384th 2025 REUNION
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Mission # 44

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 20 December 1943
VIII Bomber Command Operations Operations description not yet available.
Mission
384th BG Mission Number 44, VIII BC Mission Number 159
Bremen Attacked Visually
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Previous Mission
The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the high group of the 41st Combat Wing on today's mission. Although a smoke screen was generated to hide the city, there was sufficient visibility to drop the bombs using visual aiming with the Norden Bombsight. As a result, 'the bombs landed in the built up areas away from the river.' (PRO Log)
Primary Target Target: Port Area/Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Bremen, Germany
Target Attacked (Mode) Primary (Visual)
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Completed Mission, not including spares - 19
Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 2
Ditched - 1
Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed - 1
Mission Personnel Mission Personnel Roster⇗ or Mission Loading Lists⇗
Mission Documents Combat Mission Records and Plans obtained from the National Archives⇗

23 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⇗Smith, Roger Clement⇗Completed MissionLanded away at Attlebridge due to low fuel.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
41‑24560⇗Knapp, Paul Bernard⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑3429⇗Sprague, Alfred Lee⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron lead; landed away at Attlebridge due to low fuel, with '#3 engine out.'
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑3441⇗McDonald, Raymond Leroy⇗Completed MissionGround Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑5444. Took off late, probably due to transferring from original aircraft. Unable to locate the 384th formation, joined the 379th BG and bombed Bremen with them.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑5838⇗Willing, Mark Skinner⇗Completed MissionCapt. Frink lead Squadron leader.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29703⇗Robinson, Robert Lawrence⇗Completed MissionTwo bombs failed to release due to malfunction, so they were jettisoned in the Channel.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29723⇗Stier, George Withers⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29828⇗Fioretti, Edward Anthony⇗Spare, Completed MissionFlying Spare; joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29927⇗Carter, T L (IO)⇗Completed MissionGroup deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29935⇗Carnes, James Frederick⇗Failed To Return: DitchedThis crew's first mission; left formation shortly after attacking target; ran out of fuel and ditched in the North Sea off the Dutch Coast (Frisian Islands); they were rescued and brought to the German Frisian Island of Juist, where the radio operator who had been KIA was buried; MACR 1725.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31045⇗Taylor, Sidney Paul⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31073⇗Kew, William Joseph⇗Completed MissionTwo bombs failed to release over target and were jettisoned in the Channel.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31211⇗MacPhail, Philip Ray⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31274⇗Carpenter, Walter Richard⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37758⇗Jones, William Arch⇗Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37776⇗Courtemanche, Ralph Eudor⇗Completed MissionLanded away at Attlebridge due to low fuel.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37781⇗Wilson, William Monroe⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37801⇗Martin, Rudolph Alfred⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37816⇗Poole, George Irvin⇗Spare, Completed MissionFlying spare; joined formation and completed mission, but did not bomb primary target; jettisoned bombs in North Sea.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37848⇗Ulrey, Edgar Ellsworth⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron lead; dropped bombs 'a short time after the target, ... regarded as ... jettisoned.'
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37885⇗Lotz, William Henry⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑39784⇗Covington, Royston Truitt⇗Completed MissionBrought one bomb back due to bomb release malfunction.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑39888⇗West, George Berry⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗