Mission Date | 23 January 1945 |
Eighth Air Force Operations | Operations description not yet available. |
384th Bomb Group Mission |
384th BG Mission Number 260, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 807
Challenging Weather The 384th Bombardment Group (H) led the 41st B Combat Bombardment Wing on today's mission. Takeoff time was delayed but the route timetable was not changed. That change, and a snowstorm, prevented any semblance of assembly of the bomber stream. Nonetheless, most aircraft flew the mission, bombing the primary target visually, even though it was partly obscured by clouds. On return, all aircraft landed at other bases due to the snowstorm, which had not abated.
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Primary Target |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Neuss, Germany |
Target Attacked (Mode) | Primary (Visual) |
Sortie/Aircraft Summary |
Completed Mission, not including spares - 16 Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 2 Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 3 Scrubbed - 3 Aborted - 5 |
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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42‑32106⇗ | Hewes, Charles Pershing⇗ | Spare, Completed Mission | Flying Spare, joined formation. Landed away at Bassingbourn Airfield, AAF Station 121, due to weather. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑37788⇗ | Milligan, George Robert⇗ | Completed Mission | Landed away at Sudbury Airfield, AAF Station 174. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑37822⇗ | [N/A] | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
42‑38013⇗ | Van Pelt, Charles A⇗ | Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off | Did not take off. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑38208⇗ | Tebo, Clerance L⇗ | Completed Mission | Lead Squadron hot camera ship. Landed away at North Pickenham Airfield, AAF Station 143. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑102501⇗ | Smith, Jack L⇗ | Completed Mission | Lead Squadron hot camera ship. Landed away at RAF Downham Market, Norfolk. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑102518⇗ | Peterson, Calvin James⇗ | Aborted Mission After Taking Off. | Turned back due to mechanical failure. Landed away at Bassingbourn Airfield, AAF Station 121. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑107125⇗ | Gilmer, Charles E⇗ | Completed Mission | Group deputy; Gee-H ship. Landed away at North Pickenham Airfield, AAF Station 143. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑37843⇗ | Goble, Charles D⇗ | Aborted Mission After Taking Off. | Turned back due to mechanical failure. Landed away at Bassingbourn Airfield, AAF Station 121. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑37917⇗ | Boyette, Irving H⇗ | Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off | Low Squadron hot camera ship; did not take off. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑37971⇗ | [N/A] | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
43‑38062⇗ | Kramer, William Leo⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron hot camera ship. Landed away at North Pickenham Airfield, AAF Station 143. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38501⇗ | Fisher, Robert Jeremy⇗ | Completed Mission | Landed away at Ridgewell Airfield, AAF Station 167. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38630⇗ | Bennett, Ralph J⇗ | Completed Mission | Landed away at RAF Graveley, Huntingdonshire (now Cambridgeshire). SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38647⇗ | Herring, Harold F⇗ | Completed Mission | Assigned as low Squadron lead, took over group lead when Maj Strickland aborted. Landed away at North Pickenham Airfield, AAF Station 143. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38678⇗ | Holmes, George W⇗ | Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off | Low Squadron deputy; did not take off. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38752⇗ | Patterson, Nelton Dreward⇗ | Aborted Mission After Taking Off. | Turned back due to failure of #1 engine. Landed away at Alconbury Airfield, AAF Station 102 SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38766⇗ | Warner, Henry L⇗ | Completed Mission | Landed away at North Pickenham Airfield, AAF Station 143. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38800⇗ | [N/A] | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
43‑39019⇗ | Hollingsworth, Fredrick Clay⇗ | Aborted Mission After Taking Off. | Could not catch formation. Landed away at RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑39053⇗ | Richardson, George P⇗ | Spare, Completed Mission | Lead Squadron flying spare; joined formation. Landed away at North Pickenham Airfield, AAF Station 143. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑39060⇗ | McKay, William Monroe⇗ | Completed Mission | Landed away at North Pickenham Airfield, AAF Station 143. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑39131⇗ | Gregg, William G⇗ | Completed Mission | Attacked target with the 303rd BG. Landed away at Molesworth Airfield, AAF Station 107. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑6105⇗ | Smisek, William Joseph⇗ | Completed Mission | Landed away at RAF Manston, Kent, because of weather, and the navigator had flak wounds. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑6476⇗ | Festersen, John Carl⇗ | Completed Mission | Landed away at North Pickenham Airfield, AAF Station 143. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑6514⇗ | Funk, Donald Olsen⇗ | Completed Mission | Landed away at Honington Airfield, AAF Station 375. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑8211⇗ | Kinnaird, William Robert⇗ | Aborted Mission After Taking Off. | Group lead. Turned back over field due to mechanical failure. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑8408⇗ | Baughman, John R⇗ | Completed Mission | Landed away at RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑8608⇗ | Ultcht, John Preston⇗ | Completed Mission | Landed away at North Pickenham Airfield, AAF Station 143. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |