384th BG Mission

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date	13 September 1944
Eighth Air Force Operations	Show Operations 8th Air Force Operations Mission 628: 1,015 bombers and 477 fighters attack oil and industrial targets in southern Germany by visual means; 15 bombers and 8 fighters are lost. Source: Jack McKillop, Rutgers University, used with permission. Hide Operations
Mission	384th BG Mission Number 194, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 628 The 'Oil Campaign' Continues Next Mission Previous Mission The 384th Bombardment Group (Heavy) led the 41st A Combat Bombardment Wing on today's mission, supplying all planes and crews, except for the high section of the high group which was filled by three aircraft from the 303rd BG.
Primary Target	Target: Leuna Synthetic Oil Refinery Type: Oil Industry Location: Merseburg, Germany
Target Attacked (Mode)	Primary (Visual)
Sortie/Aircraft Summary	Completed Mission, not including spares - 30 Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 2 Returned Early - 1 Flight Completed - 1 Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 2 Scrubbed - 2 Failed To Return - 1
Mission Personnel	Mission Personnel Roster⇗ or Mission Loading Lists⇗
Mission Documents	Combat Mission Records and Plans obtained from the National Archives⇗

39 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
42‑3441⇗	Dudock, Edward Peter⇗	Flight Completed	Weather aircraft; remainder of crew - CP, N, Eng, R - not identified in mission documents. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31222⇗	Mead, Frank Willard⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31484⇗	Gross, Kenneth Eugene⇗	Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off	This aircraft apparently developed engine trouble during preparation for the mission, and did not take off. It was replaced in the formation by the pre-briefed flying spare, 42-38013 and the Hunt Crew. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑32106⇗	Johnstone, William Andrew⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37982⇗	[N/A]	Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off	Replaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 43‑37713. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38013⇗	Hunt, John Hardy⇗	Spare, Completed Mission	Low group flying spare; assigned to replace Gross in 1484 when that aircraft was scrubbed. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38014⇗	Mohler, John Grigsby⇗	Returned Early	Lead group hot camera ship. Aborted at 1014 hrs near the Rhine River with #1 engine out; attacked unidentified target of opportunity (TOO). SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38208⇗	Rowe, George B⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑39888⇗	Blankenmeyer, William J⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97150⇗	Mock, John Montague⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97251⇗	Salley, Thomas Raysor⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97282⇗	Pranger, Nicholas Vincent⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97510⇗	Clements, Ben Hill⇗	Completed Mission	Bombed unidentified target of opportunity (TOO). SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97521⇗	Brodie, James Joseph⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97592⇗	Henderson, William Vincent⇗	Completed Mission	Wing deputy; PFF ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97824⇗	Toler, Harold Morton⇗	Completed Mission	High group deputy and hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97941⇗	Hulcher, Donald Lawrence ⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97948⇗	Bean, Donald Wesley⇗	Completed Mission	Low group deputy and hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97986⇗	Myrick, Kenneth Delay⇗	Completed Mission	41st A Combat Wing lead; PFF ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑98000⇗	Carnes, Joe Ross⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102430⇗	Peters, Lloyd Arman⇗	Spare, Completed Mission	Lead group flying spare; filled in #3 position in high section of high group for an aborted 303BG aircraft. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102449⇗	Soester, Wilbur Leroy⇗	Completed Mission	Low group lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102459⇗	Hughes, Robert Davis⇗	Completed Mission	Landed away at RAF Manston, Kent, with major battle damage. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102661⇗	Combs, William Felix⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102933⇗	Hale, Kenneth Oliver⇗	Completed Mission	Lead Squadron hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107121⇗	Plowman, Noel Elwin⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107125⇗	[N/A]	Lead Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused
42‑107148⇗	McDaniel, Clifford Franklin⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37713⇗	Rice, Robert Eugene⇗	Completed Mission	Ground Spare Aircraft, replaced 42‑37982. Hot camera ship. Landed away at RAF Manston, Kent, with battle damage. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37717⇗	Green, Loren Lester⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37990⇗	Majeske, Charles Paul⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38016⇗	Buslee, John Oliver⇗	Completed Mission	High group lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38213⇗	Dodson, Lee White⇗	Failed To Return	At 1124, immediately after bombs away, this aircraft was observed going down in flames due to flak. MACR 8902 SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6080⇗	Hicks, Ralph Benjamin⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6105⇗	Skehan, Joseph Lynne⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6109⇗	[N/A]	Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused
44‑6135⇗	Mumper, Benjamin Royce⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6141⇗	Carlson, Walter Elmer⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8011⇗	Levine, Max (NMI)⇗	Completed Mission	Low Squadron hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗

Mission # 194

MISSION SUMMARY