Mission # 199

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 26 September 1944
Eighth Air Force Operations Operations description not yet available.
Mission
384th BG Mission Number 199, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 648
Primary Target Attacked
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The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the 41st CBW B Wing on today's mission. The bomb run was started using PFF guidance, but clearing clouds near the target enabled the bombardier to complete the bomb run using visual sighting. The lead and high groups dropped on the first run. The low group had to make a second run because they had to maneuver out from under the high group. On their second run, made using PFF, the equipment failed, and they dropped on the wing lead's smoke marker.
Primary Target Target: Steelworks
Type: Industry
Location: Osnabrück, Germany
Target Attacked (Mode) Primary (Visual)
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Completed Mission, not including spares - 35
Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 3
Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 4
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 1944-09-26, Wing Lead, G. Sammons, J. Bahten⇗

43 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⇗Doran, William Elmer⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37788⇗Cornair, Russell John⇗Spare, Completed MissionLead group flying spare; joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37822⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑38013⇗Mead, Frank Willard⇗Spare, Completed MissionLow group flying spare; joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97251⇗Chmura, Edward (NMI)⇗Completed MissionLow group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97263⇗Mock, John Montague⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97271⇗Hunt, John Hardy⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97282⇗Blankenmeyer, William J⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97309⇗Brodie, James Joseph⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97510⇗Brookshire, James D⇗Completed MissionLow group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97521⇗Mohler, John Grigsby⇗Completed MissionLow group hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97592⇗Koch, Robert Bruce⇗Completed MissionLead group deputy. PFF ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97941⇗Minor, Henry W⇗Completed MissionHigh group lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97960⇗Rowe, George B⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97986⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, UnusedLead PFF Ground Spare Aircraft.
42‑98000⇗Patella, Joseph David⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102500⇗Ellis, Harold Richard⇗Completed MissionLow group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102501⇗Clements, Ben Hill⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102518⇗Peters, Lloyd Arman⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102620⇗LeDonne, Edward George⇗Completed MissionLow group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102661⇗Combs, William Felix⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Turned back; 'too much oil, overflowed when heated.'
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102933⇗Hale, Kenneth Oliver⇗Completed MissionLow group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107121⇗Cline, Walter William⇗Completed MissionLow group deputy. Hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107125⇗[N/A]Lead Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑107148⇗McDaniel, Clifford Franklin⇗Spare, Completed MissionHigh group flying spare; joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37703⇗Groff, Richard Hubert⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37717⇗Green, Loren Lester⇗Completed MissionHigh group hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37822⇗Carlson, Walter Elmer⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37843⇗Keller, Marion Wayne⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37971⇗Mandelbaum, Norman W (IO)⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37990⇗Hicks, Ralph Benjamin⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38016⇗Gilbert, Stanley Milton⇗Completed MissionLow group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38062⇗Hughes, Robert Davis⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38501⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
43‑38615⇗Hutchinson, Thomas Dale⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6080⇗Farnsworth, Reuben Joseph⇗Completed MissionLead group hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6105⇗Smith, Jack M⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6109⇗Farra, Robert Leslie⇗Completed MissionLanded with #4 feathered.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6135⇗Goodrick, Gene Robert⇗Completed MissionLead group hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6141⇗Rice, Robert Eugene⇗Completed MissionLow group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6294⇗Johnstone, William Andrew⇗Completed MissionHigh group deputy. Hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8007⇗Bahten, John Irwin⇗Completed MissionPFF ship, wing lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8008⇗Davis, L K (IO)⇗Completed MissionLow group lead. PFF ship. On bomb run was forced to maneuver out from under high group, and therefore had to make a second run. By that time the target was no longer visible, then the PFF equipment failed so the group dropped on the wing lead's smoke marker, with poor results.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗