Mission # 212

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 17 October 1944
Eighth Air Force Operations Operations description not yet available.
Mission
384th BG Mission Number 212, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 681
One Marshalling Yard Bombed
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The 384th Bombardment Group flew as the 41st CBW C wing on thday's mission. Each squadron was assigned a different marshalling yard, but clouds in the target area altered the plan. All squadrons bombed the lead squadron's assigned visual primary target, releasing bombs on lead by PFF.
Primary Target Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany
Target Attacked (Mode) Primary (PFF)
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Completed Mission, not including spares - 36
Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 2
Flight Completed - 1
Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 1
Scrubbed - 1
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 1944-10-17, Group Lead, PFF Ship, A. Stone, J. Hines⇗

42 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⇗Green, Loren Lester⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37822⇗Orr, James Wallace⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑39888⇗DeFrancesco, John Joseph⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97251⇗Tracy, Edward Hanks⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97263⇗Mock, John Montague⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97271⇗Keller, Marion Wayne⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97282⇗Wehrheim, Francis Walter⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97309⇗Farnsworth, Reuben Joseph⇗Completed MissionGround Spare Aircraft; replaced 43‑38757.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97320⇗Groff, Richard Hubert⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97510⇗Ellis, Harold Richard⇗Spare, Completed MissionHigh Squadron flying spare; joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97521⇗Fahr, John (NMI)⇗Completed MissionLead Squadron hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97592⇗Bean, Donald Wesley⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron lead. PFF ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97960⇗Smith, Jack M⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑98000⇗Fleshman, Warren Gray⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑98027⇗Kass, Robert Hiler⇗Completed MissionGroup deputy. PFF ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102430⇗Holmes, George W⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102449⇗Cornair, Russell John⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102501⇗Hassing, Eugene Theron⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102518⇗Peters, Lloyd Arman⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102566⇗Herring, Harold F⇗Spare, Completed MissionLead Squadron flying spare; joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102661⇗Freiman, Peter Paul⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102933⇗Duesler, Donald Barton⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107121⇗Chmura, Edward (NMI)⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37703⇗McKone, Joseph Francis⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37843⇗Klatt, Merton Dale⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37917⇗Kinnaird, William Robert⇗Completed MissionLead Squadron hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37971⇗Hunt, John Hardy⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38016⇗Mumper, Benjamin Royce⇗Flight CompletedWeather aircraft; remainder of crew (CP, N, RO, Eng) not identified
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38062⇗Gabel, Raymond John⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38262⇗Hicks, Ralph Benjamin⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron deputy. Hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38542⇗Owens, Robert Clare⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38548⇗Cepits, Francis Frederick⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38588⇗Mead, Frank Willard⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38616⇗Davis, L K (IO)⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38678⇗Doran, William Elmer⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38747⇗Pranger, Nicholas Vincent⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron deputy. Hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38757⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑97309.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6141⇗Sienkiewicz, Edward Alfred⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6476⇗Rummel, Brian Dunn⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6512⇗Galiano, Joe Vincent⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8007⇗Hines, James Wesley⇗Completed MissionGroup lead. PFF ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8047⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, UnusedLead PFF Ground Spare Aircraft.