Mission # 239

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 12 December 1944
Eighth Air Force Operations Operations description not yet available.
Mission
384th BG Mission Number 239, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 748
Continued Pressure on Oil
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The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the 41st Combat Wing A Group on today's mission. Each squadron bombed independently, using PFF.
Primary Target Target: Leuna Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Merseburg, Germany
Target Attacked (Mode) Primary (PFF)
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Completed Mission, not including spares - 33
Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 3
Landed In Allied Territory - 1
Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 4
Aborted - 1
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⇗
Other Mission Documents 1944-12-12. Group Lead, PFF Ship, G. Koehne, Q. Wilson⇗

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
42‑37788⇗Woodworth, John Dempster⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37822⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑97251⇗Cook, Raymond D⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97263⇗Mumper, Benjamin Royce⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97271⇗Backman, Glenn Elmer⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97510⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑97824⇗Orr, James Wallace⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron deputy. Gee-H ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97960⇗Abbott, William H⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron deputy. Took over as deputy when Wismer aborted.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97986⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, UnusedLead PFF Ground Spare Aircraft.
42‑98000⇗McKone, Joseph Francis⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron hot camera ship
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102459⇗DeFrancesco, John Joseph⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102501⇗McLean, William S⇗Spare, Completed MissionLead Squadron flying spare; joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102518⇗Rex, Kenneth Monroe⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102620⇗Kramer, William Leo⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102661⇗Galiano, Joe Vincent⇗Spare, Completed MissionLow Squadron flying spare; joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102933⇗Hale, Kenneth Oliver⇗Failed To ReturnAt 1206 hrs, aircraft dropped down out of formation and trailed the group, under control with no damage observed; at 1230 hrs he called group leader for fighter support, which he received, but he continued to trail group; crash-landed on the Continent.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37703⇗Van Pelt, Charles A⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37717⇗Starr, William George⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37843⇗Brown, Bert Oliver⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37917⇗Zink, Joseph Darrell⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37971⇗Wismer, Richard Glen⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Originally high Squadron deputy; aborted.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38501⇗Somers, James Lowell⇗Completed MissionLead Squadron hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38548⇗Cepits, Francis Frederick⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38616⇗Hartness, Joseph George⇗Completed MissionWing deputy. Hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38630⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
43‑38673⇗Hicks, Kenneth Delmont⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38678⇗Storey, Wallace Arnold⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38757⇗Jackson, Oakley Homer⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38800⇗Hicks, Ralph Benjamin⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38801⇗Gilmore, James Robson⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38823⇗Fahr, John (NMI)⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38850⇗Hoppen, Jack Stewart⇗Landed In Allied TerritoryLast observed over France with many holes in his gas tank; presumably landed in allied territory; returned to base later.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38927⇗Ultcht, John Preston⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6105⇗Molder, Charles Richard⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6109⇗Weisenberg, Leonard NMI⇗Spare, Completed MissionHigh Squadron flying spare; joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6476⇗Rummel, Brian Dunn⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6514⇗Weideman, Dennis Archie⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6592⇗Farnsworth, Reuben Joseph⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8007⇗Doran, William Elmer⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron lead. PFF & Gee-H ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8008⇗Gabel, Raymond John⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron lead. PFF ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8401⇗Wilson, Quentin (NMI)⇗Completed MissionWing lead. PFF ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8421⇗Brookshire, James D⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8430⇗Festersen, John Carl⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗