Mission # 26

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 27 September 1943
VIII Bomber Command Operations Show Operations
384th Bomb Group Mission
384th BG Mission Number 26, VIII BC Mission Number 104
Bad Weather Over Emden
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Previous Mission
Nineteen aircraft of the 384th Bombardment Group (H) took off for today's mission to attack the port facilities in Emden, Germany. Clouds obscured the primary target forcing the wing leaders to seek a target of opportunity. The city of Aurich, Germany, northeast of Emden, had the bad luck to be in the clear, and so received the brunt of the attack.
Primary Target Target: Port Area
Type: Transportation
Location: Emden, Germany
Target Attacked (Mode) TOO (Visual)
Target: City
Type: Non-Military
Location: Aurich, Germany
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Completed Mission, not including spares - 18
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⇗
Other Mission Documents 1943-09-27, Group Lead, J. Lacey, H. Frink⇗

21 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
41‑24557⇗Sundlun, Bruce George⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Turned back prior to assembly due to a runaway supercharger on #2 engine
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41‑24560⇗Harry, William Russell⇗Completed MissionGround Spare Aircraft, replaced 42‑30005.
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42‑3087⇗Goulder, Edmund Samuel⇗Completed MissionLanded away at Snetterton Heath Airfield, AAF Station 138, due to low fuel.
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42‑3216⇗Van der Haeghen, Joseph Albert⇗Completed MissionOne engine went out before the target, and a second was hit by flak. A third engine quit on the way home. The crew threw as much as possible overboard, and the pilot was able to bring it in on one engine.
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42‑3218⇗Armstrong, Lloyd Rowland⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron Lead.
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42‑3440⇗Sprague, Alfred Lee⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron Lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑3441⇗Ogilvie, Donald Potter⇗Completed MissionGroup Deputy.
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42‑5051⇗Williams, Walter Gordon⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron Deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑5404⇗Thompson, Siguard (NMI)⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑5852⇗Frink, Horace Everett⇗Completed MissionGroup lead.
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42‑29554⇗Yelvington, Melton Albert⇗Completed MissionLanded away at Snetterton Heath Airfield, AAF Station 138, due to low fuel.
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42‑29651⇗Kelly, James Henry⇗Completed MissionGround Spare Aircraft aircraft; replaced 42‑30196.
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42‑29703⇗Price, William Merriman⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29712⇗Jones, William Arch⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron Deputy.
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42‑29809⇗Bedsole, Joseph Linyer⇗Completed MissionLanded away at Molesworth, AAF Station 107, for reasons unknown, and returned immediately to home base.
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42‑29814⇗Ingles, John Thomas⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29927⇗Carter, T L (IO)⇗Completed MissionLanded away at Snetterton Heath Airfield, AAF Station 138, due to low fuel.
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42‑29935⇗Calnon, Mark Brooks⇗Completed MissionLanded with a flat tire caused by flak; ran off side of runway and saved aircraft and crew.
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42‑29987⇗Kauffman, Giles Felker⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑30005⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 41-24560.
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42‑30196⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑29651.
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