Mission # 206

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 6 October 1944
Eighth Air Force Operations Operations description not yet available.
Mission
384th BG Mission Number 206, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 667
Primary Targets Not Attacked
Aircraft of the 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as composite of 40th D Combat Wing (high squadron) and 41st A Combat Wing (low section of high squadron) on the mission flown today. Weather obscured the primary targets for both formations (A group primary was a Synthetic Oil Plant in 'Politz, Germany' - Police, Occupied Poland). The high squadron of the 40th D Combat Wing attacked the secondary target at Stargard, Germany (Occupied Poland): aiming was accomplished visually and bombs were away after an eight minute bomb run. The low section of the high squadron of the 41st A Combat Wing attacked the last resort target at Stralsund, Germany: aiming was accomplished visually and bombs were away after a twenty-four minute bomb run.
Primary Target Target: M/T Factory
Type: Industry
Location: Stettin / Szczecin, Poland
Target Attacked (Mode) Secondary (Visual)
Target: Airfield - Hangars
Type: Military
Location: Stargard, Poland
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Completed Mission, not including spares - 18
Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 3
Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 2
Mission Personnel Mission Personnel Roster⇗ or Mission Loading Lists⇗
Mission Documents Combat Mission Records and Plans obtained from the National Archives⇗
Other Mission Documents 1944-10-06, Group Lead, W. Johnson, L. Durdin⇗

23 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
42‑37788⇗Owens, Robert Clare⇗Completed MissionD group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37822⇗Hughes, Robert Davis⇗Completed MissionD group deputy Squadron lead. Hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38013⇗Mumper, Benjamin Royce⇗Completed MissionD group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97263⇗Rowe, George B⇗Completed MissionD group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97510⇗Salley, Thomas Raysor⇗Completed MissionA group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97521⇗Green, Loren Lester⇗Spare, Completed MissionFlying spare; joined A group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102518⇗Peters, Lloyd Arman⇗Spare, Completed MissionFlying spare; joined A group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102620⇗Ellis, Harold Richard⇗Completed MissionA group hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107121⇗Brookshire, James D⇗Completed MissionA group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37703⇗Groff, Richard Hubert⇗Completed MissionD group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37917⇗Cepits, Francis Frederick⇗Completed MissionA group. Returned one 500# bomb.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37971⇗Gross, Kenneth Eugene⇗Spare, Completed MissionFlying spare; joined A group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38262⇗Majeske, Charles Paul⇗Completed MissionD group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38588⇗Duesler, Donald Barton⇗Completed MissionA group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38615⇗Gilbert, Stanley Milton⇗Completed MissionD group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6105⇗Sienkiewicz, Edward Alfred⇗Completed MissionD group. Hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6141⇗Freiman, Peter Paul⇗Completed MissionD group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6149⇗Smith, Jack M⇗Completed MissionD group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6294⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
44‑6476⇗Tracy, Edward Hanks⇗Completed MissionA group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6512⇗Springsted, Donald George⇗Completed MissionD group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8008⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, UnusedLead PFF Ground Spare Aircraft.
44‑8211⇗Durdin, Larkin Clayton⇗Completed MissionD group lead.
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