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Mission # 31

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 10 October 1943
VIII Bomber Command Operations Operations description not yet available.
Mission
384th BG Mission Number 31, VIII BC Mission Number 114
Coesfeld Mistaken for Münster
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The 384th Bombardment Group (H) provided 21 aircraft for today's mission. Aborting aircraft reduced the number attacking to fifteen. At the start of the bomb run, 'we observed a town burning and, mistaking it for the target, made the bomb run. The town was later identified as Coesfeld [Germany].' On the return, weather interfered with recovery operations, forcing seve to land at other fields, and one crew to bail out, leaving their aircraft to crash near Eye.
Primary Target Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Münster, Germany
Target Attacked (Mode) Other (Visual)
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Coesfeld, Germany
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Completed Mission, not including spares - 14
Crashed - 1
Scrubbed - 2
Aborted - 6
Mission Personnel Mission Personnel Roster⇗ or Mission Loading Lists⇗
Mission Documents Combat Mission Records and Plans obtained from the National Archives⇗
Other Mission Documents 1943-10-10, Group Lead, T. Beckett, H. Frink⇗

23 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
41‑24525⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑29987.
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41‑24557⇗Sundlun, Bruce George⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑3037⇗Jorgenson, Henry (NMI)⇗Completed MissionFLIGHT TIME 6:10
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42‑3216⇗Van der Haeghen, Joseph Albert⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑3218⇗Armstrong, Lloyd Rowland⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Low Squadron lead.
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42‑3259⇗Jones, William Arch⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑3429⇗Willing, Mark Skinner⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑3441⇗Frink, Horace Everett⇗Completed MissionGroup lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑5086⇗Wilson, William Monroe⇗Crashed In Allied TerritoryCrew bailed out near Ipswich; aircraft continued in flight and crash-landed at Eye, Suffolk, killing a cow.
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42‑5404⇗Ashcraft, Archie Bertis⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑5444⇗Keller, Lawrence Larry⇗Completed MissionLanded away at Kings Cliffe due to weather.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑5747⇗Goulder, Edmund Samuel⇗Completed MissionLanded away at Molesworth due to weather.
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42‑29554⇗MacPhail, Philip Ray⇗Completed MissionLanded away at Metfield due to weather.
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42‑29557⇗Kopf, William Everett⇗Completed MissionCrash-landed at Desford; hit hangar; plane scrapped.
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42‑29651⇗Jacobs, Randolph George Edward⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29717⇗Kauffman, Giles Felker⇗Completed MissionLanded away at Desborough due to weather.
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42‑29809⇗Bedsole, Joseph Linyer⇗Completed MissionLanded away at Podington due to weather.
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42‑29927⇗Carter, T L (IO)⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29987⇗Kaczaraba, William (NMI)⇗Completed MissionGround Spare Aircraft; replaced 41-24525. Landed away at Deenethorpe due to weather.
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42‑30005⇗Harry, William Russell⇗Completed MissionGround Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑30196.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑30026⇗Johnson, Erwin Crawford⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑30033⇗Kelly, James Henry⇗Completed MissionGroup deputy.
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42‑30196⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑30005.
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