Mission # 208

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 9 October 1944
Eighth Air Force Operations Operations description not yet available.
Mission
384th BG Mission Number 208, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 670
Schweinfurt Attacked
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Previous Mission
The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the lead group of the 41st CBW A wing on today's mission. Weather at the target was 10/10ths clouds, and the decision was made to bomb the PFF target. Results were unobserved.
Primary Target Target: Ball-Bearing Plant
Type: Bearings Industry
Location: Schweinfurt, Germany
Target Attacked (Mode) Primary (PFF)
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Completed Mission, not including spares - 36
Flight Completed - 1
Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed - 2
Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 1
Scrubbed - 1
Mission Personnel Mission Personnel Roster⇗ or Mission Loading Lists⇗
Mission Documents Combat Mission Records and Plans obtained from the National Archives⇗

41 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
42‑37822⇗Springsted, Donald George⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38013⇗Majeske, Charles Paul⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑39888⇗Freiman, Peter Paul⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97263⇗Keller, Marion Wayne⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97282⇗Gross, Kenneth Eugene⇗Completed MissionGround Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑107148.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97309⇗Farra, Robert Leslie⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97320⇗Patella, Joseph David⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97510⇗Rummel, Brian Dunn⇗Flying Spare, Returned As BriefedHigh Squadron
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97592⇗Kass, Robert Hiler⇗Completed MissionGroup deputy. PFF ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97941⇗Toler, Harold Morton⇗Flight CompletedWeather aircraft; remainder of crew (CP, N, RO, Eng) not identified
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97948⇗Pranger, Nicholas Vincent⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron deputy. Hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑98000⇗Rice, Robert Eugene⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102430⇗Fahr, John (NMI)⇗Completed MissionLead Squadron hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102500⇗Mohler, John Grigsby⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102518⇗Peters, Lloyd Arman⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102933⇗Causa, Raymond (NMI)⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107121⇗Salley, Thomas Raysor⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107125⇗Blankenmeyer, William J⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron deputy. Hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107148⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 43‑97282.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37717⇗Green, Loren Lester⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37843⇗Mumper, Benjamin Royce⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37917⇗Johnstone, William Andrew⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37971⇗Doran, William Elmer⇗Completed MissionLead Squadron hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38016⇗Hughes, Robert Davis⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38062⇗Galiano, Joe Vincent⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38262⇗Rowe, George B⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38542⇗Brown, Bert Oliver⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38548⇗Brookshire, James D⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38588⇗Hassing, Eugene Theron⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38616⇗Duesler, Donald Barton⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38630⇗Cornair, Russell John⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38678⇗Smith, Jack M⇗Flying Spare, Returned As BriefedLow Squadron
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6105⇗Farnsworth, Reuben Joseph⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6135⇗Levine, Max (NMI)⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6141⇗Norton, Paul E⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6149⇗Goodrick, Gene Robert⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6476⇗Clements, Ben Hill⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6512⇗Smith, James Milton⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8007⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, UnusedLead PFF Ground Spare Aircraft.
44‑8008⇗Wilson, Quentin (NMI)⇗Completed MissionGroup and wing lead. PFF ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8211⇗Davis, L K (IO)⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron lead. PFF ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗