Mission # 217

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 1 November 1944
Eighth Air Force Operations Operations description not yet available.
Mission
384th BG Mission Number 217, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 696
Two Squadrons Hit Primary
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Previous Mission
The 384th Bombardment Group (H) led the 1st Air Division and the 41st CBW Wing formation in the A Group position. The Lead and high squadrons completed a Gee-H attack on the primary as planned. The low group's Gee-H equipment failed prior to arriving at the primary IP, so it flew directly to the secondary target IP and attacked that target using PFF.
Primary Target Target: Nordstern Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Target Attacked (Mode) Primary (Gee-H)
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Completed Mission, not including spares - 36
Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 3
Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 4
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
42‑32106⇗Herring, Harold F⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron hot camera ship.
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42‑37788⇗Sine, George Henning⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑39888⇗McKone, Joseph Francis⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97150⇗Sienkiewicz, Edward Alfred⇗Completed MissionLead Squadron hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97263⇗Mock, John Montague⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97271⇗Mayner, John Robert⇗Spare, Completed MissionLow Squadron flying spare; joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97282⇗Springsted, Donald George⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97309⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑97320⇗DeFrancesco, John Joseph⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97592⇗Martin, Donald Francis⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron lead. PFF ship. Led Squadron in PFF attack on secondary target.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97824⇗Mohler, John Grigsby⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron deputy. Gee-H ship. Took over lead and led Squadron in Gee-H attack on primary.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97941⇗Johnstone, William Andrew⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron deputy. Gee-H ship. Gee-H equipment failed before primary IP, so this aircraft was not able to lead the Squadron to attack the primary target.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97960⇗McNamara, John Gordon⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102449⇗Bills, Edgar L⇗Completed MissionDivision Deputy. Gee-H ship. Returned early due to material failure.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102661⇗Evans, Hugh Legar⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107121⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
43‑37917⇗Wismer, Richard Glen⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38016⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, UnusedLead Gee-H Ground Spare Aircraft.
43‑38062⇗Freiman, Peter Paul⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38501⇗Chmura, Edward (NMI)⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38548⇗Tracy, Edward Hanks⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38588⇗Causa, Raymond (NMI)⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38616⇗Clements, Ben Hill⇗Spare, Completed MissionHigh Squadron flying spare; joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38630⇗Goodrick, Gene Robert⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38673⇗Doran, William Elmer⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38678⇗Storey, Wallace Arnold⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38721⇗Green, Loren Lester⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38747⇗Somers, James Lowell⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38750⇗Rice, Robert Eugene⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38757⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
43‑38766⇗Salley, Thomas Raysor⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38800⇗Mumper, Benjamin Royce⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38801⇗Gilmore, James Robson⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38823⇗Holmes, George W⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6105⇗Farnsworth, Reuben Joseph⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6109⇗Kinnaird, William Robert⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6135⇗Keller, Marion Wayne⇗Spare, Completed MissionLead Squadron flying spare; joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6141⇗Fleshman, Warren Gray⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6476⇗Rummel, Brian Dunn⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6512⇗Wyatt, William Glenn⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8008⇗Cline, Walter William⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron lead. PFF ship. Relinquished lead to deputy for the Gee-H bomb run on the primary: resumed lead for return to base.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8211⇗Carnes, Joe Ross⇗Completed MissionDivision lead. PFF and Gee-H ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8430⇗Brookshire, James D⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗