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Mission # 35

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 5 November 1943
VIII Bomber Command Operations Operations description not yet available.
Mission
384th BG Mission Number 35, VIII BC Mission Number 121
PFF Attack
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Previous Mission
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
Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 1
Returned Early - 1
Aborted - 1
Mission Personnel Mission Personnel Roster⇗ or Mission Loading Lists⇗
Mission Documents Combat Mission Records and Plans obtained from the National Archives⇗

22 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⇗Completed MissionLow 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 Mission After Taking Off.Turned back, #3 engine failure.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑3527⇗Buck, William Edward⇗Completed MissionPFF 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 MissionHigh 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⇗Spare, Completed MissionFlying 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 EarlyTurned 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 ⇗