Mission # 242

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 23 December 1944
Eighth Air Force Operations Operations description not yet available.
Mission
384th BG Mission Number 242, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 757
Primary Target Attacked
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Previous Mission
A normal Gee-H run was started from the IP, but before bombs away, the bombardier picked up the target visually and released bombs on the primary target. On arriving back at Grafton Underwood, bad weather forced diversion of most aircraft to other airfields.
Primary Target Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Ehrang, Germany
Target Attacked (Mode) Primary (Visual)
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Completed Mission, not including spares - 35
Flight Completed - 1
Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 3
Scrubbed - 3
Mission Personnel Mission Personnel Roster⇗ or Mission Loading Lists⇗
Mission Documents Combat Mission Records and Plans obtained from the National Archives⇗

42 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⇗Brookshire, James D⇗Completed MissionLanded at Grafton Underwood.
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42‑32106⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑37822⇗Milligan, George Robert⇗Completed MissionLanded away at Framlingham due to weather.
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42‑97150⇗Jackson, Oakley Homer⇗Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97263⇗Rowe, George B⇗Completed MissionLanded away at Horham due to weather.
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42‑97271⇗Backman, Glenn Elmer⇗Completed MissionLanded away at Horham due to weather.
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42‑97309⇗Miley, Harold L⇗Completed MissionLanded away at RAF Castle Camps, Cambs., due to weather.
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42‑97320⇗Ultcht, John Preston⇗Completed MissionLanded away at Horham due to weather.
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42‑97510⇗Fahr, John (NMI)⇗Completed MissionGround Spare Aircraft, replaced 43‑37917. Landed away at RAF Wethersfield, Essex, due to weather. Apparently ferried to Ridgewell prior to 24 December mission.
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42‑97592⇗Kinnaird, William Robert⇗Completed MissionGround Spare Aircraft, replaced 43‑37917. Landed away at RAF Wethersfield, Essex, due to weather. Apparently ferried to Ridgewell prior to 24 December mission.
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42‑97960⇗Molder, Charles Richard⇗Completed MissionLanded away at Horham due to weather.
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42‑97986⇗Mohler, John Grigsby⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron lead. Landed away at Horham due to weather.
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42‑98000⇗Warner, Henry L⇗Completed MissionLanded away at Eye due to weather.
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42‑102459⇗Fisher, Robert Jeremy⇗Completed MissionEngineer/Top Turret Gunner died of anoxia: aircraft landed in allied territory on the continent, at Valenciennes (A-83, Denain/Prouvy), France, to get medical attention for him, which was unsuccessful.
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42‑102500⇗Cook, Raymond D⇗Completed MissionLanded away at Horham due to weather.
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42‑102501⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑102518⇗Rex, Kenneth Monroe⇗Completed MissionLanded away at RAF Castle Camps, Cambs., due to weather.
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42‑102620⇗Kramer, William Leo⇗Completed MissionLanded away at Little Staughton due to weather.
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42‑102661⇗Freiman, Peter Paul⇗Completed MissionLanded away at Horham due to weather.
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43‑37717⇗Starr, William George⇗Completed MissionHot camera ship. Landed at Grafton Underwood.
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43‑37843⇗Brown, Bert Oliver⇗Completed MissionLanded away at Woodbridge due to weather.
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43‑37917⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑97510.
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43‑38016⇗Wismer, Richard Glen⇗Completed MissionLanded away at Horham due to weather.
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43‑38262⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38501⇗McLean, William S⇗Completed MissionLanded away at Horham due to weather.
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43‑38616⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
43‑38678⇗Weisenberg, Leonard NMI⇗Completed MissionLanded away at Horham due to weather.
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43‑38721⇗Holmes, George W⇗Completed MissionLanded away at Horham due to weather.
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43‑38752⇗Klatt, Merton Dale⇗Completed MissionLanded away at Great Ashfield due to weather.
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43‑38757⇗Woodworth, John Dempster⇗Completed MissionHot camera ship. Landed at Grafton Underwood.
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43‑38801⇗Wyatt, William Glenn⇗Completed MissionLanded away at Ridgewell due to weather.
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43‑38850⇗Hoppen, Jack Stewart⇗Completed MissionLanded away at Framlingham due to weather.
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43‑38927⇗McKone, Joseph Francis⇗Completed MissionLanded away at Ridgewell due to weather. Ferried to Grafton Underwood and flew mission the next day.
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43‑38994⇗Gilmer, Charles E⇗Completed MissionHot camera ship. Landed at Grafton Underwood.
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44‑6105⇗Smisek, William Joseph⇗Completed MissionHot camera ship. Landed at Grafton Underwood.
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44‑6109⇗Kinkead, Robert Miller⇗Completed MissionHot camera ship. Landed at Grafton Underwood.
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44‑6476⇗Tatulis, Charles Paul⇗Completed MissionLanded away at Horham due to weather.
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44‑6514⇗Abbott, William H⇗Completed MissionLanded at Grafton Underwood.
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44‑6592⇗Hicks, Ralph Benjamin⇗Flight CompletedWeather ship; landed at Woodbridge due to weather.
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44‑8211⇗Walker, Jay Frank⇗Completed MissionLanded away at Horham due to weather.
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44‑8401⇗Neville, Harry Walter⇗Completed MissionGroup lead. Landed away at Horham due to weather.
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44‑8430⇗Worthen, Kirk Winthrop⇗Completed MissionHot camera ship. Landed at Grafton Underwood.
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