384th 2025 REUNION
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Mission # 45

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 22 December 1943
VIII Bomber Command Operations Operations description not yet available.
Mission
384th BG Mission Number 45, VIII BC Mission Number 161
Unknown Location Bombed
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Previous Mission
Due to the lead (PFF) aircraft having aborted, the deputy lead (without PFF) attempted to release bombs based on formation ahead of them. Location of the target attacked is approximate, based on dead-reckoning navigation over 10/10 cloud cover.
Primary Target Target: Steel Shops/Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Osnabrück, Germany
Target Attacked (Mode) Unknown (Dead-Reckoning)
Location: About 10 miles NW of Osnabrück (52°23'N,7°40'E), Germany
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Completed Mission, not including spares - 18
Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 1
Flight Completed - 1
Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed - 2
Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 3
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 1943-12-22, Deputy Group Lead, A. Sprague, J. Geary⇗

27 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
41‑9022⇗Estes, Thomas Jefferson⇗Flight CompletedWeather aircraft; remainder of crew (CP, N, RO, Eng) not identified
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
41‑24525⇗Lovvorn, Hollie Ray⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑3051⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑3087⇗Kew, William Joseph⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑3491⇗Lecates, Robert Leslie⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Lt Col. Buck Flight Leader; aircraft and crew supplied by 482BG at Alconbury; aborted (landed at Alconbury); on approach to enemy coast lost #2 supercharger and pilot's oxygen system sprang a leak; signalled deputy lead to take over and turned back.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑5404⇗Van der Haeghen, Joseph Albert⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑5444⇗Ross, Burton Raymond⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑5838⇗Price, William Merriman⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron lead
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29632⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑29688⇗McDonald, Raymond Leroy⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29717⇗Morrison, Donald Sylvester⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29723⇗Outen, Charles Levi⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29809⇗Hines, James Wesley⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29828⇗Writz, Horace Fred⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29927⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑31045⇗Rich, John (NMI)⇗Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31211⇗Markow, Henry Victor⇗Spare, Completed MissionFlying Spare; joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31246⇗Jones, William Arch⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31274⇗Hurley, Joseph Anthony⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37776⇗Wilson, William Monroe⇗Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37792⇗Cosentino, George (NMI)⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Turned back at 1325 hrs due to #2 supercharger going up to 60 inches at 23000ft; forced to feather #2 prop; returned bombs.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37816⇗Edwards, Floyd Clinton⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron lead
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37848⇗Sprague, Alfred Lee⇗Completed MissionDeputy; took off late but joined formation at Chesterfield. Took over lead when Buck/Lecates aborted.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37885⇗Harvey, Walter Lewis⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37924⇗Kaczaraba, William (NMI)⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑39784⇗Jorgenson, Henry (NMI)⇗Completed MissionFLIGHT TIME 5:30
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑39888⇗DeFrees, Norman Francis⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗