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Mission # 49

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 4 January 1944
Eighth Air Force Operations Operations description not yet available.
384th Bomb Group Mission
384th BG Mission Number 49, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 174
Port Attacked
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The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the High Group of the 41st Combat Wing on today's mission. Bombs were released on the wing leader using PFF aiming. The group leader released his bombs late due to 'freezing of the controls,' but the majority of the group released bombs on the wing lead. The target area was obscured by clouds so the results of the bombing were unobserved.
Primary Target Target: Port Area
Type: Transportation
Location: Kiel, Germany
Target Attacked (Mode) Primary (PFF)
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Completed Mission, not including spares - 15
Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 1
Scrubbed - 4
Aborted - 5
Failed To Return - 1
Mission Personnel Mission Personnel Roster⇗ or Mission Loading Lists⇗
Mission Documents Combat Mission Records and Plans obtained from the National Archives⇗
Other Mission Documents 1944-01-04, Group Lead, A. Nuttall, T. Estes⇗

26 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⇗Lovvorn, Hollie Ray⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
41‑24560⇗West, George Berry⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
41‑24578⇗Outen, Charles Levi⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Turned back because of an oxygen system failure.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑3051⇗Booska, Maurice Arthur⇗Completed MissionGround Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑37776.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑3087⇗Daskey, Kendall (NMI)⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑5404⇗Laboda, Joseph Stanley⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑5444⇗Ashcraft, Archie Bertis⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑5838⇗Kaczaraba, William (NMI)⇗Failed To ReturnLow Squadron lead. MIA. Damaged by enemy aircraft, crashed near Kalundborg, Denmark; MACR 1483. For details, see A Dying Breed by Neal B. Dillon.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29632⇗Poole, George Irvin⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Turned back becuse all four engines were 'running very rough.'
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29651⇗Knapp, Paul Bernard⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29688⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑29723.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29703⇗Jorgenson, Henry (NMI)⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29723⇗McDonald, Raymond Leroy⇗Completed MissionGround Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑29688.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29809⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑37788.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29828⇗Writz, Horace Fred⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31045⇗Covington, Royston Truitt⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Flying Spare. Joined formation, then turned back because of an oxygen system failure.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31222⇗Yelvington, Melton Albert⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31246⇗Sprague, Alfred Lee⇗Completed MissionGroup deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37727⇗Hines, James Wesley⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Flying Spare. Joined formation, then turned back becuse aircraft needed 'excessive power settings ... to stay in formation.'
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37758⇗Jones, William Arch⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37776⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑3051.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37788⇗Cosentino, George (NMI)⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Lead Ground Spare Aircraft. Replaced 42‑29809. Took off late, then turned back with engine trouble.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37793⇗DeFrees, Norman Francis⇗Spare, Completed MissionFlying Spare; joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37848⇗Estes, Thomas Jefferson⇗Completed MissionGroup lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37885⇗Lotz, William Henry⇗Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffApparently did not take off due to 'technical failures.' Bomb load was 'Nickles' (propaganda leaflets).
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37924⇗Stearns, Clarence Grover⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗