Mission # 183

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 24 August 1944
Eighth Air Force Operations Operations description not yet available.
Mission
384th BG Mission Number 183, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 568
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The 384th Bombardment Group (H) provided all three groups of the 41st C Combat Bombardment Wing on today's mission. The 8th AF continued to decimate the enemy's fuel supply by attacking this giant chemical complex. The C wing was to follow the A and B wings, but over the North Sea, they caught up and passed both, leading them from the enemy coast, for the rest of the mission. This was apparently due to the wings making different adjustments for cloud layers, and perhaps navigation errors. Although the 384th was prepared for a target obscured by clouds and smoke screen, there was sufficient visibility for visual bombing.
Primary Target Target: Synthetic Oil & Chemical Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Merseburg, Germany
Target Attacked (Mode) Primary (Visual)
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Completed Mission, not including spares - 35
Returned Early - 1
Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed - 3
Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 5
Mission Personnel Mission Personnel Roster⇗ or Mission Loading Lists⇗
Mission Documents Combat Mission Records and Plans obtained from the National Archives⇗
Other Mission Documents 1944-08-24, Wing Lead, G. Stallings, R. Keate⇗

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
42‑32106⇗Brodie, James Joseph⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38014⇗Peterson, John Wright⇗Completed MissionLow group deputy and hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38208⇗Hicks, Ralph Benjamin⇗Completed MissionHigh section deputy, high group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑39888⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑97142⇗Henderson, William Vincent⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97150⇗Bills, Edgar L⇗Completed MissionHigh section lead, high group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97204⇗Brown, Bert Oliver⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97251⇗Tracy, Edward Hanks⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron deputy, low group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97263⇗Rowe, George B⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97282⇗Lindberg, Gilbert R⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97309⇗Robertson, Vernon Merrill⇗Flying Spare, Returned As BriefedLead group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97320⇗Groff, Richard Hubert⇗Completed MissionHigh group hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97510⇗Causa, Raymond (NMI)⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97592⇗Laboda, Joseph Stanley⇗Completed MissionWing deputy. PFF ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97824⇗Allred, Frank Lavon⇗Completed MissionHigh group lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97960⇗[N/A]Lead Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑98000⇗Buslee, John Oliver⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102430⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑102459⇗Norton, Paul E⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102500⇗Hassing, Eugene Theron⇗Completed MissionGround Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑107058.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102501⇗Majeske, Charles Paul⇗Completed MissionHigh section deputy, low group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102518⇗Young, Daniel Monroe⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102601⇗Mohler, John Grigsby⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102661⇗Durdin, Larkin Clayton⇗Completed MissionHigh group deputy and hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102933⇗Malone, John James⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron lead, low group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107057⇗Cepits, Francis Frederick⇗Flying Spare, Returned As BriefedLow group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107058⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, UnusedOriginally assigned to Hassing in low group; replaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑102500. Reason(s) for the change are unknown.
42‑107121⇗Myrick, Kenneth Delay⇗Completed MissionLow group lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107148⇗Kinnaird, William Robert⇗Completed MissionLead group hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37703⇗Hepler, Wilbur David⇗Flying Spare, Returned As BriefedHigh group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37713⇗Brookshire, James D⇗Completed MissionLow group hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37717⇗Wood, Rodney J⇗Completed MissionLead group hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37843⇗Goodrick, Gene Robert⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37917⇗Hulcher, Donald Lawrence ⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37990⇗Lynch, Edward Thomas⇗Completed MissionHigh section lead, lead group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38062⇗Shwery, Arthur John⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron deputy, high group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38213⇗Carnes, Joe Ross⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6080⇗Sienkiewicz, Edward Alfred⇗Completed MissionHigh section deputy, lead group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6105⇗Skehan, Joseph Lynne⇗Completed MissionHigh section lead, low group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6109⇗Farra, Robert Leslie⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron lead, lead group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6135⇗Chadwick, James Woodrow⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron deputy, lead group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6141⇗Murchan, Lawrence Aloysius⇗Returned EarlyTurned back due to flak damage prior to primary and bombed unknown target of opportunity (TOO). Landed away at Rackheath, AAF Station 145, with two engines out.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8007⇗[N/A]Lead Ground Spare Aircraft, UnusedPFF ship.
44‑8008⇗Keate, Richard Clifford⇗Completed MissionWing lead. PFF ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗