Mission # 67

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 25 February 1944
Eighth Air Force Operations Show Operations
384th Bomb Group Mission
384th BG Mission Number 67, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 235
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Previous Mission
The 384th Bombardment Group (H) provided aircraft and crews to two separate combat wings for today's mission. One formation flew as the high group of the 41st Combat Bombardment Wing (41A Group), and another small contingent flew as portions of the lead and low groups of the 41st Composite Combat Wing (41C Group). Weather at the 41A Group's target area near Augsburg was CAVU and visual bombing results were good.
During assembly, one aircraft was forced out of the 41A Group while avoiding a mid-air collision and ended up joining the 41C Group and bombing a ball bearing plant with them. Weather at the 41C Group's target area near Stuttgart was CAVU and visual bombing results were good.
Primary Target Target: Aircraft Assembly & Ball Bearings Plants
Type: Industry
Location: Augsburg & Stuttgart, Germany
Target Attacked (Mode) Primary (Visual)
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Completed Mission, not including spares - 25
Scrubbed - 2
Aborted - 4
Did Not Take Off - 1
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⇗

33 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⇗West, George Berry⇗Completed Mission41C Group, High Squadron, Lead Group. Landed away at RAF Desborough, Northamptonshire, on return due to low fuel.
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41‑24578⇗Yelvington, Melton Albert⇗Completed Mission41C Group, High Squadron, Low Group.
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42‑3259⇗Laboda, Joseph Stanley⇗Completed Mission41C Group, High Squadron, Low Group.
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42‑3440⇗Bennett, Phillip Nathan⇗Completed Mission41A Group.
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42‑3441⇗Smith, Harry Bailey⇗Completed Mission41A Group.
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42‑29632⇗Pryor, Raymond Thomas⇗Completed Mission41C Group, High Squadron, Lead Group. Landed away at RAF Boreham, Essex, on return due to low fuel.
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42‑29717⇗Larsen, Jack Kirby⇗Failed To Return41C Group, High Squadron, Lead Group. Feathered #2 engine at 1325 hrs but continued on towards target; at 1420, three minutes before target was reached, jettisoned bombs and peeled off from formation, perhaps heading for Switzerland; crash-landed near Bruchsal, Germany. MACR 2774
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42‑29809⇗Briley, Scott Andrew⇗Completed Mission41C Group, High Squadron Deputy, Low Group.
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42‑29828⇗Heffley, Farris Ormond⇗Completed Mission41C Group, High Squadron, Low Group.
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42‑29927⇗Rinne, Austin Dean⇗Completed Mission41C Group, High Squadron, Lead Group.
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42‑30026⇗Wilson, William Monroe⇗Did Not Take Off41A Group. Ran off the perimeter track and delayed aircraft waiting to take off: was pulled out, but developed an oxygen leak in the waist and did not take off.
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42‑31058⇗Rich, John (NMI)⇗Completed Mission41A Group.
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42‑31211⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off41A Group. Replaced by Ground Spare aircraft 42‑37885.
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42‑31222⇗Courtemanche, Ralph Eudor⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.41C Group, High Squadron, Lead Group. Turned back at 1142 hrs because fuel had to be siphoned out of #4 wing tank when fuel pressure went up to 19.5 lbs, and #3 engine began throwing oil.
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42‑31235⇗Foster, James Everett⇗Completed Mission41A Group, High Squadron Deputy.
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42‑31346⇗Robinson, Robert Lawrence⇗Completed Mission41A Group, High Squadron Lead.
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42‑31364⇗Jorgenson, Henry (NMI)⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.41A Group. Turned back at 1112 hrs due to excessive fuel consumption.
FLIGHT TIME 3:30
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42‑31375⇗Decker, Charles Edgar⇗Completed Mission41A Group Deputy.
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42‑31433⇗Booska, Maurice Arthur⇗Completed Mission41A Group, Low Squadron Lead.
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42‑31484⇗Hines, James Wesley⇗Completed Mission41C Group, High Squadron, Low group.
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42‑31495⇗Goller, Theodore (NMI)⇗Completed Mission41A Group.
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42‑31871⇗Urton, Raymond Lee⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.41A Group, Low Squadron Deputy. Aborted 10 miles NW of Splasher 1 due to an oxygen leak.
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42‑31926⇗Cosentino, George (NMI)⇗Completed Mission41C Group, High Squadron, Low Group.
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42‑37785⇗Allison, Earl Thomas⇗Completed Mission41A Group.
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42‑37788⇗Outen, Charles Levi⇗Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off41A Group. Did not take off 'due to starter on No. 4 engine freezing when starting engines on pre-flight.'
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42‑37789⇗Knapp, Paul Bernard⇗Completed Mission41A Group.
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42‑37848⇗Stier, George Withers⇗Completed Mission41A Group.
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42‑37885⇗Reed, Merlin Howard⇗Completed Mission41A Group, Ground Spare aircraft. Replaced 42‑31211.
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42‑37974⇗Poole, George Irvin⇗Completed Mission41A Group.
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42‑38112⇗Daskey, Kendall (NMI)⇗Completed Mission41C Group, Lead Squadron, Lead Group. During assembly, forced out of the 41st Combat Wing while avoiding collision wih another aircraft; joined the 41st Composite Wing and completed the mission.
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42‑39888⇗Clayton, John Earl⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.41A Group. Turned back at 1125 hrs when #3 supercharger would not function at altitude, being able to get only 23-24 inches of boost at 19,000'.
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42‑39991⇗Algar, Philip Morris⇗Completed Mission41A Group Lead.
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42‑97477⇗Bedsole, Joseph Linyer⇗Completed Mission41C Group, High Squadron Lead, Low Group.
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