Mission # 247

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 31 December 1944
Eighth Air Force Operations Operations description not yet available.
Mission
384th BG Mission Number 247, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 772
Railroad Target Attacked
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The 384th Bombardment Group (H) led the 1st Air Division on todays mission. All three squadrons of the 384th Bomb Group formation - 41st Combat Wing B Group - attacked the marshalling yards in Neuss, Germany. Although the weather at the IP was fairly clear, 'Buckeye-Red' advised 10/10ths cloud cover at the target, thus necessitating an instrument assisted bomb run using Gee-H.
Primary Target Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Neuss, Germany
Target Attacked (Mode) Primary (Gee-H)
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Completed Mission, not including spares - 36
Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 3
Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 3
Aborted - 2
Mission Personnel Mission Personnel Roster⇗ or Mission Loading Lists⇗
Mission Documents Combat Mission Records and Plans obtained from the National Archives⇗

44 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⇗Kramer, William Leo⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37788⇗Farnsworth, Reuben Joseph⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37822⇗Van Pelt, Charles A⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Turned back; took off late, unable to find formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38014⇗Ramsay, Walter E⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97251⇗Cook, Raymond D⇗Spare, Completed MissionHigh Squadron flying spare; joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97271⇗MacDonald, Ranald Hugh⇗Spare, Completed MissionLead Squadron flying spare; joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97309⇗Boyette, Irving H⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97320⇗Galiano, Joe Vincent⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97592⇗Smith, Jack M⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron lead. PFF ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97960⇗Jackson, Oakley Homer⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97986⇗McLean, William S⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑98000⇗Milligan, George Robert⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102430⇗Hoppen, Jack Stewart⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102459⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑102500⇗Smisek, William Joseph⇗Spare, Completed MissionLow Squadron flying spare; joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102518⇗Hollingsworth, Fredrick Clay⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102620⇗Birder, Rodney Hugh⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Turned back; took off late, unable to find formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102661⇗McKone, Joseph Francis⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37703⇗Wyatt, William Glenn⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37717⇗Holmes, George W⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37917⇗Baughman, John R⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38016⇗Ellis, Harold Richard⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron lead. Gee-H ship. Led high Squadron on a normal Gee-H bombing run.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38062⇗DeFrancesco, John Joseph⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38262⇗[Non-384th Pilot]Completed MissionGee-H equipped aircraft. Loaned to the 398th BG for today's mission. Manned by 398th personnel, except as noted on the Sortie Report. It was seriously damaged by fire when it landed at Grafton Underwood after the ferry flight from Nuthampstead Airfield after the mission.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38501⇗Tatulis, Charles Paul⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38548⇗Richardson, George P⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38630⇗Bennett, Ralph J⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38673⇗Doran, William Elmer⇗Completed MissionDivision deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38678⇗Kinkead, Robert Miller⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38721⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
43‑38752⇗Belsinger, Harry Flair⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38757⇗Hicks, Ralph Benjamin⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38766⇗Gregg, William G⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38800⇗Rowe, George B⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38823⇗Touton, William Frank⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38994⇗Festersen, John Carl⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6109⇗Miley, Harold L⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6476⇗Johnson, Donald Ernest⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6514⇗Molder, Charles Richard⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6592⇗Abbott, William H⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8216⇗[Non-384th Pilot]Completed MissionGee-H equipped aircraft. Loaned to the 381st BG for today's mission. Manned by 381st personnel, except as noted on the Sortie Report.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8221⇗Gilmore, James Robson⇗Completed MissionDivision lead. PFF & Gee-H ship. Led a normal Gee-H bombing run with the low Squadron releasing on the lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8401⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
44‑8430⇗Worthen, Kirk Winthrop⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗