| Mission Date | 8 February 1944 |
| 384th Mission |
Mission Number 61
|
| 8th 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⇗ |
| 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 ⇗ |