Mission # 227

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 20 November 1944
Eighth Air Force Operations Operations description not yet available.
Mission
384th BG Mission Number 227, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 718
Marshalling Yards Bombed
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Previous Mission
A combination of equipment failures prevented the planned Gee-H attack on the primary target. Therefore, all squadrons of the 384th attacked the secondary PFF target.
Primary Target Target: Buer Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Target Attacked (Mode) Secondary (PFF)
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Münster, Germany
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Completed Mission, not including spares - 48
Returned Early - 1
Scrubbed - 4
Aborted - 2
Mission Personnel Mission Personnel Roster⇗ or Mission Loading Lists⇗
Mission Documents Combat Mission Records and Plans obtained from the National Archives⇗

55 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
42‑31484⇗Duesler, Donald Barton⇗Completed MissionGround Spare Aircraft, replaced 42‑102500. Composite Squadron, 41st Bomb Wing D group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑32106⇗Zink, Joseph Darrell⇗Completed MissionLead Squadron, 41st Bomb Wing D group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37788⇗Farnsworth, Reuben Joseph⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37822⇗Galiano, Joe Vincent⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38013⇗Jackson, Oakley Homer⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Ground Spare Aircraft, replaced 42‑97150. Aborted, unable to locate formation after taking off late.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38208⇗Mumper, Benjamin Royce⇗Completed MissionLanded away at Bassingbourn, due to weather.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑39888⇗Orr, James Wallace⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97150⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑38013.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97251⇗Chmura, Edward (NMI)⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97263⇗Abbott, William H⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97271⇗O'Donnell, Phillip John⇗Completed MissionLead Squadron, 41st Bomb Wing D group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97309⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffLead Gee-H Ground Spare Aircraft, replaced 42‑97424. Replaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑107148, possibly after taking off and returning.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97510⇗Salley, Thomas Raysor⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97592⇗Smith, Jack M⇗Completed MissionPFF ship; low Squadron lead, 41st Bomb Wing C group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97824⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffGee-H ship. Replaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑97309, possibly after taking off and returning.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97960⇗McNamara, John Gordon⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑98000⇗Fleshman, Warren Gray⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑98027⇗Gross, Kenneth Eugene⇗Completed MissionPFF ship; group lead, 41st Bomb Wing D group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102430⇗Abbott, Edward William⇗Completed MissionLead Squadron, 41st Bomb Wing D group
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102459⇗Wehrheim, Francis Walter⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102500⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑31484.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102518⇗Rose, Gerald Dale⇗Completed MissionLead Squadron 41st Bomb Wing D group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102661⇗Groff, Richard Hubert⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107083⇗Causa, Raymond (NMI)⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107125⇗Hicks, Ralph Benjamin⇗Completed MissionGee-H ship; low Squadron deputy, 41st Bomb Wing C group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107148⇗Pranger, Nicholas Vincent⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Ground Spare Aircraft, replaced 42‑97309. Originally intended to fly deputy lead position in high C group (with Gee-H equipment); aborted, unable to catch formation after very late takeoff.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37703⇗DeFrancesco, John Joseph⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37713⇗Cepits, Francis Frederick⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37717⇗Holmes, George W⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37843⇗Mock, John Montague⇗Completed MissionLanded away at Bassingbourn, due to weather.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37917⇗Starr, William George⇗Completed MissionLead Squadron, 41st Bomb Wing D group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37971⇗Peters, Lloyd Arman⇗Completed MissionLead Squadron, 41st Bomb Wing D group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38016⇗Gilbert, Stanley Milton⇗Returned EarlyGee-H ship; lead Squadron deputy, 41st Bomb Wing C group. The mission commander's narrative states: 'A/C 8016 (Pilot Gilbert) returned early due to engine failure. Bombs were jettisoned.' According to Marion Chase, Engineer: 'Five minutes before target, had a runaway prop and finally feathered it due to vibration. At 29,000 ft. we could not climb and lost our formation. Came back alone.'
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38062⇗Evans, Hugh Legar⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38501⇗Hassing, Eugene Theron⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38548⇗Mead, Frank Willard⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38678⇗Storey, Wallace Arnold⇗Completed MissionLead Squadron, 41st Bomb Wing D group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38747⇗Hale, Kenneth Oliver⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38750⇗Rice, Robert Eugene⇗Completed MissionFlew entire mission, but due to mechanical failure could not release bombs; bomb load returned to base.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38752⇗Harter, David Smuck⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38757⇗Klatt, Merton Dale⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38766⇗Clements, Ben Hill⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38800⇗Owens, Robert Clare⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38801⇗Gilmore, James Robson⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38823⇗Fahr, John (NMI)⇗Completed MissionLead Squadron, 41st Bomb Wing D group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6105⇗Heubner, Emil Junior⇗Completed MissionComposite Squadron, 41st Bomb Wing D group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6141⇗Hoppen, Jack Stewart⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6476⇗Somers, James Lowell⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6514⇗Rowe, George B⇗Completed MissionComposite Squadron 41st Bomb Wing D group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6592⇗Majeske, Charles Paul⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8008⇗Neville, Harry Walter⇗Completed MissionPFF ship; C group lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8211⇗Hunt, John Hardy⇗Completed MissionGee-H ship; lead Squadron deputy, 41st Bomb Wing D group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8401⇗Oosterhof, Franklin Gerald⇗Completed MissionPFF ship; high Squadron lead, 41st C group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8409⇗Herring, Harold F⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8430⇗Walker, Jay Frank⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗