Mission Date | 5 November 1943 |
384th Mission |
Mission Number 35
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VIII Bomber Command Mission | Mission Number 121 |
Mission Comments |
PFF Attack The 384th Bombardment Group (H) led the attack today, with a PFF aircraft borrowed from the 482nd BG at Alconbury. |
Primary Target |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany |
Target Attacked (Mode) | Primary (PFF) |
Sortie/Aircraft Summary |
Completed Mission, not including spares - 19 Aborted - 1 Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 1 Returned Early - 1 |
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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41‑24557⇗ | Sundlun, Bruce George ⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
41‑24575⇗ | Jeter, Sydney Ryland ⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
41‑24578⇗ | Stearns, Clarence Grover ⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑3259⇗ | Bedsole, Joseph Linyer ⇗ | Aborted | Turned back, #3 engine failure. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑3527⇗ | Buck, William Edward ⇗ | Completed Mission | PFF aircraft loaned by 482nd BG at Alconbury, with crew (except as noted). Lead aircraft. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑5051⇗ | Kaczaraba, William (NMI) ⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑5404⇗ | MacPhail, Philip Ray ⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑5838⇗ | Goulder, Edmund Samuel ⇗ | Completed Mission | High Squadron lead; deputy flight lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑29554⇗ | Yelvington, Melton Albert ⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑29632⇗ | Ashcraft, Archie Bertis ⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑29636⇗ | Reed, Merlin Howard ⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑29651⇗ | Wilson, William Monroe ⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑29703⇗ | Robinson, Robert Lawrence ⇗ | Flying Spare, Completed Mission | Flying spare; joined formation. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑29768⇗ | Nelson, Darwin George ⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑29927⇗ | Carter, T L (IO) ⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑29935⇗ | Wolf, Richard Vance ⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑29987⇗ | Price, William Merriman ⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑30033⇗ | Van der Haeghen, Joseph Albert ⇗ | Returned Early | Turned back because of oxygen failure and #3 engine not operating properly; bombed a target of opportunity with unobserved results. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑31073⇗ | Martin, Rudolph Alfred ⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑37758⇗ | Jones, William Arch ⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑37816⇗ | Ross, Burton Raymond ⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑37848⇗ | Ulrey, Edgar Ellsworth ⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |