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Mission # 64

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 21 February 1944
Eighth Air Force Operations Operations description not yet available.
Mission
384th BG Mission Number 64, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 228
Big Week: Day Two
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The 384th Bombardment Group (H) provided two group formations for todays missions. They flew as the lead and low groups of the 41st B Combat Wing. Finding the primary target covered with clouds, they reversed course and sought targets-of-opportunity through breaks in the clouds. Eventually, a visual attack was made on the city of Lingen, Germany, focused on the marshalling yards and surrounding industrial area.
Primary Target Target: Fighter Field & Aircraft Storage Depot
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Werl, Germany
Target Attacked (Mode) TOO (Visual)
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yard
Type: Transportation
Location: Lingen, Germany
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Completed Mission, not including spares - 35
Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 1
Returned Early - 1
Aborted - 3
Mission Personnel Mission Personnel Roster⇗ or Mission Loading Lists⇗
Mission Documents Combat Mission Records and Plans obtained from the National Archives⇗
Other Mission Documents 1944-02-21, Wing Lead, W. Buck, C. Stearns⇗

40 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⇗Jorgenson, Henry (NMI)⇗Completed MissionFLIGHT TIME 7:30
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
41‑24578⇗Outen, Charles Levi⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑3087⇗Kew, William Joseph⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑3259⇗Laboda, Joseph Stanley⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29632⇗Hines, James Wesley⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29651⇗Clayton, John Earl⇗Returned EarlyB Group, Low Squadron. Turned back due to multiple technical failures.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29688⇗McDonald, Raymond Leroy⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29703⇗West, George Berry⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron deputy, low group. Landed away at Rattlesden due to technical failures.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29717⇗Larsen, Jack Kirby⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29723⇗Rinne, Austin Dean⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Turned back when #4 engine threw oil excessively and oil pressure dropped very rapidly.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29809⇗Briley, Scott Andrew⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29828⇗Heffley, Farris Ormond⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29927⇗Bennett, Phillip Nathan⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑30026⇗Wilson, William Monroe⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron lead, lead group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31166⇗Yelvington, Melton Albert⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31222⇗Miller, James Gilmore⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31235⇗Herbert, Joseph Robert⇗Completed MissionLanded away at Attlebridge on return due to technical failure.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31364⇗Robinson, Robert Lawrence⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron lead, low group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31375⇗Courtemanche, Ralph Eudor⇗Completed MissionReleased 25 parcels of G-27 'nickles' (propaganda leaflets) and six 500-pound general-purpose bombs on the target.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31433⇗Stearns, Clarence Grover⇗Completed MissionWing lead, 41st B Combat Wing.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31484⇗Armstrong, Lloyd Rowland⇗Completed MissionLow group lead, 41st B Combat Wing.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31495⇗Carpenter, Walter Richard⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron lead, low group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31516⇗Jeter, Sydney Ryland⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.High Squadron deputy, lead group. Aborted because #3 prop began throwing oil excessively, was feathered for examination, and could not be unfeathered.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31926⇗Lovell, James MacNaughton⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37776⇗Rich, John (NMI)⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron deputy, lead group. Landed away at Horham on return with wounded tail gunner.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37788⇗Booska, Maurice Arthur⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37789⇗Knapp, Paul Bernard⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Turned back at 1345 hrs due to runaway #2 supercharger.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37792⇗Cosentino, George (NMI)⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37801⇗Urton, Raymond Lee⇗Completed MissionWing deputy, 41st B Combat Wing.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37848⇗MacPhail, Philip Ray⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron lead, lead group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37974⇗Allison, Earl Thomas⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron deputy, low group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38014⇗Markow, Henry Victor⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38112⇗Poole, George Irvin⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑39809⇗Goller, Theodore (NMI)⇗Spare, Completed MissionFlying spare; joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑39888⇗Foster, James Everett⇗Completed MissionReleased 25 parcels of G-27 'nickles' (propaganda leaflets) and six 500-pound general-purpose bombs on the target.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑39991⇗Corcoran, John Joseph⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97449⇗Daskey, Kendall (NMI)⇗Completed MissionAssumed position of high Squadron deputy, lead group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97477⇗Jones, William Arch⇗Completed MissionLow group deputy, 41st B Combat Wing.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97488⇗DeFrees, Norman Francis⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97510⇗Stier, George Withers⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗