384th 2025 REUNION
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Mission # 61

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 8 February 1944
Eighth Air Force Operations Operations description not yet available.
Mission
384th BG Mission Number 61, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 214
Radar Bombing Today
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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
Returned Early - 1
Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed - 3
Scrubbed - 2
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 1944-02-08, Low Squadron, Group Lead, R. Ketelsen, S. Thompson⇗

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 MissionLow Squadron.
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42‑3259⇗Laboda, Joseph Stanley⇗Completed MissionLead Squadron. Landed away at RAF Manston, Kent, on return due to low fuel.
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42‑29703⇗Knapp, Paul Bernard⇗Completed MissionHigh squadron. Landed away at RAF Bradwell Bay, Essex, on return due to low fuel.
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42‑29717⇗Larsen, Jack Kirby⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron.
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42‑29809⇗Hines, James Wesley⇗Completed MissionLead Squadron.
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42‑31211⇗Lovvorn, Hollie Ray⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron Deputy. Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑31606. High Squadron deputy.
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42‑31346⇗Morrison, Donald Sylvester⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron.
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42‑31364⇗Robinson, Robert Lawrence⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron Lead.
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42‑31375⇗Yelvington, Melton Albert⇗Flying Spare, Returned As BriefedFlying Spare.
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42‑31484⇗Cosentino, George (NMI)⇗Returned EarlyLead Squadron. Turned back at 1026 hrs while over enemy territory because of detonation (pinging) in #1, #2, and #3 engines, causing aircraft to fall behind group. Crew granted credit for the mission.
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42‑31495⇗Harvey, Walter Lewis⇗Flying Spare, Returned As BriefedFlying Spare.
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42‑31606⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑31211.
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42‑37788⇗Booska, Maurice Arthur⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron.
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42‑37793⇗DeFrees, Norman Francis⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron. Crash-landed on a golf course near Brighton, Sussex, on return; plane rtd to service after a month.
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42‑37801⇗Kravet, Marvin Robert⇗Flying Spare, Returned As BriefedFlying Spare.
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42‑37885⇗Lotz, William Henry⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron. Carried 24 parcels of G-25 nickles (propaganda leaflets) plus 6x500GP bombs; all dropped on target.
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42‑37974⇗Jones, William Arch⇗Completed MissionLead Squadron, Group Deputy.
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42‑38013⇗Stearns, Clarence Grover⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron lead.
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42‑38014⇗Thompson, Siguard (NMI)⇗Completed MissionLead Squadron, Group Lead. Landed away at RAF Hornchurch, Essex, on return due to low fuel.
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42‑39784⇗Covington, Royston Truitt⇗Failed To ReturnHigh 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
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42‑39809⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑39991.
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42‑39888⇗Foster, James Everett⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron.
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42‑39962⇗Widener, Seth Grenell⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron.
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42‑39991⇗Outen, Charles Levi⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron. Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑39809.
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42‑97477⇗Pryor, Raymond Thomas⇗Completed MissionLead Squadron.
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