇗ | Completed Mission | Landed away at Woodbridge due to weather. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑37917⇗ | [N/A] | Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off | Replaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑97510. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38016⇗ | Wismer, Richard Glen⇗ | Completed Mission | Landed away at Horham due to weather. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38262⇗ | [N/A] | Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38501⇗ | McLean, William S⇗ | Completed Mission | Landed away at Horham due to weather. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38616⇗ | [N/A] | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
43‑38678⇗ | Weisenberg, Leonard⇗ | Completed Mission | Landed away at Horham due to weather. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38721⇗ | Holmes, George W⇗ | Completed Mission | Landed away at Horham due to weather. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38752⇗ | Klatt, Merton Dale⇗ | Completed Mission | Landed away at Great Ashfield due to weather. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38757⇗ | Woodworth, John Dempster⇗ | Completed Mission | Hot camera ship. Landed at Grafton Underwood. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38801⇗ | Wyatt, William Glenn⇗ | Completed Mission | Landed away at Ridgewell due to weather. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38850⇗ | Hoppen, Jack Stewart⇗ | Completed Mission | Landed away at Framlingham due to weather. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38927⇗ | McKone, Joseph Francis⇗ | Completed Mission | Landed away at Ridgewell due to weather. Ferried to Grafton Underwood and flew mission the next day. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38994⇗ | Gilmer, Charles E⇗ | Completed Mission | Hot camera ship. Landed at Grafton Underwood. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑6105⇗ | Smisek, William Joseph⇗ | Completed Mission | Hot camera ship. Landed at Grafton Underwood. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑6109⇗ | Kinkead, Robert Miller⇗ | Completed Mission | Hot camera ship. Landed at Grafton Underwood. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑6476⇗ | Tatulis, Charles Paul⇗ | Completed Mission | Landed away at Horham due to weather. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑6514⇗ | Abbott, William H⇗ | Completed Mission | Landed at Grafton Underwood. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑6592⇗ | Hicks, Ralph Benjamin⇗ | Flight Completed | Weather ship; landed at Woodbridge due to weather. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑8211⇗ | Walker, Jay Frank⇗ | Completed Mission | Landed away at Horham due to weather. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑8401⇗ | Neville, Harry Walter⇗ | Completed Mission | Group lead. Landed away at Horham due to weather. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑8430⇗ | Worthen, Kirk Winthrop⇗ | Completed Mission | Hot camera ship. Landed at Grafton Underwood. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |