| Mission Date | 1 November 1944 |
| Eighth Air Force Operations | Operations description not yet available. |
| 384th Bomb Group Mission |
384th BG Mission Number 217, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 696
Two Squadrons Hit Primary The 384th Bombardment Group (H) led the 1st Air Division and the 41st CBW Wing formation in the A Group position. The Lead and high squadrons completed a Gee-H attack on the primary as planned. The low group's Gee-H equipment failed prior to arriving at the primary IP, so it flew directly to the secondary target IP and attacked that target using PFF.
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| Primary Target |
Target: Nordstern Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany |
| Target Attacked (Mode) | Primary (Gee-H) |
| Sortie/Aircraft Summary |
Completed Mission, not including spares - 36 Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 3 Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 4 |
| Mission Personnel | Mission Personnel Roster⇗ or Mission Loading Lists⇗ |
| Mission Documents | Combat Mission Records and Plans obtained from the National Archives⇗ |
| Aircraft | Pilot | Results | Mission/Sortie Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| 42‑32106⇗ | Herring, Harold F⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑37788⇗ | Sine, George Henning⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑39888⇗ | McKone, Joseph F⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑97150⇗ | Sienkiewicz, Edward Alfred⇗ | Completed Mission | Lead Squadron hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑97263⇗ | Mock, John Montague⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑97271⇗ | Mayner, John Robert⇗ | Spare, Completed Mission | Low Squadron flying spare; joined formation. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑97282⇗ | Springsted, Donald George⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑97309⇗ | [N/A] | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
| 42‑97320⇗ | DeFrancesco, John Joseph⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑97592⇗ | Martin, Donald Francis⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron lead. PFF ship. Led Squadron in PFF attack on secondary target. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑97824⇗ | Mohler, John Grigsby⇗ | Completed Mission | High Squadron deputy. Gee-H ship. Took over lead and led Squadron in Gee-H attack on primary. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑97941⇗ | Johnstone, William Andrew⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron deputy. Gee-H ship. Gee-H equipment failed before primary IP, so this aircraft was not able to lead the Squadron to attack the primary target. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑97960⇗ | McNamara, John Gordon⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑102449⇗ | Bills, Edgar L⇗ | Completed Mission | Division Deputy. Gee-H ship. Returned early due to material failure. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑102661⇗ | Evans, Hugh Legar⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑107121⇗ | [N/A] | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
| 43‑37917⇗ | Wismer, Richard Glen⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38016⇗ | [N/A] | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | Lead Gee-H Ground Spare Aircraft. |
| 43‑38062⇗ | Freiman, Peter Paul⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38501⇗ | Chmura, Edward (NMI)⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38548⇗ | Tracy, Edward Hanks⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38588⇗ | Causa, Raymond (NMI)⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38616⇗ | Clements, Ben Hill⇗ | Spare, Completed Mission | High Squadron flying spare; joined formation. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38630⇗ | Goodrick, Gene Robert⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38673⇗ | Doran, William Elmer⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38678⇗ | Storey, Wallace Arnold⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38721⇗ | Green, Loren Lester⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38747⇗ | Somers, James Lowell⇗ | Completed Mission | High Squadron hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38750⇗ | Rice, Robert Eugene⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38757⇗ | [N/A] | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
| 43‑38766⇗ | Salley, Thomas Raysor⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38800⇗ | Mumper, Benjamin Royce⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38801⇗ | Gilmore, James Robson⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38823⇗ | Holmes, George W⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑6105⇗ | Farnsworth, Reuben Joseph⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑6109⇗ | Kinnaird, William Robert⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑6135⇗ | Keller, Marion Wayne⇗ | Spare, Completed Mission | Lead Squadron flying spare; joined formation. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑6141⇗ | Fleshman, Warren Gray⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑6476⇗ | Rummel, Brian Dunn⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑6512⇗ | Wyatt, William Glenn⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑8008⇗ | Cline, Walter William⇗ | Completed Mission | High Squadron lead. PFF ship. Relinquished lead to deputy for the Gee-H bomb run on the primary: resumed lead for return to base. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑8211⇗ | Carnes, Joe Ross⇗ | Completed Mission | Division lead. PFF and Gee-H ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑8430⇗ | Brookshire, James D⇗ | Completed Mission | High Squadron hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |