384th BG Combat Mission List

A chronological list of the 316 Combat missions flown by personnel of the 384th Bomb Group during WWII (June 1943 through April 1945). Full mission details can be displayed by clicking on the mission number. Combat mission record documents from the U.S. National Archives can be examined in the 384th Photo Gallery at Mission Records⇗.
1943 Missions

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51 Combat Missions were flown by the 384th during 1943
Number Date Primary Target Target Attacked Comments
--⇗ 11 June 1943 Type: Shipyards
Location: Bremen, Germany 		384th Officers Get Combat Experience
No Aircraft Lost
1⇗ 22 June 1943 Target: General Motors Truck Factory
Type: Industry
Location: Antwerp, Belgium 		Primary First 384th Combat Mission
Pilot/Aircraft losses:
Disney / 42‑5853 ⇗
Olbinski / 42‑30076 ⇗
2⇗ 25 June 1943 Target: Industrial Area & Submarine Pens
Type: Military
Location: Hamburg, Germany 		Primary Weather Reduces Force
Pilot/Aircraft losses:
McMillin / 42‑5850 ⇗
Riches / 42‑30143 ⇗
Way / 42‑30049 ⇗
3⇗ 26 June 1943 Target: Villacoublay Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Paris, France 		None Target Hidden, Bombs Held
Pilot/Aircraft losses:
Burgoon / 42‑30031 ⇗
Cuddeback / 42‑3188 ⇗
Henderson / 42‑30037 ⇗
Rosio / 42‑30058 ⇗
Wheat / 42‑30048 ⇗
4⇗ 28 June 1943 Target: Fighter Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Beaumont-le-Roger, France 		Primary Luftwaffe Airfield Attacked
No Aircraft Lost
5⇗ 29 June 1943 Target: duNord Aircraft Works, Villacoublay Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Paris, France 		None Target Hidden, Bombs Held
No Aircraft Lost
6⇗ 4 July 1943 Target: Gnome et Rhone Aircraft Engine Plant
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Le Mans, France 		Primary Aircraft Plant Attacked
Pilot/Aircraft losses:
Erickson / 42‑29960 ⇗
Myer / 42‑3235 ⇗
7⇗ 10 July 1943 Target: Drucat Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Abbeville, France 		Primary Luftwaffe Airfield Attacked
No Aircraft Lost
8⇗ 14 July 1943 Target: Villacoublay Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Paris, France 		Primary Luftwaffe Airfield Pounded
Pilot/Aircraft losses:
Munday / 42‑3330 ⇗
9⇗ 24 July 1943 Target: Aluminum & Magnesium Plants
Type: Industry
Location: Herøya, Norway 		Primary Aluminum Plants Attacked
No Aircraft Lost
10⇗ 25 July 1943 Target: Blohm & Voss Aircraft Works and Shipyard
Type: Industry
Location: Hamburg, Germany 		Primary Smoke Screen Challenges Bombardiers
Pilot/Aircraft losses:
Christman / 42‑3088 ⇗
Estes / 42‑5883 ⇗
Hall / 42‑3122 ⇗
Hall / 42‑29670 ⇗
Hankinson / 42‑3069 ⇗
Hegewald / 42‑3075 ⇗
Ward / 42‑3024 ⇗
11⇗ 28 July 1943 Target: Aircraft Engine Plant
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Kassel, Germany 		Other Aborted Mission
Pilot/Aircraft losses:
Dietel / 42‑30032 ⇗
12⇗ 29 July 1943 Target: Naval Base
Type: Military
Location: Kiel, Germany 		TOO Weather Stymies Bombers
Pilot/Aircraft losses:
Roberts / 42‑29700 ⇗
13⇗ 30 July 1943 Target: Aircraft Assembly Plant
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Kassel, Germany 		Primary Bombers Plaster Kassel
Pilot/Aircraft losses:
Harry / 42‑5848 ⇗
14⇗ 12 August 1943 Target: Synthetic Fuel Hydrogenation Plant
Type: Industry
Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany 		TOO Many Enemy Fighters
Pilot/Aircraft losses:
Bigelow / 42‑29686 ⇗
Carrington / 42‑3231 ⇗
Keck / 42‑3104 ⇗
Sierens / 42‑30046 ⇗
Swank / 42‑5806 ⇗
15⇗ 15 August 1943 Target: Poix-en-Picardie and Amiens-Glisy Airfields
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Poix-de-Picardie & Amiens, France 		Primary Two Targets Attacked
No Aircraft Lost
16⇗ 16 August 1943 Target: Le Bourget Airport & Air Depot
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Paris, France 		Primary Enemy Air Depot Destroyed
Pilot/Aircraft losses:
Magowan / 42‑5797 ⇗
17⇗ 17 August 1943 Target: Ball-Bearing Plant
Type: Bearings Industry
Location: Schweinfurt, Germany 		Primary First Schweinfurt
Pilot/Aircraft losses:
Hausenfluck / 42‑29956 ⇗
Mattes / 42‑3222 ⇗
Sweningsen / 42‑30139 ⇗
Wilson / 42‑30147 ⇗
Wofford / 42‑3230 ⇗
18⇗ 27 August 1943 Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Watten, France 		None No Attack: Mechanical Failure
No Aircraft Lost
19⇗ 31 August 1943 Target: Fighter Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Romilly-sur-Seine, France 		None Target Hidden, Bombs Held
No Aircraft Lost
20⇗ 3 September 1943 Target: Air Park and Aerodrome
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Romilly-sur-Seine, France 		Secondary Weather Forces Change
Pilot/Aircraft losses:
Jones / 42‑29914 ⇗
21⇗ 6 September 1943 Type: Industry
Location: Stuttgart, Germany 		TOO Target Of Opportunity Attacked
Pilot/Aircraft losses:
Armstrong / 41‑24507 ⇗
Aufmuth / 42‑5720 ⇗
Faulkiner / 42‑3455 ⇗
McMahon / 42‑3041 ⇗
Pulcipher / 42‑5843 ⇗
22⇗ 7 September 1943 Target: Bruxelles-Evere Airfield/Repair Depot
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Brussels / Bruxelles, Belgium 		Primary 384th Leads Composite Group
No Aircraft Lost
23⇗ 9 September 1943 Target: Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Lille-Vendeville, France 		Secondary Enemy Airfield Devastated
No Aircraft Lost
24⇗ 16 September 1943 Target: Blockade Runner Ship (in Loire River)
Type: Transportation
Location: Nantes, France 		Secondary Ship Gone; Port Facilities Attacked
Pilot/Aircraft losses:
Butler / 42‑5849 ⇗
Price / 42‑29699 ⇗
25⇗ 23 September 1943 Target: Submarine Repair Ship
Type: Submarine Facility
Location: Nantes, France 		Primary Ship Attacked; Results Uncertain
Pilot/Aircraft losses:
Higdon / 42‑3459 ⇗
26⇗ 27 September 1943 Target: Port Area
Type: Transportation
Location: Emden, Germany 		TOO Bad Weather Over Emden
No Aircraft Lost
27⇗ 2 October 1943 Target: Port Facilities
Type: Transportation
Location: Emden, Germany 		Primary Port of Emden Attacked
No Aircraft Lost
28⇗ 4 October 1943 Type: Industry
Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany 		Primary Industrial Targets Bombed
Pilot/Aircraft losses:
Kauffman / 42‑30043 ⇗
29⇗ 8 October 1943 Target: Workshops
Type: Submarine Facility
Location: Bremen, Germany 		Other Bremen Attacked
No Aircraft Lost
30⇗ 9 October 1943 Target: Aircraft Factories
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Anklam, Germany 		Primary Aircraft Factories Attacked
Pilot/Aircraft losses:
Calnon / 42‑29712 ⇗
Ingles / 42‑29814 ⇗
31⇗ 10 October 1943 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Münster, Germany 		Other Coesfeld Mistaken for Münster
Pilot/Aircraft losses:
Wilson / 42‑5086 ⇗
32⇗ 14 October 1943 Target: Ball-Bearing Factory
Type: Bearings Industry
Location: Schweinfurt, Germany 		Primary "Second Schweinfurt" aka "Black Thursday"
Pilot/Aircraft losses:
Goulder / 42‑5852 ⇗
Harry / 42‑29800 ⇗
Johnson / 42‑29784 ⇗
Kauffman / 42‑29870 ⇗
Keller / 42‑30196 ⇗
Kopf / 42‑3216 ⇗
Ogilvie / 42‑31059 ⇗
Price / 42‑3037 ⇗
Williams / 42‑29867 ⇗
33⇗ 20 October 1943 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Düren, Germany 		None Weather & Traffic - No Attack
No Aircraft Lost
--⇗ 30 October 1943 Target: Marshaling Yard
Type: Transportation
Location: Geilenkirchen, Germany 		-- Weather Forces Recall
No Aircraft Lost
34⇗ 3 November 1943 Target: Port Area
Type: Transportation
Location: Wilhelmshafen, Germany 		Primary Pathfinder Leads Attack
No Aircraft Lost
35⇗ 5 November 1943 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany 		Primary PFF Attack
No Aircraft Lost
--⇗ 13 November 1943 Target: City Center
Type: Non-Military
Location: Bremen, Germany 		-- Weather Forces Recall
Pilot/Aircraft losses:
Connell / 41‑24575 ⇗
36⇗ 16 November 1943 Target: Knaben II Molybdenum Mine
Type: Industry
Location: Knaben, Norway 		Primary Several Bomb Runs
No Aircraft Lost
37⇗ 26 November 1943 Target: City Center
Type: Non-Military
Location: Bremen, Germany 		Primary Bremen Bombed
Pilot/Aircraft losses:
Amundson / 42‑29987 ⇗
Gilmore / 42‑5051 ⇗
Holland / 42‑31042 ⇗
Zitnik / 42‑37762 ⇗
38⇗ 29 November 1943 Target: Port Area
Type: Transportation
Location: Bremen, Germany 		Primary Bremen Bombed, Results Unobserved
No Aircraft Lost
39⇗ 1 December 1943 Target: Non-Ferrous Metals Plant
Type: Industry
Location: Solingen, Germany 		Primary Primary Target Attacked
Pilot/Aircraft losses:
Goulder / 42‑30033 ⇗
Martin / 42‑39796 ⇗
Nelson / 42‑29768 ⇗
Sundlun / 41‑24557 ⇗
40⇗ 5 December 1943 Target: Fighter Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Saint-Jean-d'Angély, France 		None Weather Prevents Attack
No Aircraft Lost
41⇗ 11 December 1943 Target: Port Area
Type: Transportation
Location: Emden, Germany 		Primary Emden Hammered
No Aircraft Lost
42⇗ 13 December 1943 Target: Port Area
Type: Transportation
Location: Bremen, Germany 		Primary Maximum Effort
No Aircraft Lost
43⇗ 16 December 1943 Target: Port Area
Type: Transportation
Location: Bremen, Germany 		Primary Cloudy Bremen
No Aircraft Lost
44⇗ 20 December 1943 Target: Port Area/Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Bremen, Germany 		Primary Bremen Attacked Visually
Pilot/Aircraft losses:
Carnes / 42‑29935 ⇗
45⇗ 22 December 1943 Target: Steel Shops/Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Osnabrück, Germany 		Unknown Unknown Location Bombed
No Aircraft Lost
46⇗ 24 December 1943 Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Croisette, France 		Primary Two Targets Attacked
No Aircraft Lost
47⇗ 30 December 1943 Target: I. G. Farben Industrie, Chemical/Synthetic Rubber Plants
Type: Industry
Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany 		Primary Primary Target Attacked
Pilot/Aircraft losses:
Jacobs / 42‑31274 ⇗
48⇗ 31 December 1943 Target: Blockade Runner 'Orsone' (name of ship)
Type: Transportation
Location: [Mouth of River Garonne], France 		None Target Not Found
Pilot/Aircraft losses:
Rich / 42‑37725 ⇗
Stier / 42‑31073 ⇗
1944 Missions

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203 Combat Missions were flown by the 384th during 1944
Number Date Primary Target Target Attacked Comments
49⇗ 4 January 1944 Target: Port Area
Type: Transportation
Location: Kiel, Germany 		Primary Port Attacked
Pilot/Aircraft losses:
Kaczaraba / 42‑5838 ⇗
50⇗ 5 January 1944 Target: Port Area
Type: Transportation
Location: Kiel, Germany 		Primary Smokescreen Not Effective
No Aircraft Lost
51⇗ 7 January 1944 Target: Powerhouse
Type: Industry
Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany 		Primary Few Aircraft Join Formation
Pilot/Aircraft losses:
Garner / 41‑24525 ⇗
52⇗ 11 January 1944 Target: Ju-88 Aircraft Parts Plant
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Halberstadt, Germany 		Other Port City Bombed
No Aircraft Lost
53⇗ 14 January 1944 Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Le Meillard, France 		Primary V-Weapons Site Bombed
Pilot/Aircraft losses:
Britt / 42‑31246 ⇗
54⇗ 21 January 1944 Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Preuseville, France 		Primary Weather Affects Bombing
No Aircraft Lost
55⇗ 29 January 1944 Target: Aircraft Parts Plants
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany 		Primary Technology Trumps Overcast Targets
No Aircraft Lost
56⇗ 30 January 1944 Target: Aircraft Assembly Plant
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Brunswick / Braunschweig, Germany 		Primary Aircraft Plant Attacked
Pilot/Aircraft losses:
Penney / 42‑37727 ⇗
Ross / 42‑5444 ⇗
Writz / 42‑5404 ⇗
57⇗ 3 February 1944 Target: Submarines (under construction)
Type: Submarine Facility
Location: Wilhelmshaven, Germany 		Primary Challenging Weather
No Aircraft Lost
58⇗ 4 February 1944 Target: Alfred Teves Main Works: Aircraft Parts Plant
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany 		Primary Attack On Aircraft Parts Plant
No Aircraft Lost
59⇗ 5 February 1944 Target: Bricy Aerodrome, Luftwaffe Training and Bomber Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Orleans, France 		Primary Luftwaffe Airfield Bombed
No Aircraft Lost
60⇗ 6 February 1944 Target: Nancy/Essey Aerodrome
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Nancy, France 		None Clouds, Snow Conceal Targets
No Aircraft Lost
61⇗ 8 February 1944 Target: Piston Ring Factory
Type: Industry
Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany 		Primary Radar Bombing Today
Pilot/Aircraft losses:
Covington / 42‑39784 ⇗
62⇗ 11 February 1944 Target: Propeller Factory (Foundry)
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany 		TOO Visual Attack Despite Confusion
Pilot/Aircraft losses:
Moore / 42‑40005 ⇗
Widener / 42‑39962 ⇗
63⇗ 20 February 1944 Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Leipzig & Bernburg, Germany 		Primary Big Week Begins!
No Aircraft Lost
64⇗ 21 February 1944 Target: Fighter Field & Aircraft Storage Depot
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Werl, Germany 		TOO Big Week: Day Two
No Aircraft Lost
65⇗ 22 February 1944 Target: Aircraft Factory
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Halberstadt & Aschersleben, Germany 		Primary Big Week, Day Three
Pilot/Aircraft losses:
DeFrees / 42‑97488 ⇗
Jeter / 42‑31516 ⇗
Kew / 42‑3087 ⇗
Markow / 42‑97450 ⇗
McDonald / 42‑39809 ⇗
66⇗ 24 February 1944 Target: Ball-Bearing Plant
Type: Bearings Industry
Location: Schweinfurt, Germany 		Primary Big Week, Day Five
No Aircraft Lost
67⇗ 25 February 1944 Target: Aircraft Assembly & Ball Bearings Plants
Type: Industry
Location: Augsburg & Stuttgart, Germany 		Primary Big Week, Last Day
Pilot/Aircraft losses:
Larsen / 42‑29717 ⇗
68⇗ 28 February 1944 Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Preuseville, France 		None Weather Prevents Bombing
Pilot/Aircraft losses:
Rinne / 42‑31058 ⇗
69⇗ 2 March 1944 Target: Alfred Teves Main Works: Aircraft Parts Plant and Machine Shop
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany 		Primary Radar Bombing, Results Unobserved
No Aircraft Lost
70⇗ 3 March 1944 Target: Roller-Bearing Factory
Type: Bearings Industry
Location: Berlin, Germany 		None 8th AF: Mission Recalled
No Aircraft Lost
71⇗ 4 March 1944 Type: Military
Location: Berlin, Germany 		TOO Weather Alters Mission
Pilot/Aircraft losses:
Carpenter / 42‑39991 ⇗
Cosentino / 42‑32007 ⇗
Lovvorn / 42‑31606 ⇗
72⇗ 6 March 1944 Target: Erkner Ball-Bearing Factory
Type: Bearings Industry
Location: Berlin, Germany 		Secondary Berlin Attacked - Finally!
No Aircraft Lost
73⇗ 8 March 1944 Target: Erkner Ball-Bearing Factory
Type: Bearings Industry
Location: Berlin, Germany 		Primary 384th Leads Wing To Berlin
No Aircraft Lost
74⇗ 9 March 1944 Target: Heinkel Aircraft Plant
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Oranienburg, Germany 		Secondary Secondary Target Attacked With PFF
Pilot/Aircraft losses:
Reed / 42‑37781 ⇗
75⇗ 16 March 1944 Target: Aircraft Assembly & Repair Works
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany 		Secondary Bad Day At Augsburg
Pilot/Aircraft losses:
Ledbetter / 42‑37801 ⇗
Stier / 42‑37848 ⇗
76⇗ 18 March 1944 Target: Aircraft Assembly & Repair Works
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany 		Primary Two Targets Attacked
Pilot/Aircraft losses:
LaSeur / 42‑31871 ⇗
Smith / 42‑37793 ⇗
77⇗ 19 March 1944 Target: NOBALL (V-2 Storage and Launch Site)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Wizernes, France 		Primary Traffic Conflict & Equipment Failure
Pilot/Aircraft losses:
Lovell / 42‑31926 ⇗
78⇗ 20 March 1944 Type: Industry
Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany 		None Weather Forces Recall
No Aircraft Lost
79⇗ 22 March 1944 Target: Heinkel Aircraft Assembly Plant at Annahof Airfield
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Oranienburg, Germany 		Secondary Berlin Attacked
No Aircraft Lost
80⇗ 23 March 1944 Target: Airdrome and Airpark
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Gütersloh, Germany 		TOO Targets of Opportunity Attacked
No Aircraft Lost
81⇗ 24 March 1944 Target: Ball-Bearing Plant
Type: Bearings Industry
Location: Schweinfurt, Germany 		Secondary Ball Bearing Plant Spared
Pilot/Aircraft losses:
Briley / 42‑31166 ⇗
82⇗ 26 March 1944 Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Le Grismont, Rebecques, France 		Primary V-1 Complex Hit Hard
No Aircraft Lost
83⇗ 27 March 1944 Target: Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Tours & Chartres, France 		Primary Airfield Attacked, Results Mixed
No Aircraft Lost
84⇗ 28 March 1944 Target: Dijon-Longvic Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Dijon, France 		Primary Clear Weather = Good Bombing
No Aircraft Lost
85⇗ 29 March 1944 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Brunswick / Braunschweig, Germany 		TOO No Bomb Drop Signal
No Aircraft Lost
86⇗ 9 April 1944 Target: FW-190 Fighter Aircraft Assembly Plant
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Marienburg, Germany 		Primary Weather Causes Assembly Havoc
Pilot/Aircraft losses:
Schock / 42‑31740 ⇗
87⇗ 10 April 1944 Target: Evere Airfield (50°54'3"N 4°20'9"E)
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Brussels / Bruxelles, Belgium 		Primary Good Weather Helps
No Aircraft Lost
88⇗ 11 April 1944 Target: FW Aircraft Parts Plant
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Sorau, Germany 		Primary 384th Overcomes Weather
Pilot/Aircraft losses:
Rich / 42‑31375 ⇗
89⇗ 13 April 1944 Target: Ball-Bearing Plant
Type: Bearings Industry
Location: Schweinfurt, Germany 		Primary Primary Attacked, Huge Losses
Pilot/Aircraft losses:
Briley / 42‑97233 ⇗
Fioretti / 42‑38112 ⇗
Heffley / 42‑37816 ⇗
Lavin / 42‑97274 ⇗
Miller / 42‑31048 ⇗
Poole / 42‑97228 ⇗
Stearns / 42‑31433 ⇗
Swanson / 42‑97124 ⇗
Tollison / 42‑97231 ⇗
90⇗ 18 April 1944 Target: Aircraft Parts Plant
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Oranienburg, Germany 		Primary Attack on Aircraft Plant
No Aircraft Lost
91⇗ 19 April 1944 Target: Fieseler Aircraft Plant
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Kassel (Waldau), Germany 		Primary Aircraft Industry Targeted
No Aircraft Lost
92⇗ 20 April 1944 Target: V-Weapon Service Bunker (under construction)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Sottevast, France 		Primary V-Weapons Attacked
No Aircraft Lost
93⇗ 22 April 1944 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Hamm, Germany 		Primary Transportation Targeted
No Aircraft Lost
94⇗ 24 April 1944 Target: Dornier-Werke GMBH Aircraft Plant
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany 		Primary Aircraft Factory Demolished
Pilot/Aircraft losses:
Bailey / 42‑102446 ⇗
Brouillard / 42‑97221 ⇗
Broyhill / 42‑37885 ⇗
Edwards / 42‑97477 ⇗
Haley / 42‑97372 ⇗
Harvey / 42‑31346 ⇗
MacKichan / 42‑38158 ⇗
95⇗ 25 April 1944 Target: Metz-Frescaty Airdrome
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Metz, France 		None Traffic and Weather Prevent Attack
No Aircraft Lost
96⇗ 27 April 1944 Target: V-Weapon Service Bunker (under construction)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Sottevast, France 		Primary V-Weapons Attacked
Pilot/Aircraft losses:
Small / 42‑97136 ⇗
97⇗ 27 April 1944 Target: Toul/Croix de Metz Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Nancy, France 		Primary Airfield Targeted
No Aircraft Lost
98⇗ 29 April 1944 Target: Industrial District
Type: Industry
Location: Berlin, Germany 		Primary Industry Targeted
Pilot/Aircraft losses:
Bouvier / 42‑102448 ⇗
99⇗ 1 May 1944 Target: Launch Site in Foret Nationale de Tournehem
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Foret Nationale de Tournehem, France 		Last Resort Target Last Resort Target Bombed
No Aircraft Lost
100⇗ 4 May 1944 Target: Friedrichstrasse Railroad Station
Type: Transportation
Location: Berlin, Germany 		None Mission Recalled
No Aircraft Lost
101⇗ 7 May 1944 Target: Friedrichstrasse Railroad Station
Type: Transportation
Location: Berlin, Germany 		Primary Rail Transportation Attacked
Pilot/Aircraft losses:
Goller / 42‑31235 ⇗
102⇗ 8 May 1944 Target: Friedrichstrasse Railroad Station
Type: Transportation
Location: Berlin, Germany 		Primary Transportation Targeted
No Aircraft Lost
103⇗ 8 May 1944 Target: V-Weapon Service Bunker (under construction)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Sottevast, France 		Primary V-Weapons Attacked
Pilot/Aircraft losses:
Allison / 42‑31211 ⇗
Brown / 42‑97081 ⇗
Foster / 42‑31495 ⇗
104⇗ 9 May 1944 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Thionville, France 		Primary Railroad Hub Attacked
No Aircraft Lost
105⇗ 11 May 1944 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Saarbrücken and Ehrang, Germany 		Primary Railroads Targeted
No Aircraft Lost
106⇗ 12 May 1944 Target: Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Merseburg, Germany 		Primary First 384th Oil Industry Attack
No Aircraft Lost
107⇗ 13 May 1944 Target: Aircraft Assembly Components Factory.
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Poznań, Poland 		Secondary Clouds Hide Primary - Again!
Pilot/Aircraft losses:
Baker / 42‑102548 ⇗
Francis / 42‑97404 ⇗
108⇗ 15 May 1944 Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Mimoyecques, France 		None No Bombing Today
No Aircraft Lost
109⇗ 19 May 1944 Target: Unidentified Industrial Area
Type: Industry
Location: Berlin, Germany 		TOO Weather Causes Confusion
No Aircraft Lost
110⇗ 20 May 1944 Target: Orly Airport
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Paris, France 		Primary Luftwaffe Attacked
No Aircraft Lost
111⇗ 21 May 1944 Target: NOBALL (Supergun Site)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Mimoyecques, France 		Primary Mixed Results Today
No Aircraft Lost
112⇗ 22 May 1944 Target: Warehouse District in the Dock Area
Type: Transportation
Location: Kiel, Germany 		Primary Docks Area Attacked
Pilot/Aircraft losses:
Castleman / 42‑102402 ⇗
113⇗ 23 May 1944 Target: Nancy/Essey Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Nancy, France 		Secondary Weather "NOT AS BRIEFED"
No Aircraft Lost
114⇗ 24 May 1944 Target: Unidentified Military Installations
Type: Military
Location: Berlin, Germany 		Primary Big "B" And Bad Weather
Pilot/Aircraft losses:
Seamon / 42‑31364 ⇗
115⇗ 25 May 1944 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Sarreguemines and Blainville-sur-l'Eau, France 		Primary Focus on Transportation
No Aircraft Lost
116⇗ 27 May 1944 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Mannheim, Germany 		Primary Bad Day For The Railroad
No Aircraft Lost
117⇗ 28 May 1944 Target: Junkers Aircraft Plant
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Dessau, Germany 		TOO Equipment and Smokescreen Problems
No Aircraft Lost
118⇗ 28 May 1944 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany 		Primary The "Grapefruit" Mission
No Aircraft Lost
119⇗ 29 May 1944 Target: Focke-Wulf Aircraft Parts Plant
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Krzesiny District, Poznań, Poland 		Primary Long Mission, Good Bombing
Pilot/Aircraft losses:
Moore / 42‑97573 ⇗
120⇗ 30 May 1944 Target: Aircraft Hangars and Repair Sheds
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Halberstadt, Germany 		Primary Airfield Targeted
No Aircraft Lost
121⇗ 31 May 1944 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Colmar, France 		TOO Weather Diverts Bombers
No Aircraft Lost
122⇗ 2 June 1944 Target: Gun Battery with six 155mm guns, Tactical Support
Type: Military
Location: Hardelot (5 miles S of Boulogne), France 		Primary Pre-Invasion Tactical Targets
No Aircraft Lost
123⇗ 2 June 1944 Target: Four Medium Howitzer Batteries, Tactical Support
Type: Military
Location: Neufchatel (5 miles SE of Hardelot), France 		Primary Pre-Invasion Tactical Targets
No Aircraft Lost
124⇗ 3 June 1944 Target: Coastal Artillery Battery
Type: Military
Location: Le Touquet, France 		TOO Equipment Difficulties
No Aircraft Lost
125⇗ 4 June 1944 Target: Artillery Battery
Type: Military
Location: Hardelot (Boulogne area), France 		Primary Tactical Targets Again
No Aircraft Lost
126⇗ 5 June 1944 Target: Field Artillery Battery
Type: Military
Location: La Fosse, France 		Primary Two Targets Attacked
No Aircraft Lost
127⇗ 6 June 1944 Target: Rocket Gun Installation
Type: Military
Location: 'Meuvaines' (actually, 1.3 miles SE of Crépon), France 		Primary Blanked by Weather
No Aircraft Lost
128⇗ 6 June 1944 Target: Two Bridges
Type: Transportation
Location: Caen, France 		Primary Tactical Bridges Targeted
No Aircraft Lost
129⇗ 6 June 1944 Target: Highway Choke Point in City of Caen
Type: Transportation
Location: Caen, France 		None Weather Stymies Bombers
No Aircraft Lost
130⇗ 7 June 1944 Target: Transportation Hub
Type: Military
Location: Condé-sur-Noireau, France 		Primary Bombers Cut Transport Routes
No Aircraft Lost
131⇗ 8 June 1944 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards (41C) & Loire River Railroad Bridge (41D)
Type: Transportation
Location: Orleans, France 		Primary Railroads Targeted with Mixed Results
No Aircraft Lost
132⇗ 10 June 1944 Target: Chateau Bougon Airfield (41A) & Vannes Airfield (41B)
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Nantes & Vannes, France 		Primary Excellent Bombing Results
No Aircraft Lost
133⇗ 12 June 1944 Target: Railroad Bridge 48°29'N,2°0'W
Type: Transportation
Location: La Vicomté-sur-Rance, France 		TOO A Different Bridge Destroyed
No Aircraft Lost
134⇗ 13 June 1944 Target: Dreux Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Dreux, France 		Primary Airfield Attacked
No Aircraft Lost
135⇗ 14 June 1944 Target: Coulommiers Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Coulommiers, France 		TOO Clouds Cover Primary
Pilot/Aircraft losses:
Summerville / 42‑97188 ⇗
136⇗ 15 June 1944 Target: Railroad Viaduct
Type: Transportation
Location: La Possonnièrre, France 		Primary Railroad Bridge Damaged
No Aircraft Lost
137⇗ 16 June 1944 Target: Athies Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Laon, France 		Primary Enemy Airfield Damaged
No Aircraft Lost
138⇗ 18 June 1944 Target: Ölwerke Julius Humbles
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Hamburg, Germany 		Primary Bombed Using PFF
No Aircraft Lost
139⇗ 19 June 1944 Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Fleury & Crépy, France 		Primary Weather Limits Bombing
No Aircraft Lost
140⇗ 19 June 1944 Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Fleury & Crépy, France 		Secondary Weather Changes Plans
No Aircraft Lost
141⇗ 20 June 1944 Target: Oil Refineries
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Harburg (Hamburg area), Germany 		Primary Oil Refineries Targeted
No Aircraft Lost
142⇗ 21 June 1944 Target: Friedrichstrasse Industrial Area
Type: Industry
Location: Berlin, Germany 		Primary Berlin Industries Bombed
Pilot/Aircraft losses:
Finch / 42‑107221 ⇗
143⇗ 22 June 1944 Target: V-2 Storage & Launch Site
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Wizernes, France 		Primary V-2 Underground Bunker
No Aircraft Lost
144⇗ 22 June 1944 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Lille (Fives district), France 		Primary Transportation Attacked
No Aircraft Lost
--⇗ 23 June 1944 Target: Various portions of a V-1 installation.
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Fienvillers, France 		Primary Tactical Action
No Aircraft Lost
145⇗ 24 June 1944 Target: German Vacuum Oil Company
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Oslebshausen (Bremen area), Germany 		Primary Oil Pressure Continues
No Aircraft Lost
146⇗ 25 June 1944 Target: Railroad Bridge & Embankment
Type: Transportation
Location: Sens, France 		Primary Tactical Bridges Attacked
No Aircraft Lost
147⇗ 27 June 1944 Target: NOBALL (V-1 Storage Depot)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Saint-Martin-L'Hortier, France 		Primary V-Weapon Depot Attacked
No Aircraft Lost
148⇗ 28 June 1944 Target: Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Juvincourt (Juvincourt-et-Damary), France 		Primary Airfield Attacked
No Aircraft Lost
149⇗ 30 June 1944 Target: Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Montdidier, France 		Primary Airfield Attacked
No Aircraft Lost
150⇗ 4 July 1944 Target: Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Dreux (Conches-en-Ouche), France 		Primary Airfield Attacked
No Aircraft Lost
151⇗ 6 July 1944 Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Coubronne, France 		Various Traffic Jam
No Aircraft Lost
152⇗ 6 July 1944 Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Blanc Pignon Ferme, Cléty, France 		TOO Overcoming Weather Diffuculty
No Aircraft Lost
153⇗ 7 July 1944 Target: Me-109 Aircraft Factory
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Leipzig, Germany 		Primary Me-109 Factory Targeted
Pilot/Aircraft losses:
Anderson / 42‑102442 ⇗
Bagby / 44‑6147 ⇗
154⇗ 8 July 1944 Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Renescure, France 		TOO Weather Hides Primary Target
No Aircraft Lost
155⇗ 11 July 1944 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Munich / München, Germany 		Primary First 384th Munich Mission
No Aircraft Lost
156⇗ 12 July 1944 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Munich / München, Germany 		Primary A Second Long Ride to Munich
Pilot/Aircraft losses:
Rosborough / 42‑97273 ⇗
157⇗ 13 July 1944 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Munich / München, Germany 		Primary Third Munich Mission
No Aircraft Lost
158⇗ 16 July 1944 Target: Aero Engine Factory
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Munich / München, Germany 		Primary Again to Munich
Pilot/Aircraft losses:
Coleman / 42‑107064 ⇗
159⇗ 17 July 1944 Target: Beautor Bridge
Type: Transportation
Location: Beautor, France 		Various Myriad Problems
No Aircraft Lost
160⇗ 18 July 1944 Target: Rocket Research & Development Complex
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Peenemünde & Zinnowitz, Germany 		Primary V-Weapons Development Targeted
No Aircraft Lost
161⇗ 19 July 1944 Target: Hydrogen Peroxide Plant
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Höllriegelskreuth District, Pullach, Germany 		Primary 384th Leads 1st Division
Pilot/Aircraft losses:
Bodker / 42‑97449 ⇗
Heim / 42‑97178 ⇗
Mount / 42‑97237 ⇗
162⇗ 20 July 1944 Target: Aircraft Plants
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Dessau, Germany 		Secondary Airfield Attacked
Pilot/Aircraft losses:
Grant / 42‑37974 ⇗
163⇗ 21 July 1944 Target: Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Schwäbisch Hall, Germany 		Secondary Ludwigshfen Industries Attacked
No Aircraft Lost
164⇗ 24 July 1944 Target: Tactical - Enemy Strong Points
Type: Military
Location: La Chapelle en Juger & Hébécrevon, France 		TOO Weather Limits Attacks
No Aircraft Lost
165⇗ 25 July 1944 Target: Tactical - Enemy Strong Points
Type: Military
Location: Montreuil-sur-Lozon, Le Châtel,
& La Chapelle en Juger, France 		Primary Support For Imminent Attack
No Aircraft Lost
166⇗ 28 July 1944 Target: Synthetic Oil & Chemical Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Merseburg, Germany 		Primary Return To Merseburg
No Aircraft Lost
167⇗ 29 July 1944 Target: Synthetic Oil & Chemical Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Merseburg, Germany 		Primary Merseburg Slammed Again
Pilot/Aircraft losses:
Sweeney / 43‑37870 ⇗
168⇗ 31 July 1944 Target: Aero Engine Factory
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Munich / München, Germany 		PFF Primary Munich Again
No Aircraft Lost
169⇗ 1 August 1944 Target: Railroad Bridge
Type: Transportation
Location: Chartres, France 		Primary Tactical Support Mission
Pilot/Aircraft losses:
Harris / 42‑97072 ⇗
170⇗ 3 August 1944 Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Fleury, Flers, Fiefs, France 		Primary V-Weapons Targeted
No Aircraft Lost
171⇗ 4 August 1944 Target: Rocket Research & Development Complex
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Peenemünde, Germany 		Primary V-Weapon Laboratory Attacked
No Aircraft Lost
172⇗ 4 August 1944 Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Crepieul, France 		None Weather Stymies Strike
No Aircraft Lost
173⇗ 5 August 1944 Target: Luftwaffe Controlling Station
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Langenhagen, Germany 		Primary Fighter Control Center
No Aircraft Lost
174⇗ 7 August 1944 Target: Aircraft Fuel Depot
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Dugny (Paris), France 		Primary Target Near Le Bourget
No Aircraft Lost
175⇗ 8 August 1944 Target: Tactical - Enemy Strong Points
Type: Military
Location: Bretteville-sur-Laize, France 		Primary Tactical Support Mission
No Aircraft Lost
176⇗ 9 August 1944 Target: Erding Airdrome & Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Erding, Germany 		Last Resort Target More Bad Weather
No Aircraft Lost
177⇗ 11 August 1944 Target: Tactical: Coastal Artillery Emplacements
Type: Military
Location: Brest, France 		Primary More Troop Support
No Aircraft Lost
178⇗ 12 August 1944 Target: "Landing Ground"
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: La Perthe, France 		Primary Luftwaffe Attacked Near Paris
No Aircraft Lost
179⇗ 13 August 1944 Target: Tactical: Road Network
Type: Transportation
Location: Beaumont-le-Roger (area), France 		Primary Enemy Transportation Routes
No Aircraft Lost
180⇗ 14 August 1944 Target: Echterdingen Airdrome
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Stuttgart, Germany 		Primary Airfield Bombed
No Aircraft Lost
181⇗ 16 August 1944 Target: Delitzsch Air Field and Air Equipment Depot
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Delitzsch, Germany 		Primary Airfield Attacked
No Aircraft Lost
182⇗ 18 August 1944 Target: Tactical: Bridge
Type: Transportation
Location: Vise, Belgium 		Primary Tactical Support
No Aircraft Lost
183⇗ 24 August 1944 Target: Synthetic Oil & Chemical Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Merseburg, Germany 		Primary Oil Pressure
No Aircraft Lost
184⇗ 25 August 1944 Target: Airfield & Airpark
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Anklam, Germany 		Primary Luftwaffe Attacked
No Aircraft Lost
185⇗ 26 August 1944 Target: Buer Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany 		Primary More Oil Pressure
Pilot/Aircraft losses:
Rainey / 42‑97204 ⇗
186⇗ 30 August 1944 Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Crepieul, France 		Primary "NOBALL" Target Attacked
No Aircraft Lost
187⇗ 3 September 1944 Target: I. G. Farben Chemical Works
Type: Industry
Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany 		Primary Chemical Works Attacked
No Aircraft Lost
188⇗ 5 September 1944 Target: I. G. Farben Chemical Works
Type: Industry
Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany 		Primary German Industry Attacked
No Aircraft Lost
189⇗ 8 September 1944 Target: I. G. Farben Chemical Works
Type: Industry
Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany 		Primary Target Visible at Last Minute
No Aircraft Lost
190⇗ 9 September 1944 Target: I. G. Farben Chemical Works
Type: Industry
Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany 		Primary Ludwigshafen - Again!
Pilot/Aircraft losses:
Hartness / 42‑102601 ⇗
191⇗ 10 September 1944 Target: BMW Motor Component Parts Plant
Type: Industry
Location: Sindelfingen, Germany 		Primary 384th Leads Wing
No Aircraft Lost
192⇗ 11 September 1944 Target: Oil Refinery
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Lützkendorf & Merseburg, Germany 		Other Primary Targets Spared By Weather
Pilot/Aircraft losses:
Chadwick / 42‑107058 ⇗
193⇗ 12 September 1944 Target: Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Brüx, Czechoslovakia 		Primary Synthetic Oil Plant Destroyed
Pilot/Aircraft losses:
Hanlon / 42‑97142 ⇗
194⇗ 13 September 1944 Target: Leuna Synthetic Oil Refinery
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Merseburg, Germany 		Primary The 'Oil Campaign' Continues
Pilot/Aircraft losses:
Dodson / 43‑38213 ⇗
195⇗ 17 September 1944 Target: Tank and Gun Concentrations, Tactical
Type: Military
Location: Eindhoven & 's‑Hertogenbosch (den Bosch), The Netherlands 		Primary Tactical Support Mission
Pilot/Aircraft losses:
Kelsay / 44‑8011 ⇗
196⇗ 19 September 1944 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Hamm, Germany 		Primary Mixed Results
No Aircraft Lost
197⇗ 21 September 1944 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Mainz, Germany 		Primary Mainz Railroad Targets Bombed
No Aircraft Lost
198⇗ 25 September 1944 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany 		Primary Primary Target Attacked By PFF
Pilot/Aircraft losses:
Plowman / 42‑107057 ⇗
199⇗ 26 September 1944 Target: Steelworks
Type: Industry
Location: Osnabrück, Germany 		Primary Primary Target Attacked
No Aircraft Lost
200⇗ 27 September 1944 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards (PFF Aiming Points)
Type: Transportation
Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany 		Primary Marshalling Yards Bombed By PFF
No Aircraft Lost
201⇗ 28 September 1944 Target: Steelworks
Type: Industry
Location: Magdeburg, Germany 		Primary Two Bomb Runs - Primary Target Attacked
Pilot/Aircraft losses:
Brodie / 42‑31222 ⇗
Buslee / 43‑37822 ⇗
202⇗ 30 September 1944 Target: Handorf Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Münster, Germany 		Secondary Münster Bombed
No Aircraft Lost
203⇗ 2 October 1944 Target: Ford Motor Works
Type: Industry
Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany 		Secondary Cologne Bombed
No Aircraft Lost
204⇗ 3 October 1944 Target: Synthetic Oil Refinery
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Wesseling, Germany 		Primary Synthetic Oil Bombed
No Aircraft Lost
205⇗ 5 October 1944 Type: Industry
Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany 		Secondary Cologne / Köln Bombed
Pilot/Aircraft losses:
Birckhead / 43‑38579 ⇗
206⇗ 6 October 1944 Target: M/T Factory
Type: Industry
Location: Stettin / Szczecin, Poland 		Secondary Primary Targets Not Attacked
No Aircraft Lost
207⇗ 7 October 1944 Target: Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Leipzig, Germany 		Primary Synthetic Oil Production Targeted
Pilot/Aircraft losses:
Mandelbaum / 44‑6294 ⇗
208⇗ 9 October 1944 Target: Ball-Bearing Plant
Type: Bearings Industry
Location: Schweinfurt, Germany 		Primary Schweinfurt Attacked
No Aircraft Lost
209⇗ 11 October 1944 Target: Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Wesseling, Germany 		Primary Two Targets Attacked
Pilot/Aircraft losses:
Levine / 44‑6149 ⇗
Peterson / 42‑97948 ⇗
210⇗ 14 October 1944 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Saarbrücken, Germany 		Primary Target: Transportation
No Aircraft Lost
211⇗ 15 October 1944 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany 		Primary Railroad Hubs Damaged
No Aircraft Lost
212⇗ 17 October 1944 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany 		Primary One Marshalling Yard Bombed
No Aircraft Lost
213⇗ 18 October 1944 Target: Ford Motor Works
Type: Industry
Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany 		Secondary Weather Challenges Crews
No Aircraft Lost
214⇗ 19 October 1944 Target: Heinrich Lanz Tank Factory
Type: Industry
Location: Mannheim, Germany 		Primary Tank Factory Attacked
No Aircraft Lost
215⇗ 25 October 1944 Target: Nordstern Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany 		Secondary Primary & Secondary Attacked
No Aircraft Lost
216⇗ 30 October 1944 Target: Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany 		Secondary Primary Spared - Secondary Bombed
No Aircraft Lost
217⇗ 1 November 1944 Target: Nordstern Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany 		Primary Two Squadrons Hit Primary
No Aircraft Lost
218⇗ 2 November 1944 Target: Ruhr-Chemie A.G. Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Sterkrade (Holten), Germany 		Primary Two Targets Attacked
No Aircraft Lost
219⇗ 4 November 1944 Target: Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Bottrop (Welheim), Germany 		Primary Two Targets Attacked
No Aircraft Lost
220⇗ 5 November 1944 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany 		Primary Marshalling Yards Bombed
No Aircraft Lost
221⇗ 6 November 1944 Target: Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Bottrop (Welheim), Germany 		Primary Attack on Oil
No Aircraft Lost
222⇗ 8 November 1944 Target: Leuna Synthetic Oil Plant (visual aim point)
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Merseburg, Germany 		Secondary Another Attack on Oil
Pilot/Aircraft losses:
Drake / 42‑97282 ⇗
--⇗ 9 November 1944 Type: Military
Location: Metz, France 		Primary No Aircraft Lost
223⇗ 9 November 1944 Target: Ground Installations
Type: Military
Location: Ouvrages de Sorbey (Metz), France 		Primary Tactical Support Mission
No Aircraft Lost
224⇗ 10 November 1944 Target: Ostheim Airfield & Butzweilerhof Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany 		Primary Primary Targets Bombed
No Aircraft Lost
225⇗ 11 November 1944 Target: Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany 		Primary Synthetic Oil Plant Bombed
No Aircraft Lost
226⇗ 16 November 1944 Target: Tactical - Artillery Positions
Type: Military
Location: Eschweiler, Germany 		Primary Enemy Troop Positions Bombed
Pilot/Aircraft losses:
Springsted / 44‑6512 ⇗
227⇗ 20 November 1944 Target: Buer Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany 		Secondary Marshalling Yards Bombed
No Aircraft Lost
228⇗ 23 November 1944 Target: Nordstern Coking Plant at Gelsenkirchener Bergwerks-A.G.
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany 		Primary Primary Attacked Using Gee-H
No Aircraft Lost
229⇗ 25 November 1944 Target: Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Lützkendorf, Germany 		Secondary Bad Day for German Oil
No Aircraft Lost
230⇗ 26 November 1944 Target: Railroad Viaduct
Type: Transportation
Location: Altenbeken, Germany 		Primary Bombing by Gee-H
No Aircraft Lost
231⇗ 27 November 1944 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Offenburg, Germany 		Primary Weather Cooperates
No Aircraft Lost
232⇗ 29 November 1944 Target: Oil Refinery
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Misburg, Germany 		Secondary Refinery Bombed
No Aircraft Lost
233⇗ 30 November 1944 Target: Synthetic Oil Refinery
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Zeitz, Germany 		Other Traffic and Weather
Pilot/Aircraft losses:
Champ / 44‑8409 ⇗
Evans / 43‑37713 ⇗
Fleshman / 44‑6141 ⇗
Gabel / 43‑38542 ⇗
234⇗ 2 December 1944 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Oberlahnstein, Germany 		Primary Transportation Targeted
No Aircraft Lost
235⇗ 4 December 1944 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Soest, Germany 		Primary Transportation Attacked
No Aircraft Lost
236⇗ 6 December 1944 Target: Leuna Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Merseburg, Germany 		Primary More Pressure On Oil
No Aircraft Lost
237⇗ 9 December 1944 Target: Airfield and Daimler Factory
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Böblingen (Stuttgart area), Germany 		Primary Daimler Factory Attacked
No Aircraft Lost
238⇗ 11 December 1944 Target: Road & Rail Bridge
Type: Transportation
Location: Mannheim, Germany 		Primary Rhine Bridge(s) Targeted
No Aircraft Lost
239⇗ 12 December 1944 Target: Leuna Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Merseburg, Germany 		Primary Continued Pressure on Oil
Pilot/Aircraft losses:
Hale / 42‑102933 ⇗
240⇗ 18 December 1944 Target: Road Junction
Type: Transportation
Location: Gemünd, Germany 		Secondary Weather Challenges The Plan
No Aircraft Lost
241⇗ 19 December 1944 Target: Railway Junction
Type: Transportation
Location: Glaadt, Germany 		Primary Weather Reduces Force
No Aircraft Lost
242⇗ 23 December 1944 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Ehrang, Germany 		Primary Primary Target Attacked
No Aircraft Lost
243⇗ 24 December 1944 Target: Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Kirch Göns, Germany 		Primary Various Targets Attacked
No Aircraft Lost
244⇗ 27 December 1944 Target: Bridge (Tactical)
Type: Transportation
Location: Altenahr, Germany 		Primary Tactical Support For Troops
Pilot/Aircraft losses:
Nelson / 42‑107083 ⇗
245⇗ 28 December 1944 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Brühl, Germany 		Primary Group Bombs Railroad
No Aircraft Lost
--⇗ 29 December 1944 Type: Transportation
Location: Bingen, Germany 		Primary The 384th loaned two Gee-H aircraft to the 306th Bomb Group for this mission, along with experienced Gee-H Navigators.
No Aircraft Lost
--⇗ 29 December 1944 Type: Transportation
Location: Bingen, Germany 		Primary The 384th loaned two Gee-H aircraft to the 306th Bomb Group for this mission, along with experienced Gee-H Navigators.
No Aircraft Lost
246⇗ 30 December 1944 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Limburg, Germany 		Secondary Historic Limburg Spared
No Aircraft Lost
247⇗ 31 December 1944 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Neuss, Germany 		Primary Railroad Target Attacked
No Aircraft Lost
1945 Missions

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71 Combat Missions were flown by the 384th during 1945
Number Date Primary Target Target Attacked Comments
248⇗ 1 January 1945 Target: Oil Storage Depot
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Derben, Germany 		Secondary Two Targets Attacked
No Aircraft Lost
249⇗ 2 January 1945 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Gerolstein, Germany 		Primary Transportation Targeted
No Aircraft Lost
250⇗ 3 January 1945 Target: Enemy Strong Point & Transportation Hub
Type: Military
Location: St Vith, Belgium 		Primary Tactical Support
No Aircraft Lost
251⇗ 5 January 1945 Target: Landing Ground
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Neiderbreisig, Germany 		Primary Airfield Attacked
No Aircraft Lost
--⇗ 6 January 1945 Type: Transportation
Location: Various, Germany 		-- The 384th loaned three Gee-H aircraft to other groups for this mission, along with experienced Gee-H Navigators.
No Aircraft Lost
252⇗ 7 January 1945 Target: Enemy Strong Point
Type: Military
Location: Blankenheim, Germany 		Primary Support For Ground Troops
No Aircraft Lost
253⇗ 8 January 1945 Target: Railroad
Type: Transportation
Location: Kyllburg, Germany 		Primary Railroad Attacked
Pilot/Aircraft losses:
DeFrancesco / 42‑98000 ⇗
254⇗ 10 January 1945 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Bonn, Germany 		Secondary Two Marshalling Yards Bombed
Pilot/Aircraft losses:
Hicks / 44‑8216 ⇗
Whitesides / 42‑97263 ⇗
255⇗ 15 January 1945 Target: Neuburg Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Neuburg an der Donau, Germany 		Secondary Luftwaffe Airfield Attacked
No Aircraft Lost
256⇗ 17 January 1945 Target: Railroad Viaduct
Type: Transportation
Location: Bielefeld, Germany 		Secondary Secondary Target Attacked
No Aircraft Lost
257⇗ 20 January 1945 Target: Rail and Road Bridges
Type: Transportation
Location: Mannheim, Germany 		PFF Primary Transportation Bombed
Pilot/Aircraft losses:
Cook / 42‑97251 ⇗
Fleshman / 43‑38542 ⇗
258⇗ 21 January 1945 Target: Marshalling Yard
Type: Transportation
Location: Aschaffenburg, Germany 		PFF Secondary Radar Bombing
No Aircraft Lost
259⇗ 22 January 1945 Target: Synthetic Oil Refinery
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Sterkrade, Germany 		Primary Visual Bombing!
Pilot/Aircraft losses:
Birder / 43‑37703 ⇗
Van Popering / 43‑38850 ⇗
260⇗ 23 January 1945 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Neuss, Germany 		Primary Challenging Weather
No Aircraft Lost
261⇗ 28 January 1945 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany 		Primary Transportation Targeted
Pilot/Aircraft losses:
Jackson / 44‑6105 ⇗
262⇗ 29 January 1945 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Siegen, Germany 		Primary Transportation Targeted
No Aircraft Lost
263⇗ 1 February 1945 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Mannheim, Germany 		PFF Primary Secondary Target Attacked
No Aircraft Lost
264⇗ 3 February 1945 Target: Tempelhof Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Berlin, Germany 		Primary Transportation Targeted
Pilot/Aircraft losses:
Long / 42‑102501 ⇗
Molder / 42‑97960 ⇗
265⇗ 9 February 1945 Target: Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Lützkendorf, Germany 		Primary Two Targets Hit
No Aircraft Lost
266⇗ 14 February 1945 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Dresden, Germany 		Primary Bombs Miss Objective
No Aircraft Lost
267⇗ 15 February 1945 Target: Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Bohlen, Germany 		PFF Primary Weather Reduces Force
No Aircraft Lost
--⇗ 16 February 1945 Target: Coking Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Dortmund, Germany 		Primary Strategic Operations Continue
No Aircraft Lost
268⇗ 19 February 1945 Target: Coking Plant
Type: Industry
Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany 		Secondary Transportation Attacked
No Aircraft Lost
269⇗ 20 February 1945 Target: Main Railroad Station
Type: Transportation
Location: Nuremberg / Nürnberg, Germany 		PFF Secondary Weather Challenges
No Aircraft Lost
270⇗ 21 February 1945 Target: Tank Factory
Type: Industry
Location: Nuremberg / Nürnberg, Germany 		PFF Secondary Back to Nuremberg
No Aircraft Lost
271⇗ 22 February 1945 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Ülzen, Germany 		Primary Target Smashed
No Aircraft Lost
272⇗ 23 February 1945 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Plauen, Germany 		Primary Transportation Targeted
No Aircraft Lost
273⇗ 24 February 1945 Target: Submarine Construction Shipyard
Type: Shipyards
Location: Hamburg, Germany 		PFF Secondary Secondary Target Attacked
No Aircraft Lost
274⇗ 25 February 1945 Target: Tank & Submarine Engine Factory
Type: Industry
Location: Friedrichshafen, Germany 		Primary Squadrons Attack Separately
No Aircraft Lost
275⇗ 26 February 1945 Target: Schlesicher Railroad Station (Bahnhof)
Type: Transportation
Location: Berlin, Germany 		Primary Berlin Bahnhof Bombed
No Aircraft Lost
276⇗ 27 February 1945 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Wahren (Leipzig area), Germany 		PFF Secondary Leipzig Targeted
No Aircraft Lost
277⇗ 28 February 1945 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Hagen, Germany 		PFF Primary Hagen Railroad Targeted
No Aircraft Lost
278⇗ 1 March 1945 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Bruchsal, Germany 		Primary Transportation Attacked
No Aircraft Lost
279⇗ 2 March 1945 Target: Low Temperature Carbonization Plant and Refinery of Deutsche Petroleum A.G.
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Rositz, Germany 		Primary Pressure on Oil
No Aircraft Lost
280⇗ 3 March 1945 Target: Synthetic Oil Refinery
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Misburg, Germany 		PFF Secondary Hannover Railyard Bombed
No Aircraft Lost
281⇗ 4 March 1945 Target: Ordnance Depot
Type: Military
Location: Ulm, Germany 		Primary Bombing Through Clouds
No Aircraft Lost
282⇗ 7 March 1945 Target: Oil Refinery
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Bochum, Germany 		Primary Two Targets Attacked
No Aircraft Lost
283⇗ 8 March 1945 Target: Oil Refinery - 'Benzol Plant'
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Essen, Germany 		Primary More Oil Pressure
No Aircraft Lost
284⇗ 9 March 1945 Target: Henschel Tank and Locomotive Works
Type: Industry
Location: Kassel, Germany 		Primary Industry Smashed
No Aircraft Lost
285⇗ 10 March 1945 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Schwerte, Germany 		Primary Transportation Attacked
No Aircraft Lost
286⇗ 11 March 1945 Target: Vacuum Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Bremen, Germany 		PFF Secondary Bremen Bombed
No Aircraft Lost
287⇗ 12 March 1945 Target: Railway Center
Type: Transportation
Location: Betzdorf, Germany 		Secondary Transportation System Targeted
No Aircraft Lost
288⇗ 14 March 1945 Target: Railroad Bridge, Weser River
Type: Transportation
Location: Bad Oeynhausen, Germany 		Primary Railroad Bridge Attacked
No Aircraft Lost
289⇗ 15 March 1945 Target: Army HQ
Type: Military
Location: Zossen, Germany 		Primary Army GHQ Attacked
No Aircraft Lost
290⇗ 17 March 1945 Target: Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Bohlen (Leipzig), Germany 		#6 Weather and Equipment Failures
Pilot/Aircraft losses:
Schauer / 42‑107148 ⇗
291⇗ 18 March 1945 Target: Schlesischer Railway Station
Type: Transportation
Location: Berlin, Germany 		Primary 384th Leads Division
No Aircraft Lost
292⇗ 19 March 1945 Target: Braunkohle-Benzin Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Bohlen, Germany 		Tertiary #3 Target Attacked
Pilot/Aircraft losses:
Griffin / 43‑39035 ⇗
Kramer / 44‑8008 ⇗
293⇗ 20 March 1945 Target: Deutsche Werft Submarine Shipyard
Type: Submarine Facility
Location: Hamburg, Germany 		Secondary Hamburg Hammered
Pilot/Aircraft losses:
Hicks / 42‑97271 ⇗
294⇗ 22 March 1945 Target: German Hutted Camps (Barracks) at 51°36'N,7°06'E
Type: Military
Location: Westerholt, Germany 		Primary Military Camp Attacked
No Aircraft Lost
295⇗ 23 March 1945 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Gladbeck, Germany 		Primary Pinpoint Accuracy
Pilot/Aircraft losses:
Connor / 43‑39053 ⇗
296⇗ 24 March 1945 Target: Vechta Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Vechta, Germany 		Primary Weather Cooperates
No Aircraft Lost
297⇗ 24 March 1945 Target: Twente Enschede Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands 		Primary Second Mission of the Day
No Aircraft Lost
298⇗ 26 March 1945 Target: Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Zeitz, Germany 		#4 Weather, Equipment, Turbulence
Pilot/Aircraft losses:
Jordan / 44‑6109 ⇗
299⇗ 28 March 1945 Target: Berlin/Spandau Motor Transport Works
Type: Industry
Location: Spandau (Berlin), Germany 		Secondary Industrial Plant Attacked
No Aircraft Lost
300⇗ 30 March 1945 Target: Deutsche Schiff- u. Maschinenbau A.G. (DESCHIMAG)
Submarine and Warship Yard
Machine Shop
Type: Submarine Facility
Location: Bremen, Germany 		Primary Bremen Shipyard Attacked
No Aircraft Lost
301⇗ 31 March 1945 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Lützkendorf, Germany 		Tertiary Division Bombs Tertiary Target
No Aircraft Lost
302⇗ 3 April 1945 Target: Underground Oil Storage Depot
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Kiel, Germany 		Secondary Weather Forces Change
No Aircraft Lost
303⇗ 4 April 1945 Target: Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Fassberg, Germany 		Primary Some Bombs On Target
No Aircraft Lost
304⇗ 5 April 1945 Target: Ordnance Depot
Type: Military
Location: Ingolstadt, Germany 		Primary Ordnance Depot Destroyed
Pilot/Aircraft losses:
Cathey / 43‑37843 ⇗
305⇗ 6 April 1945 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards (Visual Primary)
Type: Transportation
Location: Leipzig, Germany 		Secondary Leipzig Railyard Bombed
Pilot/Aircraft losses:
Gray / 43‑39164 ⇗
Hastings / 43‑38801 ⇗
MacKellar / 44‑6923 ⇗
306⇗ 7 April 1945 Target: Underground Oil Storage Plant
Type: Military
Location: Hitzacker, Germany 		Primary Bombardiers' Skills Pay Off
No Aircraft Lost
307⇗ 9 April 1945 Target: Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany 		Primary Airfield Plastered
No Aircraft Lost
308⇗ 10 April 1945 Target: Ordnance Depot Workshop Area
Type: Military
Location: Oranienburg, Germany 		Primary SS Depot Attacked
No Aircraft Lost
309⇗ 11 April 1945 Target: Underground Oil Storage Depot
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Freiham, Germany 		Primary Underground Oil Storage Attacked
No Aircraft Lost
310⇗ 14 April 1945 Target: Gun Battery
Type: Military
Location: Royan (Bordeaux), France 		Primary Primary Target Clobbered
No Aircraft Lost
311⇗ 15 April 1945 Target: Flak guns at Pointe de Suzac
Type: Military
Location: Royan, France 		Primary Flak Guns Bombed
No Aircraft Lost
312⇗ 16 April 1945 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Regensburg, Germany 		Primary Attack On Transportation
No Aircraft Lost
313⇗ 17 April 1945 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Dresden, Germany 		Primary Transportation Attacked Again
No Aircraft Lost
314⇗ 19 April 1945 Target: Railroad Station & Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Elsterwerda, Germany 		Primary Critical Railway Junction
No Aircraft Lost
315⇗ 20 April 1945 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Seddin, Germany 		Primary Clear Weather: Good Bombing
No Aircraft Lost
316⇗ 25 April 1945 Target: Skoda Armament Works
Type: Industry
Location: Pilsen / Plzeň, Czechoslovakia 		Primary THE LAST ONE!
Pilot/Aircraft losses:
Lovett / 43‑38501 ⇗