Mission Date | 14 October 1943 |
VIII Bomber Command Operations | Operations description not yet available. |
384th Bomb Group Mission |
384th BG Mission Number 32, VIII BC Mission Number 115
"Second Schweinfurt" aka "Black Thursday" The 384th Bombardment Group (H) put up three squadrons on today's mission. However, six aircraft aborted, reducing the number that bombed the primary target. A further six aircraft were knocked out by enemy action. An all-too-familiar situation faced the returning crews - bad weather over East Anglia. Three Aircraft were lost when the crews, unable to locate a suitable place to land in England, bailed out and abandoned them, while most of the remainder landed at other airfields.
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Primary Target |
Target: Ball-Bearing Factory Type: Bearings Industry Location: Schweinfurt, Germany |
Target Attacked (Mode) | Primary (Visual) |
Sortie/Aircraft Summary |
Completed Mission, not including spares - 4 Returned Early - 1 Crashed - 3 Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 2 Aborted - 5 Failed To Return - 6 |
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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41‑24525⇗ | Carter, T L (IO)⇗ | Completed Mission | Landed away at Little Staughton. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
41‑24560⇗ | Hurley, Joseph Anthony⇗ | Aborted Mission After Taking Off. | Turned back. Landed away at Ridgewell. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑3037⇗ | Price, William Merriman⇗ | Crashed In Allied Territory | Crew bailed out near Deenethorpe on return; the aircraft crash-landed near Corby, UK. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑3216⇗ | Kopf, William Everett⇗ | Failed To Return | Damaged by enemy aircraft; exploded and crashed near Dilsen, Belgium; MACR 841. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑3218⇗ | [N/A] | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
42‑3429⇗ | Sprague, Alfred Lee⇗ | Aborted Mission After Taking Off. | High Squadron lead. Landed away at Alconbury. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑5444⇗ | [N/A] | Lead Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
42‑5852⇗ | Goulder, Edmund Samuel⇗ | Crashed In Allied Territory | Crew bailed out over England; aircraft crashed near Chetwode, UK on return. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑29651⇗ | Jacobs, Randolph George Edward⇗ | Returned Early | Turned back early after #2 supercharger ran away off the coast of Belgium. Bombs were jettisoned in the Channel and they landed away at Great Ashfield. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑29703⇗ | Robinson, Robert Lawrence⇗ | Completed Mission | Landed away at Molesworth. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑29717⇗ | Carpenter, Walter Richard⇗ | Aborted Mission After Taking Off. | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑29768⇗ | Willing, Mark Skinner⇗ | Aborted Mission After Taking Off. | Turned back. Landed away at Ridgewell. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑29784⇗ | Johnson, Erwin Crawford⇗ | Crashed In Allied Territory | Crew bailed out over England; their battle-damaged aircraft crash-landed near Baydon, Wiltshire. Erwin C. Johnson and Elliott L. Gadd were injured as a result of bailing out. Johnson did not fly again. Gadd remained off flight status until 5 December 1943. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑29800⇗ | Harry, William Russell⇗ | Failed To Return | Knocked down by enemy aircraft; crashed near Simmershofen, Germany; MACR 840. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑29809⇗ | Bedsole, Joseph Linyer⇗ | Completed Mission | Landed away at Molesworth. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑29867⇗ | Williams, Walter Gordon⇗ | Failed To Return | Knocked down by enemy aircraft; crashed near Metz, France; MACR 838. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑29870⇗ | Kauffman, Giles Felker⇗ | Failed To Return | Crashed near Bad Brückenau, Germany; MACR 1038. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑30026⇗ | Algar, Philip Morris⇗ | Completed Mission | Group lead. Only plane to return to Grafton Underwood. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑30033⇗ | Armstrong, Lloyd Rowland⇗ | Aborted Mission After Taking Off. | Turned back. Landed away at Metfield. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑30196⇗ | Keller, Lawrence Larry⇗ | Failed To Return | Knocked down by enemy aircraft; crashed at Bischbrunn, Germany, 21 miles WNW of Würzburg, Germany; MACR 839. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑31059⇗ | Ogilvie, Donald Potter⇗ | Failed To Return | Knocked down by enemy aircraft; crashed near Soissons, France; MACR 842. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |