Mission # 63

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 20 February 1944
Eighth Air Force Operations Show Operations
384th Bomb Group Mission
384th BG Mission Number 63, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 226
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The 384th Bombardment Group (H) provided two group formations for today's operation as part of 8th Air Force Mission 226, Task Force 1. One group led the 41st A Combat Bombardment Wing (41A Group), while the other flew as the low group of the 41st B Combat Bombardment Wing (41B Group). Despite cloudy weather most of the way to the targets, they were bombed visually. The 41A Group bombed their assigned primary target, an aircraft assembly and repair facility near Leipzig, Germany. The 41B Group Bombed their assigned target, an aircraft assembly plant near Bernberg, Germany.
Primary Target Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Leipzig & Bernburg, Germany
Target Attacked (Mode) Primary (Visual)
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Completed Mission, not including spares - 32
Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 3
Aborted - 7
Did Not Take Off - 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 1944-02-22, Deputy Group Lead, E. Ulrey, J. Berbrich⇗

43 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⇗Witt, Francis John⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.41B Group. Turned back at 0905 hrs due to complete loss of power in #1 engine; aircraft took off a second time but could not catch up with group.
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41‑24578⇗Outen, Charles Levi⇗Completed Mission41B Group.
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42‑3087⇗Kew, William Joseph⇗Completed Mission41B Group.
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42‑3259⇗Laboda, Joseph Stanley⇗Completed Mission41A Group.
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42‑3441⇗Larsen, Jack Kirby⇗Completed Mission41A Group.
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42‑29632⇗Decker, Charles Edgar⇗Completed Mission41B Group.
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42‑29688⇗McDonald, Raymond Leroy⇗Completed Mission41B Group.
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42‑29703⇗Urton, Raymond Lee⇗Did Not Take Off41B Group. Did not take off.
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42‑29717⇗Bennett, Phillip Nathan⇗Completed Mission41B Group.
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42‑29723⇗Reed, Merlin Howard⇗Completed Mission41B Group.
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42‑29809⇗Knapp, Paul Bernard⇗Completed Mission41A Group.
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42‑29828⇗Heffley, Farris Ormond⇗Spare, Completed Mission41B Group Flying Spare. Joined formation.
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42‑29927⇗Poole, George Irvin⇗Spare, Completed Mission41B Group Flying Spare. Joined formation. Landed away at Chelveston Airfield, AAF Station 105.
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42‑30026⇗Corcoran, John Joseph⇗Completed Mission41B Group.
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42‑31058⇗Rinne, Austin Dean⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.41B Group. Turned back at 1023 hrs due to #2 cylinder head on #1 engine blew out, causing a fire, which resulted in feathering of engine.
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42‑31166⇗Yelvington, Melton Albert⇗Completed Mission41A Group.
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42‑31222⇗Taylor, Sidney Paul⇗Completed Mission41B Group, High Squadron Lead.
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42‑31235⇗Morrison, Donald Sylvester⇗Completed Mission41A Group.
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42‑31346⇗Robinson, Robert Lawrence⇗Completed Mission41A Group, Wing Deputy.
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42‑31364⇗Stier, George Withers⇗Completed Mission41B Group, High Squadron Deputy.
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42‑31375⇗Briley, Scott Andrew⇗Completed Mission41A Group, High Squadron Deputy.
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42‑31433⇗DeFrees, Norman Francis⇗Completed Mission41B Group.
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42‑31484⇗Lovell, James MacNaughton⇗Completed Mission41A Group.
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42‑31495⇗Harvey, Walter Lewis⇗Completed Mission41A Group.
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42‑31606⇗West, George Berry⇗Spare, Completed Mission41A Group Flying Spare. Joined formation.
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42‑37776⇗Clayton, John Earl⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.41A Group. Turned back; #2 supercharger ran away.
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42‑37785⇗Allison, Earl Thomas⇗Completed Mission41A Group.
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42‑37788⇗Booska, Maurice Arthur⇗Completed Mission41B Group, Low Squadron Lead.
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42‑37789⇗Horton, Lloyd (NMI)⇗Completed Mission41B Group. Landed away at RAF Bourn, Cambridgeshire, on return due to low fuel.
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42‑37792⇗Cosentino, George (NMI)⇗Completed Mission41A Group.
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42‑37801⇗Hines, James Wesley⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.41A Group. Turned back; tail gunner fell ill.
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42‑37848⇗Ulrey, Edgar Ellsworth⇗Completed Mission41B Group Deputy.
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42‑37885⇗Lotz, William Henry⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.41A Group. Turned back; waist gunner's heated suit failed.
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42‑37974⇗Jones, William Arch⇗Completed Mission41A Group, Low Squadron Deputy.
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42‑38014⇗Markow, Henry Victor⇗Completed Mission41B Group.
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42‑38112⇗Thompson, Siguard (NMI)⇗Completed Mission41A Group, Low Squadron Lead.
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42‑39766⇗Gilmore, William Featherston⇗Completed Mission41A Group, 41st A Combat Wing lead. PFF aircraft, and remaining unidentified crew, provided by 482nd BG at Alconbury.
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42‑39809⇗Rich, John (NMI)⇗Completed Mission41B Group.
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42‑39888⇗Herbert, Joseph Robert⇗Completed Mission41A Group.
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42‑39991⇗Algar, Philip Morris⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.41B Group Lead. Turned back at 1105 hrs because of failure of #2 engine.
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42‑97449⇗Daskey, Kendall (NMI)⇗Completed Mission41B Group.
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42‑97477⇗Bedsole, Joseph Linyer⇗Completed Mission41A Group, High Squadron Lead.
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42‑97521⇗Pryor, Raymond Thomas⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.41A Group. Turned back with #1 engine out.
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