Mission # 184

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 25 August 1944
Eighth Air Force Operations Operations description not yet available.
Mission
384th BG Mission Number 184, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 570
Luftwaffe Attacked
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The 384th Bombardment Group (H) provided lead and low groups of the 41st B Combat Bombardment Wing on today's mission, the high group being supplied by the 303rd BG from Molesworth, Station 107. Visibility was good in the target area, and visual bombing results were excellent. Our lead bombardier, 1st Lt. Robert P. Mechling, finding his assigned aim point obliterated, wisely shifted his sights to the next untouched group of facilities and destroyed them.
Primary Target Target: Airfield & Airpark
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Anklam, Germany
Target Attacked (Mode) Primary (Visual)
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Completed Mission, not including spares - 24
Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 2
Scrubbed - 2
Mission Personnel Mission Personnel Roster⇗ or Mission Loading Lists⇗
Mission Documents Combat Mission Records and Plans obtained from the National Archives⇗

28 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⇗Johnstone, William Andrew⇗Completed MissionHigh section lead, low group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37822⇗Hepler, Wilbur David⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38013⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑39888⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑97251.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97142⇗Pranger, Nicholas Vincent⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron lead, lead group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97150⇗Lindberg, Gilbert R⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97204⇗Carnes, Joe Ross⇗Completed MissionLow group hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97251⇗Hughes, Robert Davis⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron deputy, low group. Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑39888.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97309⇗Green, Loren Lester⇗Completed MissionHigh section deputy, lead group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97510⇗Hale, Kenneth Oliver⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97521⇗Peters, Lloyd Arman⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97824⇗Durdin, Larkin Clayton⇗Completed MissionLow group lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97986⇗Vinnedge, Roy Alan⇗Completed MissionWing lead. PFF ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102430⇗Hunt, John Hardy⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102500⇗Hassing, Eugene Theron⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron deputy, lead group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102566⇗Chadwick, James Woodrow⇗Completed MissionHigh section deputy, low group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107057⇗Hanlon, Ernest Edward⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107058⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 44‑6294.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107083⇗Salley, Thomas Raysor⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107121⇗[N/A]Lead Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
43‑37703⇗Patella, Joseph David⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37713⇗Brookshire, James D⇗Completed MissionLead group hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37822⇗Reed, William Marcus⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron lead, low group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37971⇗Martin, Donald Francis⇗Completed MissionHigh section lead, lead group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38016⇗Toler, Harold Morton⇗Completed MissionLow group deputy and hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38213⇗Blankenmeyer, William J⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6294⇗Cepits, Francis Frederick⇗Completed MissionLead group hot camera ship. Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑107058.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8007⇗Peterson, John Wright⇗Completed MissionWing deputy. PFF ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗