Mission # 181

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 16 August 1944
Eighth Air Force Operations Operations description not yet available.
Mission
384th BG Mission Number 181, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 556
Airfield Attacked
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The 384th Bombardment Group (H) provided all three groups of the 41st B Combat Bombardment Wing on today's mission. Good visibility in the target area contributed to good bombing of this large Luftaffe facility near Leipzig. Although the lead aircraft of the low group ran into propwash on the bomb run, which caused an upset to the bombsight, overall results for the 42st B wing were good.
Primary Target Target: Delitzsch Air Field and Air Equipment Depot
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Delitzsch, Germany
Target Attacked (Mode) Primary (Visual)
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Completed Mission, not including spares - 35
Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed - 3
Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 3
Scrubbed - 2
Aborted - 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 1944-08-16, Wing Lead, R. Thacker, J. Bahten⇗

44 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
42‑31484⇗Hulcher, Donald Lawrence ⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron deputy, low group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38014⇗Duesler, Donald Barton⇗Completed MissionHigh section deputy, high group. Landed away at Horsham St. Faith, AAF Station 123, on return due to low fuel and oil leak in #4 engine.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38208⇗Bean, Donald Wesley⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron lead, lead group. Landed away at Thorpe Abbotts, AAF Station 139, on return due to battle damage.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97142⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑102430.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97150⇗Mumper, Benjamin Royce⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97204⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑97263.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97251⇗Malone, John James⇗Completed MissionHigh section lead, lead group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97263⇗Mock, John Montague⇗Completed MissionGround Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑97204.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97282⇗Patella, Joseph David⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97320⇗Groff, Richard Hubert⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97510⇗Hanlon, Ernest Edward⇗Completed MissionHigh section deputy, low group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97592⇗Neville, Harry Walter⇗Completed MissionWing deputy. PFF ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97941⇗Morris, Gordon (NMI)⇗Completed MissionLow group lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97960⇗[N/A]Lead Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑98000⇗Carlson, Walter Elmer⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron deputy, high group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102430⇗Causa, Raymond (NMI)⇗Completed MissionHigh section deputy, lead group. Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑97142.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102459⇗Lindberg, Gilbert R⇗Completed MissionHigh group hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102500⇗Cepits, Francis Frederick⇗Flying Spare, Returned As BriefedLead group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102501⇗Cline, Walter William⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102518⇗Wismer, Richard Glen⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102566⇗Green, Loren Lester⇗Flying Spare, Returned As BriefedLow group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102601⇗Mohler, John Grigsby⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Lead group. Turned back due to a runaway prop on #4 engine.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102620⇗Henderson, William Vincent⇗Completed MissionHigh section lead, low group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102661⇗Wilson, Quentin (NMI)⇗Completed MissionHigh group lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107058⇗LeDonne, Edward George⇗Completed MissionHigh section lead, high group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107083⇗Carnes, Joe Ross⇗Flying Spare, Returned As BriefedHigh group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107121⇗Plowman, Noel Elwin⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107125⇗Laboda, Joseph Stanley⇗Completed MissionLow group deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37703⇗Hughes, Robert Davis⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37713⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
43‑37717⇗Hunt, John Hardy⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37843⇗Levine, Max (NMI)⇗Completed MissionLead group hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37917⇗Kinnaird, William Robert⇗Completed MissionLow group hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37990⇗Bills, Edgar L⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38016⇗Toler, Harold Morton⇗Completed MissionHigh group deputy and hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38062⇗Hepler, Wilbur David⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6080⇗Rainey, Harry Wesley⇗Completed MissionLead group hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6105⇗Skehan, Joseph Lynne⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron deputy, lead group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6109⇗Kass, Robert Hiler⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron lead, low group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6135⇗Johnstone, William Andrew⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6141⇗Combs, William Felix⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron lead, high group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6294⇗Brodie, James Joseph⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8007⇗Bahten, John Irwin⇗Completed MissionWing lead. PFF ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8008⇗[N/A]Lead Ground Spare Aircraft, UnusedPFF ship.