384th BG Mission

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date	25 October 1944
Eighth Air Force Operations	Show Operations Eighth Air Force Operations Mission 688: 1,250 bombers and 522 fighters are dispatched to hit oil and industrial targets in Western Germany; 2 bombers and 1 fighter are lost; the first three Air Task Forces use H2X while the 4th and 5th use Gee-H: Air Task Force 1. 455 B-17s are dispatched to hit the Harburg (221) and Rhenania oil refineries (214) at Hamburg; 1 other hits a target of opportunity; 1 B-17 is lost and 94 damaged; 9 airmen are MIA. Escort is provided by 129 of 139 P-51s; 1 P-51 is lost and 1 damaged beyond repair. Air Task Force 2. 225 B-24s are dispatched to hit Neumunster Airfield (216); targets of opportunity are Münster (3) and Utersum (1); no losses. Escort is provided by 41 of 42 P-51s without loss. Air Task Force 3. 297 B-17s dispatched to hit the primary hit secondaries, Harburg (179) and Rhenania oil refineries (106) at Hamburg; 1 other hits a target of opportunity; 1 B-17 is lost and 16 damaged; 1 airman is WIA and 9 MIA. Escort is provided by 221 of 255 P-51s without loss.< br /> Air Task Force 4. 131 B-17s are dispatched to hit synthetic oil targets at Gelsenkirchen/Nordstern (27); 100 others hit the secondary, the marshalling yard at Hamm; 49 B-17s are damaged. Escort is provided by 50 of 50 P-47s without loss. Air Task Force 5. 142 B-24s are dispatched to hit synthetic oil targets at Scholven/Buer (91); 34 hit the secondary at Munster and 1 hits Gronau; 39 B-24s are damaged. Escort is provided by 34 of 36 P-47s without loss. Source: Jack McKillop, Rutgers University, used with permission. Hide Operations
Mission	384th BG Mission Number 215, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 688 Primary & Secondary Attacked Next Mission Previous Mission The 384th Bomb Group (Heavy) flew four squadrons to form the entire 41st B Combat Bomb Wing, the second wing of three, of Air Task Force 4 on today's mission. The low squadron attacked the primary target using Gee-H aiming, but cloud obscuration and equipment failure forced the remaining squadrons attack the secondary target using PFF aiming.
Primary Target	Target: Nordstern Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Target Attacked (Mode)	Secondary (PFF) Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Hamm, Germany
Sortie/Aircraft Summary	Completed Mission, not including spares - 46 Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 4 Aborted - 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	1944-10-25, Group Lead, PFF Ship, A. Bean, K. Myrick⇗

52 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⇗	Kinnaird, William Robert⇗	Completed Mission	High Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38208⇗	Sienkiewicz, Edward Alfred⇗	Completed Mission	Low Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97150⇗	Nicholson, Gilbert Orin⇗	Completed Mission	Low Squadron hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97251⇗	Tracy, Edward Hanks⇗	Completed Mission	Lead Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97263⇗	Mock, John Montague⇗	Completed Mission	Low Squadron hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97271⇗	Herring, Harold F⇗	Completed Mission	High Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97282⇗	Wehrheim, Francis Walter⇗	Completed Mission	Fourth Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97309⇗	Holmes, George W⇗	Completed Mission	High Squadron hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97320⇗	Wyatt, William Glenn⇗	Completed Mission	Fourth Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97510⇗	Fleshman, Warren Gray⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off.	Fourth Squadron. Aborted due to internal failure of #1 engine SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97592⇗	Parker, George Frederick⇗	Completed Mission	Low Squadron lead. PFF ship. Relinquished lead to deputy at IP for Gee-H guidance on bomb run. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97824⇗	Davis, L K (IO)⇗	Completed Mission	Group deputy. Gee-H ship. Gee-H equipment failed on the bomb run, so group lead resumed control. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97960⇗	Heubner, Emil Junior⇗	Completed Mission	Low Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑98000⇗	Freiman, Peter Paul⇗	Completed Mission	Fourth Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑98027⇗	Blankenmeyer, William J⇗	Completed Mission	Fourth Squadron lead. PFF ship. Deputy's Gee-H failed during assembly, so the Squadron lead conducted a PFF attack on the secondary target. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102449⇗	Hicks, Ralph Benjamin⇗	Completed Mission	Low Squadron deputy. Gee-H ship. Took lead at IP and guided Squadron to an attack on the primary target using Gee-H. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102459⇗	DeFrancesco, John Joseph⇗	Completed Mission	Fourth Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102566⇗	[N/A]	Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused
42‑102661⇗	Smith, James Milton⇗	Completed Mission	Fourth Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102933⇗	Hale, Kenneth Oliver⇗	Completed Mission	Lead Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107083⇗	[N/A]	Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused
42‑107121⇗	Brookshire, James D⇗	Completed Mission	Lead Squadron hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107125⇗	Johnstone, William Andrew⇗	Completed Mission	High Squadron deputy. Gee-H ship. Gee-H equipment failed prior to IP. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107148⇗	Rose, Gerald Dale⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off.	High Squadron. Aborted due to loss of oil pressure in #2 engine. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37843⇗	Klatt, Merton Dale⇗	Completed Mission	Low Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37917⇗	Wismer, Richard Glen⇗	Completed Mission	High Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37971⇗	Peters, Lloyd Arman⇗	Completed Mission	High Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38016⇗	Gabel, Raymond John⇗	Completed Mission	Fourth Squadron deputy. Gee-H equipment failed during assembly. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38062⇗	Fisher, Robert Jeremy⇗	Completed Mission	Fourth Squadron hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38501⇗	Hassing, Eugene Theron⇗	Completed Mission	Lead Squadron hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38542⇗	Owens, Robert Clare⇗	Completed Mission	Low Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38548⇗	LeDonne, Edward George⇗	Completed Mission	Lead Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38588⇗	Galiano, Joe Vincent⇗	Completed Mission	Fourth Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38616⇗	Pranger, Nicholas Vincent⇗	Completed Mission	Lead Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38630⇗	Keller, Marion Wayne⇗	Completed Mission	Low Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38678⇗	Gross, Kenneth Eugene⇗	Completed Mission	High Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38747⇗	Duesler, Donald Barton⇗	Completed Mission	Lead Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38750⇗	Evans, Hugh Legar⇗	Completed Mission	Fourth Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38752⇗	Farnsworth, Reuben Joseph⇗	Completed Mission	Low Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38757⇗	Goodrick, Gene Robert⇗	Completed Mission	Low Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38766⇗	Chmura, Edward (NMI)⇗	Completed Mission	Lead Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38823⇗	Fahr, John (NMI)⇗	Completed Mission	High Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6105⇗	[N/A]	Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused
44‑6109⇗	McDaniel, Clifford Franklin⇗	Completed Mission	High Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6135⇗	Brown, Bert Oliver⇗	Completed Mission	Low Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6141⇗	[N/A]	Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused
44‑6476⇗	Rummel, Brian Dunn⇗	Completed Mission	Lead Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6512⇗	McKone, Joseph Francis⇗	Completed Mission	Fourth Squadron hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8007⇗	Hulcher, Donald Lawrence ⇗	Completed Mission	High Squadron lead. PFF ship. Since deputy's Gee-H equipment failed prior to IP, led the Squadron to attack the secondary using PFF. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8008⇗	Myrick, Kenneth Delay⇗	Completed Mission	Group lead. PFF ship. Resumed lead on bomb run after deputy's Gee-H equipment failed. Led Squadron to attack secondary target using PFF. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8409⇗	Backman, Glenn Elmer⇗	Completed Mission	High Squadron hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8430⇗	Mohler, John Grigsby⇗	Completed Mission	Lead Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗

Mission # 215

MISSION SUMMARY