Mission # 235

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 4 December 1944
Eighth Air Force Operations Operations description not yet available.
Mission
384th BG Mission Number 235, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 736
Transportation Attacked
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The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the 41st Combat Wing C Group on today's mission. Each squadron bombed independently on the initial bomb run, the high squadron bombing a little later than the lead and low. As a result, they returned on the briefed route as an individual squadron.
Primary Target Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Soest, Germany
Target Attacked (Mode) Primary (Gee-H)
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Completed Mission, not including spares - 39
Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 2
Flight Completed - 1
Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 4
Aborted - 1
Mission Personnel Mission Personnel Roster⇗ or Mission Loading Lists⇗
Mission Documents Combat Mission Records and Plans obtained from the National Archives⇗

47 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⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑32106⇗Kinkead, Robert Miller⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37788⇗Majeske, Charles Paul⇗Completed MissionLead Squadron hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37822⇗Hoppen, Jack Stewart⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38013⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑97150⇗Klatt, Merton Dale⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97251⇗Chmura, Edward (NMI)⇗Spare, Completed MissionLow Squadron flying spare; joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97263⇗Rowe, George B⇗Completed MissionGroup deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97309⇗Hollingsworth, Fredrick Clay⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.High Squadron flying spare; returned to base with #4 engine feathered.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97320⇗DeFrancesco, John Joseph⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97510⇗Wyatt, William Glenn⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97824⇗[Non-384th Pilot]Completed MissionLoaned to the 398th BG for today's mission. Manned by 398th personnel, except as noted on the Sortie Report.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑98000⇗Warner, Henry L⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑98027⇗[N/A]Lead Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑102430⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑102459⇗Orr, James Wallace⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102501⇗Salley, Thomas Raysor⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102518⇗Rose, Gerald Dale⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102661⇗McKone, Joseph Francis⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102933⇗Duesler, Donald Barton⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107083⇗Causa, Raymond (NMI)⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107121⇗Somers, James Lowell⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107125⇗[Non-384th Pilot]Completed MissionLoaned to the 398th BG for today's mission. Manned by 398th personnel, except as noted on the Sortie Report.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107148⇗O'Donnell, Phillip John⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37703⇗Galiano, Joe Vincent⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37717⇗Abbott, Edward William⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37843⇗Brown, Bert Oliver⇗Completed MissionLanded away at RAF Boreham, Essex, due to low fuel.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37917⇗Zink, Joseph Darrell⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37971⇗McDaniel, Clifford Franklin⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38262⇗[Non-384th Pilot]Completed MissionLoaned to the 398th BG for today's mission. Manned by 398th personnel, except as noted on the Sortie Report.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38548⇗Cepits, Francis Frederick⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38616⇗Cline, Walter William⇗Flight CompletedWeather aircraft; remainder of crew (CP, N, RO, Eng) not identified.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38630⇗Goodrick, Gene Robert⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38673⇗Hicks, Kenneth Delmont⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38721⇗Holmes, George W⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron. Landed away at Boxted due to low fuel.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38747⇗Walker, Jay Frank⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38750⇗Freiman, Peter Paul⇗Completed MissionCrash-landed in an open field 1-1/2 miles north of Deenethorpe during assembly; all crew remained in plane and all were ok.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38752⇗Farnsworth, Reuben Joseph⇗Spare, Completed MissionLead Squadron flying spare; joined formation, but turned back at Belgian coast on return; landed in Belgium or France to refuel.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38757⇗Jackson, Oakley Homer⇗Completed MissionLead Squadron hot camera ship. Landed away at RAF Manston, Kent, due to low fuel.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38801⇗Gilmore, James Robson⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6105⇗Sienkiewicz, Edward Alfred⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6476⇗Rummel, Brian Dunn⇗Completed MissionLanded away at RAF Bradwell Bay, Essex, due to low fuel.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6592⇗Abbott, William H⇗Completed MissionLanded away at RAF Manston, Kent, due to low fuel.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8007⇗Gross, Kenneth Eugene⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron lead. PFF & Gee-H ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8211⇗Neville, Harry Walter⇗Completed MissionGroup lead. PFF & Gee-H ship. Landed away at Boxted due to low fuel.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8221⇗Oosterhof, Franklin Gerald⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron lead. PFF & Gee-H ship. Landed away at Boxted due to low fuel.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8430⇗Hassing, Eugene Theron⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗