Non-Credited Mission

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date	6 January 1945
Eighth Air Force Operations	Show Operations Mission 783: 816 bombers and 622 fighters are dispatched to hit rail and communications targets in W Germany; all but a few attacks are made using Gee-H and H2X; they claim 14-0-1 Luftwaffe aircraft on the ground; 1 B-17 and 2 P-51s are lost: Air Task Force #1. 258 B-17s are dispatched to hit marshalling yards at Worms (62) and Kaiserslautern (34); 64 hit a secondary target, the marshalling yard at Ludwigshafen; targets of opportunity are Annweiler (31), the marshalling yard at Kusel (22) and other (29); some targets are bombed visually; 2 B-17s are damaged beyond repair and 55 damaged; 5 airmen are KIA and 2 WIA. Escorting are 109 of 121 P-51s; they claim 14-0-1 aircraft on the ground; 1 P-51 is lost (pilot MIA) and 2 damaged beyond repair (1 pilot KIA). 2. 422 B-17s are sent to hit the Cologne South rail bridge (71) and Cologne North highway bridge (35) and the communications center at Kempernich (72); secondary targets are the Kalk marshalling yard at Cologne (183) and the highway bridge across the Rhine River at Bonn (38); 3 others hit a target of opportunity; 1 B-17 is lost, 1 damaged beyond repair and 17 damaged; 1 airman is WIA and 10 MIA. Escort is provided by 219 of 229 P-51s; 1 P-51 is lost (pilot MIA) and 2 damaged beyond repair (1 pilot KIA). Source: Jack McKillop, Rutgers University, used with permission. Hide Operations
Mission	Eighth AF Force Mission Number 783 The 384th loaned three Gee-H aircraft to other groups for this mission, along with experienced Gee-H Navigators. Previous Mission
Primary Target	Type: Transportation Location: Various, Germany
Target Attacked (Mode)	Database Incomplete
Sortie/Aircraft Summary	Completed Mission, not including spares - 3
Mission Personnel	Mission Personnel Roster⇗ or Mission Loading Lists⇗
Mission Documents	Combat Mission Records and Plans obtained from the National Archives⇗

3 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
42‑98027⇗	[Pilot TBD]	Completed Mission	This aircraft was loaned to the 351st Bomb Group along with a Gee-H Navigator for this mission: the 384th stood down on this date. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8007⇗	[Pilot TBD]	Completed Mission	This aircraft was loaned to an as yet unidentified Bomb Group along with a Gee-H Navigator for this mission: the 384th stood down on this date. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8216⇗	[Pilot TBD]	Completed Mission	This aircraft was loaned to an as yet unidentified Bomb Group along with a Gee-H Navigator for this mission: the 384th stood down on this date. SORTIE REPORT ⇗