Mission # 41

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 11 December 1943
VIII Bomber Command Operations Operations description not yet available.
384th Bomb Group Mission
384th BG Mission Number 41, VIII BC Mission Number 151
Emden Hammered
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The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the high group of the 41st Combat Wing for today's mission. Emden was lightly obscured by an ineffective smoke screen, which did little to shield the city from the bombers onslaught.
Primary Target Target: Port Area
Type: Transportation
Location: Emden, Germany
Target Attacked (Mode) Primary (Visual)
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Completed Mission, not including spares - 18
Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 3
Returned To Base - 1
Scrubbed - 1
Aborted - 2
Mission Personnel Mission Personnel Roster⇗ or Mission Loading Lists⇗
Mission Documents Combat Mission Records and Plans obtained from the National Archives⇗
Other Mission Documents 1943-12-11, Deputy Group Lead, F. Edwards, J. Hines⇗

25 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⇗Booska, Maurice Arthur⇗Spare, Completed MissionFlying spare. Unable to locate the 384th formation, joined the 381st BG (1st Combat Wing).
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42‑3259⇗Bedsole, Joseph Linyer⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑3429⇗Thompson, Siguard (NMI)⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Group lead. Aborted when #2 supercharger ran away.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑3441⇗Price, William Merriman⇗Spare, Completed MissionFlying spare; joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑5404⇗Rich, John (NMI)⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑5838⇗MacPhail, Philip Ray⇗Returned To BaseGround Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑37848. Because of the delay in changing ships, unable to locate formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29554⇗Penney, Comus Robert⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29632⇗Ashcraft, Archie Bertis⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29651⇗Herbert, Joseph Robert⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29703⇗Robinson, Robert Lawrence⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29723⇗Jeter, Sydney Ryland⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29828⇗Ross, Burton Raymond⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29927⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑31073.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31045⇗Markow, Henry Victor⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31073⇗Moore, Clifford Orville⇗Completed MissionGround Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑29927.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31211⇗Ulrey, Edgar Ellsworth⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31274⇗Knapp, Paul Bernard⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37758⇗West, George Berry⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37776⇗Wolf, Richard Vance⇗Completed MissionUnable to locate the 384th formation, joined the 306th BG (40th Combat Wing).
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37785⇗Covington, Royston Truitt⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37792⇗Cosentino, George (NMI)⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Turned back due to a runaway prop that wouldn't feather.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37801⇗Kaczaraba, William (NMI)⇗Spare, Completed MissionFlying spare; joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37816⇗Edwards, Floyd Clinton⇗Completed MissionGroup deputy; assumed lead when group lead aborted.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑39784⇗Jorgenson, Henry (NMI)⇗Completed MissionFLIGHT TIME 5:55
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑39888⇗Jacobs, Randolph George Edward⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗