Mission # 56

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 30 January 1944
Eighth Air Force Operations Operations description not yet available.
384th Bomb Group Mission
384th BG Mission Number 56, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 200
Aircraft Plant Attacked
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The 384th Bombardment Group (H) supplied two group formations for today's mission, which flew as the lead and low groups of the 41st Combat Wing A Wing on today's mission. The target was attacked by PFF.
Primary Target Target: Aircraft Assembly Plant
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Brunswick / Braunschweig, Germany
Target Attacked (Mode) Primary (PFF)
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Completed Mission, not including spares - 32
Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 3
Flight Completed - 1
Scrubbed - 4
Aborted - 3
Some Crewmembers Bailed Out - 1
Failed To Return - 3
Mission Personnel Mission Personnel Roster⇗ or Mission Loading Lists⇗
Mission Documents Combat Mission Records and Plans obtained from the National Archives⇗

47 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
41‑24560⇗Morrison, Donald Sylvester⇗Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffLow group high Squadron. Did not take off.
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41‑24578⇗Outen, Charles Levi⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Lead group flying spare; turned back at Burnham due to #3 engine oil pressure dropping to 30 lbs and becoming erratic; cylinder head tempurature on #1 engine ran high with cowl flaps open.
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42‑3087⇗Kew, William Joseph⇗Completed MissionLead group.
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42‑3259⇗Heffley, Farris Ormond⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Low group. Turned back at 0945 hrs because throttle linkage was broken on #1 and prop had to be feathered; generators on other engines out also.
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42‑3440⇗Jacobs, Randolph George Edward⇗Completed MissionLow group deputy.
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42‑3441⇗Price, William Merriman⇗Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffLead group high Squadron lead. Did not take off.
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42‑3491⇗Lecates, Robert Leslie⇗Completed MissionWing deputy. PFF ship provided by the 482nd BG, with crew. Pilot formerly assigned to the 384th. Led the wing in PFF attack on target.
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42‑5404⇗Writz, Horace Fred⇗Failed To ReturnLow group. Seen going down before bombs away due to enemy aircraft attacks; crashed near Döhren, Germany. Casualties buried in Riemsloh. MACR 2264
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42‑5444⇗Ross, Burton Raymond⇗Failed To ReturnLow group high Squadron. Last seen at 1146 hrs, six minutes before the IP, being attacked by FW 190s and began falling away from the formation where he burst into flames, but continued on and dropped bombs on target; three chutes seen to emerge; crashed near Oberkirchen, Germany. Casualties buried in Meinsen. MACR 2263
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42‑29554⇗Yelvington, Melton Albert⇗Completed MissionLow group.
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42‑29636⇗Jeter, Sydney Ryland⇗Completed MissionLead group.
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42‑29651⇗Herbert, Joseph Robert⇗Completed MissionLow group.
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42‑29688⇗McDonald, Raymond Leroy⇗Completed MissionLead group.
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42‑29703⇗West, George Berry⇗Completed MissionLow group.
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42‑29717⇗Larsen, Jack Kirby⇗Completed MissionLow group.
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42‑30026⇗Algar, Philip Morris⇗Completed MissionWing lead.
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42‑31045⇗Courtemanche, Ralph Eudor⇗Completed MissionLead group.
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42‑31058⇗Edwards, Floyd Clinton⇗Flight CompletedWearther aircraft; remainder of crew (CP, N, Eng, RO) not identified in Group documents.
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42‑31211⇗MacPhail, Philip Ray⇗Completed MissionLead group.
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42‑31222⇗Reed, Merlin Howard⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Lead group. Turned back at Sleaford at 1000 hrs because of runaway prop on #2 engine.
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42‑31235⇗Hurley, Joseph Anthony⇗Completed MissionLow group.
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42‑31346⇗Lotz, William Henry⇗Spare, Completed MissionLow group flying spare; joined formation.
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42‑31364⇗Estes, Thomas Jefferson⇗Completed MissionLow group lead.
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42‑31415⇗Fioretti, Edward Anthony⇗Completed Mission, Some Crew Bailed OutLow group. Turned back at the IP and jettisoned bombs at some point because ship was on fire due to enemy aircraft. All of the enlisted men except top turret gunner bailed out at the IP, due to a misunderstanding between the radio operator and bombardier after ship caught fire; crash-landed at base. 1st Lt. Edward Fioretti, pilot, and 2nd Lt. Scott Briley, co-pilot, both awarded Silver Stars, Owens p. 199. Aircraft salvaged.
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42‑31433⇗Pryor, Raymond Thomas⇗Completed MissionLow group. Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑31484.
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42‑31484⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑31433.
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42‑31495⇗Carpenter, Walter Richard⇗Completed MissionLow group.
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42‑31606⇗Lovvorn, Hollie Ray⇗Completed MissionLead group low Squadron deputy.
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42‑37727⇗Penney, Comus Robert⇗Failed To ReturnLow group. Seen going down before bombs away due to enemy aircraft attacks; crashed between Beber and Eimbeckhausen, Germany. Casualties buried in Bad Münder. MACR 2265
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42‑37776⇗Wilson, William Monroe⇗Completed MissionLead group.
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42‑37788⇗Booska, Maurice Arthur⇗Completed MissionLead group.
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42‑37792⇗Lovell, James MacNaughton⇗Spare, Completed MissionLow group flying spare; joined formation.
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42‑37793⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑39962.
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42‑37801⇗LaSeur, William Veryle⇗Completed MissionLead group high Squadron deputy.
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42‑37816⇗Hines, James Wesley⇗Completed MissionLow group. Jettisoned bombs when an engine was shot away by an enemy aircraft and had to leave formation.
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42‑37848⇗Stier, George Withers⇗Spare, Completed MissionLead group flying spare; Joined formation. Did not attack target but jettisoned bombs 5 mins after target due to a malfunction in bomb bay doors.
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42‑37974⇗Ashcraft, Archie Bertis⇗Completed MissionLow group low Squadron lead.
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42‑37982⇗Clayton, John Earl⇗Completed MissionLow group.
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42‑38013⇗Stearns, Clarence Grover⇗Completed MissionLead group low Squadron lead.
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42‑38014⇗Markow, Henry Victor⇗Completed MissionLead group.
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42‑39809⇗Bennett, Phillip Nathan⇗Completed MissionLead group.
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42‑39888⇗Jorgenson, Henry (NMI)⇗Completed MissionLow group.
FLIGHT TIME 6:45
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42‑39962⇗DeFrees, Norman Francis⇗Completed MissionLead group. Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑37793.
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42‑39991⇗Corcoran, John Joseph⇗Completed MissionLead group.
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42‑40005⇗Moore, Clifford Orville⇗Completed MissionLead group.
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42‑97449⇗Daskey, Kendall (NMI)⇗Completed MissionLead group.
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42‑97477⇗Bedsole, Joseph Linyer⇗Completed MissionLow group high Squadron lead.
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