Mission # 200

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 27 September 1944
Eighth Air Force Operations Operations description not yet available.
Mission
384th BG Mission Number 200, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 650
Marshalling Yards Bombed By PFF
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The 384th Bombardment Group (H) formed the 41st CBW A wing for today's attack on railroad marshalling yards in Cologne, Germany.
Primary Target Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards (PFF Aiming Points)
Type: Transportation
Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany
Target Attacked (Mode) Primary (PFF)
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Completed Mission, not including spares - 34
Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 2
Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed - 1
Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 1
Scrubbed - 2
Aborted - 1
Ground Accident, did not take off - 2
Mission Personnel Mission Personnel Roster⇗ or Mission Loading Lists⇗
Mission Documents Combat Mission Records and Plans obtained from the National Archives⇗

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
42‑31222⇗Farnsworth, Reuben Joseph⇗Spare, Completed MissionHigh group flying spare; joined formation.
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42‑32106⇗Peters, Lloyd Arman⇗Completed MissionLead group hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37788⇗Smith, Jack M⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37822⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 43‑38615.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38013⇗Cornair, Russell John⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑39888⇗Skehan, Joseph Lynne⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97251⇗Tracy, Edward Hanks⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97263⇗Mock, John Montague⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97271⇗Hunt, John Hardy⇗Completed MissionTail wheel would not extend for landing.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97282⇗Blankenmeyer, William J⇗Completed MissionLanded with wounded aboard.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97309⇗Farra, Robert Leslie⇗Spare, Completed MissionLead group flying spare; joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97510⇗Salley, Thomas Raysor⇗Flying Spare, Returned As BriefedLow group
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97521⇗Fahr, John (NMI)⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97592⇗Martin, Donald Francis⇗Completed MissionWing deputy. PFF ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97960⇗Bills, Edgar L⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97986⇗Peterson, John Wright⇗Completed MissionLow group lead. PFF ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑98000⇗Gabel, Raymond John⇗Completed MissionHigh group hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102430⇗Wismer, Richard Glen⇗Completed MissionGround Spare Aircraft, replaced 43‑37917.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102449⇗Buslee, John Oliver⇗Completed MissionHigh group deputy. Hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102500⇗Brookshire, James D⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102501⇗Cepits, Francis Frederick⇗Completed MissionLanded with #3 feathered.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102620⇗LeDonne, Edward George⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102661⇗Combs, William Felix⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102933⇗Hale, Kenneth Oliver⇗Completed MissionLow group hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107121⇗Duesler, Donald Barton⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107148⇗McDaniel, Clifford Franklin⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37703⇗Orr, James Wallace⇗Completed MissionWent over target but did not release bombs due to bomb bay malfunction; bomb bay doors could not be fully opened, either electrically or manually. Returned bombs to base.
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43‑37717⇗Green, Loren Lester⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Turned back due to internal failure in an engine.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37917⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑102430.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37971⇗Springsted, Donald George⇗Completed MissionReplaced 44‑6141, which was damaged in a taxi accident prior to takeoff.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37990⇗Keller, Marion Wayne⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38016⇗Durdin, Larkin Clayton⇗Completed MissionHigh group lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38062⇗Hughes, Robert Davis⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38501⇗Mead, Frank Willard⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38615⇗Gilbert, Stanley Milton⇗Completed MissionGround Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑37822.
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44‑6080⇗Brown, Bert Oliver⇗Ground AccidentTaxi accident prior to takeoff. Salvaged 9/27/44
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6135⇗Mumper, Benjamin Royce⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6141⇗Springsted, Donald George⇗Ground AccidentTaxi accident prior to takeoff, crew not injured; replaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 43‑37971.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6149⇗Sienkiewicz, Edward Alfred⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6294⇗Doran, William Elmer⇗Completed MissionLead group hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6476⇗Cline, Walter William⇗Completed MissionLow group deputy. Hot camera ship.
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44‑8007⇗Johnson, William T⇗Completed MissionWing lead. PFF ship.
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44‑8008⇗[N/A]Lead Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused