Mission # 61

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date	8 February 1944
384^th Mission	Mission Number 61 Next Mission Previous Mission
8^th Air Force Mission	Mission Number 214
Mission Comments	Radar Bombing Today The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the low group of the 41st Combat Wing on today's mission. The primary target was bombed using PFF on the wing leader.
Primary Target	Target: Piston Ring Factory Type: Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Target Attacked (Mode)	Primary (PFF)
Sortie/Aircraft Summary	Completed Mission, not including spares - 18 Failed To Return - 1 Aborted - 1 Scrubbed - 2 Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed - 3
Mission Personnel	Mission Personnel Roster⇗ or Mission Loading Lists⇗
Mission Documents	Combat Mission Records and Plans obtained from the National Archives⇗

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
42‑3087⇗	Kew, William Joseph	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑3259⇗	Laboda, Joseph Stanley	Completed Mission	Landed away at RAF Manston, Kent, on return due to low fuel. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29703⇗	Knapp, Paul Bernard	Completed Mission	Landed away at RAF Bradwell Bay, Essex, on return due to low fuel. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29717⇗	Larsen, Jack Kirby	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29809⇗	Hines, James Wesley	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31211⇗	Lovvorn, Hollie Ray	Completed Mission	Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑31606. High Squadron deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31346⇗	Morrison, Donald Sylvester	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31364⇗	Robinson, Robert Lawrence	Completed Mission	Low Squadron lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31375⇗	Yelvington, Melton Albert	Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31484⇗	Cosentino, George (NMI)	Aborted	Turned back at 1026 hrs because of detonation (pinging) in #1, #2, and #3 engines, causing aircraft to fall behind group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31495⇗	Harvey, Walter Lewis	Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31606⇗	[N/A]	Scrubbed	Replaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑31211. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37788⇗	Booska, Maurice Arthur	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37793⇗	DeFrees, Norman Francis	Completed Mission	Crash-landed on a golf course near Brighton, Sussex, on return; plane rtd to service after a month. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37801⇗	Kravet, Marvin Robert	Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37885⇗	Lotz, William Henry	Completed Mission	Carried 24 parcels of G-25 nickles (propaganda leaflets) plus 6x500GP bombs; all dropped on target. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37974⇗	Jones, William Arch	Completed Mission	Group deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38013⇗	Stearns, Clarence Grover	Completed Mission	High Squadron lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38014⇗	Thompson, Siguard (NMI)	Completed Mission	Group lead. Landed away at RAF Hornchurch, Essex, on return due to low fuel. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑39784⇗	Covington, Royston Truitt	Failed to Return	Low Squadron deputy. Turned back at 1048 hrs after first and only attack by enemy aircraft on our wing; jettisoned his bombs; crashed southeast of Cherbourg, France, possibly near near le Theil, France. MACR 2496 SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑39809⇗	[N/A]	Scrubbed	Replaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑39991. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑39888⇗	Foster, James E	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑39962⇗	Widener, Seth Granell	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑39991⇗	Outen, Charles Levi	Completed Mission	Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑39809. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97477⇗	Pryor, Raymond Thomas	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗