Mission # 226

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 16 November 1944
Eighth Air Force Operations Operations description not yet available.
Mission
384th BG Mission Number 226, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 715
Enemy Troop Positions Bombed
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The 384th BG provided all aircraft and personnel for the lead, high, and low squadrons of the 41st Bomb Wing A Group, and the lead squadron of the 41st Bomb Wing D Group. In addition, two aircraft were loaned to other groups. The mission was to attack enemy ground positions ahead of allied forces.
Primary Target Target: Tactical - Artillery Positions
Type: Military
Location: Eschweiler, Germany
Target Attacked (Mode) Primary (PFF)
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Completed Mission, not including spares - 48
Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 2
Flight Completed - 1
Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 1
Scrubbed - 3
Failed To Return - 1
Mission Personnel Mission Personnel Roster⇗ or Mission Loading Lists⇗
Mission Documents Combat Mission Records and Plans obtained from the National Archives⇗

56 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⇗Weaver, Paul Hanson⇗Completed MissionHot camera ship. Landed away at RAF Cranfield, Bedfordshire, due to weather.
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42‑37788⇗Abbott, William H⇗Completed MissionGround Spare Aircraft, replaced 44‑6514. Lead Squadron, 41st Bomb Wing D group. Landed away at RAF Tilstock, Shropshire, due to weather.
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42‑38013⇗Hassing, Eugene Theron⇗Completed MissionGround Spare Aircraft, replaced 43‑38501. Landed away at Stratford, due to weather.
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42‑38208⇗Brown, Bert Oliver⇗Completed MissionLanded away at Stratford, due to weather.
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42‑39888⇗Orr, James Wallace⇗Completed MissionLanded away at Stratford, due to weather.
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42‑97150⇗Jackson, Oakley Homer⇗Completed MissionLead Squadron, 41st Bomb Wing D group. Landed away at Tilstock, due to weather.
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42‑97251⇗Cepits, Francis Frederick⇗Completed MissionLanded away at Stratford, due to weather.
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42‑97263⇗Mock, John Montague⇗Completed MissionLead Squadron, 41st Bomb Wing D group; did not bomb target because bomb release mechanism froze up. Landed away at Tilstock, due to weather.
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42‑97309⇗Peters, Lloyd Arman⇗Completed MissionGround Spare Aircraft, replaced 43‑37917. Landed away at Stratford, due to weather.
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42‑97320⇗DeFrancesco, John Joseph⇗Completed MissionLanded away at Stratford, due to weather.
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42‑97510⇗Salley, Thomas Raysor⇗Spare, Completed MissionLead Squadron flying spare, 41st Bomb Wing A group; joined formation. Landed away at Stratford, due to weather.
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42‑97824⇗Gabel, Raymond John⇗Completed MissionGee-H ship; aircraft flew with the 381st BG at Ridgewell, as deputy group lead.
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42‑97941⇗Hunt, John Hardy⇗Completed MissionGee-H ship; high Squadron deputy, 41st Bomb Wing A group. Landed away at Stratford, due to weather; involved in an accident on the runway: Lt Green landed long and crashed into this aircraft.
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42‑98000⇗Hoppen, Jack Stewart⇗Completed MissionHot camera ship. Landed away at Stratford, due to weather.
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42‑98027⇗Cline, Walter William⇗Completed MissionPFF & Gee-H ship; group lead, 41st Bomb Wing A group. Landed away at Stratford, due to weather.
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42‑102459⇗McKone, Joseph Francis⇗Completed MissionLanded away at Stratford, due to weather.
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42‑102501⇗Clements, Ben Hill⇗Completed MissionLanded away at Stratford, due to weather.
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42‑102518⇗Rose, Gerald Dale⇗Completed MissionLanded away at Stratford, due to weather.
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42‑102933⇗Hale, Kenneth Oliver⇗Spare, Completed MissionFlying spare; joined formation. Landed away at Stratford, due to weather.
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42‑107121⇗Somers, James Lowell⇗Completed MissionHot camera ship. Landed away at Stratford, due to weather.
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42‑107125⇗[Non-384th Pilot]Completed MissionLoaned to the 401st BG for today's mission. Manned by 401st personnel, except as noted on the Sortie Report.
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43‑37703⇗Evans, Hugh Legar⇗Completed MissionLanded away at Stratford, due to weather.
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43‑37713⇗Duesler, Donald Barton⇗Completed MissionLanded away at Stratford, due to weather.
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43‑37717⇗Holmes, George W⇗Completed MissionHot camera ship. Landed away at Stratford, due to weather.
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43‑37843⇗Klatt, Merton Dale⇗Completed MissionLead Squadron, 41st Bomb Wing D group. Landed away at Tilstock, due to weather.
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43‑37917⇗Abbott, Edward William⇗Completed MissionLanded away at Stratford, due to weather.
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43‑37971⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑97309.
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43‑38062⇗Rice, Robert Eugene⇗Completed MissionLanded away at Stratford, due to weather.
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43‑38501⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑38013.
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43‑38542⇗Rowe, George B⇗Completed MissionLead Squadron deputy, 41st Bomb Wing D group. Landed away at Tilstock, due to weather.
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43‑38548⇗LeDonne, Edward George⇗Completed MissionLanded away at Stratford, due to weather.
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43‑38616⇗Koch, Robert Bruce⇗Flight CompletedWeather aircraft; remainder of crew (CP, N, RO, Eng) not identified
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43‑38630⇗Goodrick, Gene Robert⇗Completed MissionLead Squadron, 41st Bomb Wing D group. Landed away at Stratford, due to weather.
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43‑38673⇗Storey, Wallace Arnold⇗Completed MissionLanded away at Stratford, due to weather.
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43‑38678⇗Herring, Harold F⇗Completed MissionLanded away at Stratford, due to weather.
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43‑38721⇗Green, Loren Lester⇗Completed MissionOn return to England, in bad weather, pilots were instructed to divert and land at Stratford. Lt. Green landed long and collided with an aircraft still on the runway.
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43‑38747⇗Mohler, John Grigsby⇗Completed MissionHot camera ship; lead Squadron deputy, 41st Bomb Wing A group.
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43‑38750⇗Groff, Richard Hubert⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron deputy, 41st Bomb Wing A group. Landed away at Stratford, due to weather.
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43‑38752⇗Farnsworth, Reuben Joseph⇗Completed MissionLead Squadron, 41st Bomb Wing D group. Landed away at Stratford, due to weather.
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43‑38757⇗Owens, Robert Clare⇗Completed MissionLead Squadron, 41st Bomb Wing D group. Landed away at Tilstock, due to weather.
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43‑38766⇗McLean, William S⇗Completed MissionLanded away at Stratford, due to weather.
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43‑38800⇗Mumper, Benjamin Royce⇗Completed MissionHot camera ship; lead Squadron, 41st Bomb Wing D group. Landed away at Tilstock, due to weather.
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43‑38801⇗Gilmore, James Robson⇗Completed MissionLanded away at Stratford, due to weather.
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43‑38823⇗Fahr, John (NMI)⇗Completed MissionLanded away at Stratford, due to weather.
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44‑6105⇗Heubner, Emil Junior⇗Completed MissionLead Squadron, 41st Bomb Wing D group. Landed away at Tilstock, due to weather.
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44‑6141⇗Wehrheim, Francis Walter⇗Completed MissionLanded away at Stratford, due to weather.
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44‑6476⇗Walker, Jay Frank⇗Completed MissionLanded away at Stratford, due to weather.
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44‑6512⇗Springsted, Donald George⇗Failed To ReturnHot camera ship. Aircraft received a direct flak burst in #3 engine over target, setting it afire at 1205 hrs. Six chutes were observed, but one appeared to be on fire. The aircraft crash-landed at Tongres, Belgium, with injured pilot and tail-gunner, and dead co-pilot. MACR 10448
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44‑6514⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑37788.
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44‑6592⇗Milne, Alexander Dallas⇗Completed MissionHot camera ship; lead Squadron, 41st Bomb Wing D group. Landed away at Tilstock, due to weather.
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44‑8008⇗Blankenmeyer, William J⇗Completed MissionPFF ship; low Squadron lead, 41st Bomb Wing A group. Landed away at Stratford, due to weather.
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44‑8211⇗Keller, Marion Wayne⇗Completed MissionPFF & Gee-H ship; lead Squadron lead, 41st Bomb Wing D group. Landed away at RAF Tilstock, Shropshire, due to weather.
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44‑8216⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
44‑8401⇗Martin, Donald Francis⇗Completed MissionPFF ship; high Squadron lead, 41st Bomb Wing A group. Landed away at Stratford, due to weather.
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44‑8409⇗Starr, William George⇗Completed MissionLanded away at RAF Stratford, Warwickshire, due to weather.
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44‑8430⇗Mead, Frank Willard⇗Completed MissionLanded away at Stratford, due to weather.
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