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Mission # 86

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 9 April 1944
Eighth Air Force Operations Operations description not yet available.
Mission
384th BG Mission Number 86, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 293
Weather Causes Assembly Havoc
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The 384th Bombardment Group (H) led the 41st Composite Combat Wing B on todays mission, furnishing the lead and low groups of the wing. Bad weather caused assembly difficulties for the entire Wing, leading many pilots to abandon efforts to locate the wing. However, clear weather over the continent and in the target area enabled a majority of the bombers to successfully attack their assigned targets.
Primary Target Target: FW-190 Fighter Aircraft Assembly Plant
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Marienburg, Germany
Target Attacked (Mode) Primary (Visual)
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Completed Mission, not including spares - 24
Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 4
Scrubbed - 1
Aborted - 10
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 1944-04-09, Wing Lead, D. Smith, E. Allison⇗

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
42‑3441⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑31048⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑31211⇗Gowder, Charles Fred⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Turned back at 0928 hrs; could not locate formation due to bad weather. Landed away at RAF Witchford, Cambridgeshire.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31222⇗Berbrich, John Martin⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Low Squadron lead, low group. Turned back at 1000 hrs; could not locate formation due to bad weather.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31235⇗Goller, Theodore (NMI)⇗Completed MissionJoined 41st Composite Combat Wing A and bombed their primary target.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31346⇗Johnson, William T⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31364⇗Allison, Earl Thomas⇗Completed MissionWing lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31375⇗Courtemanche, Ralph Eudor⇗Completed MissionLanded away at Horsham St. Faith, Norfolk, on return due to low fuel.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31435⇗West, George Berry⇗Completed MissionWing deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31484⇗[N/A]Lead Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑31495⇗Jorgenson, Henry (NMI)⇗Completed Mission12:00 FLIGHT TIME
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31740⇗Schock, George William⇗Failed To ReturnHit by flak at 1546 hrs; left wing root on fire; the aircraft was seen circling under control and 10 chutes emerged; crashed east of Schleswig, Germany.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑32106⇗Briley, Scott Andrew⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37758⇗Barad, Robert Leo⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Turned back at 0850 hrs at Splasher 4 because they were unable to locate the formation in bad weather.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37789⇗Farthing, Frank (NMI)⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37792⇗Helmley, Loyd Elmer⇗Completed MissionJoined 41st Composite Combat Wing A and bombed their primary target.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37816⇗Heffley, Farris Ormond⇗Completed MissionDropped 25 parcels of G-34 'nickles' (propaganda leaflets) along with demolition bombs.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37982⇗Clayton, John Earl⇗Completed MissionLanded away at Halesworth, Suffolk, on return due to low fuel.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38014⇗Ulrey, Edgar Ellsworth⇗Completed MissionLow group lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38112⇗Fioretti, Edward Anthony⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Low Squadron lead, low group. Turned back at 1013 hrs; could not locate formation due to bad weather.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38158⇗Outen, Charles Levi⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Turned back at 0955; could not locate formation due to bad weather.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38208⇗Bennett, Phillip Nathan⇗Completed MissionJoined the #4 position of the low Squadron, high group, 41st Composite Combat Wing A and bombed with them.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑39888⇗Foster, James Everett⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97072⇗Booska, Maurice Arthur⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron lead, lead group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97081⇗Corcoran, John Joseph⇗Completed MissionLanded away at Horsham St. Faith, Norfolk, on return due to minor flak damage.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97124⇗Burch, Hugh Ralph⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Turned back at 1003 hrs; could not locate formation due to bad weather. Bombs jettisoned in Channel due to malfunction of bomb bay doors.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97136⇗Knapp, Paul Bernard⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97139⇗Decker, Charles Edgar⇗Completed MissionLow group deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97142⇗Cole, Howard Woodrow⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Turned back at 1130 hrs; could not locate formation due to bad weather.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97150⇗Smith, Harry Bailey⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97201⇗Kelly, John Thomas⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Turned back at 0915; could not locate formation due to bad weather.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97228⇗Poole, George Irvin⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97231⇗Urton, Raymond Lee⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron lead, low group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97237⇗Lavin, James Robert⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97251⇗Gekakis, Anthony⇗Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffThis aircraft did not take off. Crew did not transfer to a Spare Aircraft.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97449⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑97477⇗Miller, Max Jean⇗Completed MissionLanded away at Attlebridge, Norfolk, on return because of low fuel.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97510⇗Horton, Lloyd (NMI)⇗Completed MissionLanded away at Metfield, Suffolk, on return because of low fuel.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107058⇗Smith, Charles Grover⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Turned back at 1030 hrs; could not locate formation due to bad weather. Landed away at RAF Manby, Lincolnshire.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107083⇗June, Glenn Joseph⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Turned backat 1027 hrs; could not locate formation due to bad weather.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗