Mission # 249

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 2 January 1945
Eighth Air Force Operations Operations description not yet available.
Mission
384th BG Mission Number 249, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 776
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The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the 41st Combat Wing A Group on today's mission. The group leader's Gee-H equipment failed prior to the IP, so the high squadron led the group on the bomb run. The group did not bomb on the first run as the bombardier was not able to synchronize the bombsight to the target when visual conditions occurred too close to the bomb release point. A second run was made and bombs were released by visual means, but may have gone wide of the intended target.
Primary Target Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Gerolstein, Germany
Target Attacked (Mode) Primary (Visual)
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Completed Mission, not including spares - 36
Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 2
Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 4
Scrubbed - 1
Mission Personnel Mission Personnel Roster⇗ or Mission Loading Lists⇗
Mission Documents Combat Mission Records and Plans obtained from the National Archives⇗

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
42‑32106⇗Baughman, John R⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37788⇗Belsinger, Harry Flair⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38013⇗Bennett, Ralph J⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑39888⇗Ultcht, John Preston⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97150⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑97251⇗Gilmer, Charles E⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97263⇗Jackson, Oakley Homer⇗Completed MissionLanded away at RAF Manston, Kent, due to low fuel.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97271⇗Kinkead, Robert Miller⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97510⇗Gregg, William G⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97592⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, UnusedLead PFF Ground Spare Aircraft.
42‑97960⇗Molder, Charles Richard⇗Completed MissionLead Squadron hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97986⇗Martin, Donald Francis⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron lead. PFF ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑98000⇗Fleshman, Warren Gray⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑98027⇗Gabel, Raymond John⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron lead. PFF & Gee-H ship. Led formation on two bomb runs.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102430⇗DeFrancesco, John Joseph⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102459⇗Birder, Rodney Hugh⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102501⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑102620⇗Milligan, George Robert⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102661⇗McKone, Joseph Francis⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107148⇗MacKellar, Donald Allen⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37703⇗Warner, Henry L⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37717⇗MacDonald, Ranald Hugh⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37917⇗Zink, Joseph Darrell⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38016⇗Rice, Robert Eugene⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38062⇗Galiano, Joe Vincent⇗Spare, Completed MissionFlying spare; joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38501⇗Tatulis, Charles Paul⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38548⇗Boyette, Irving H⇗Completed MissionGround Spare Aircraft; replaced 43‑38721.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38616⇗Storey, Wallace Arnold⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38673⇗Fahr, John (NMI)⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38678⇗Miley, Harold L⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38721⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 43‑38548.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38747⇗Richardson, George P⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38752⇗Farnsworth, Reuben Joseph⇗Completed MissionLead Squadron hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38757⇗Buswell, Richard Grant⇗Spare, Completed MissionLead Squadron flying spare; joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38800⇗Hicks, Ralph Benjamin⇗Completed MissionGroup deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38927⇗Fisher, Robert Jeremy⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38994⇗Festersen, John Carl⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6476⇗Cook, Raymond D⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6514⇗Abbott, William H⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6592⇗Smisek, William Joseph⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8216⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, UnusedLead PFF Ground Spare Aircraft.
44‑8221⇗Kinnaird, William Robert⇗Completed MissionGroup lead. with Lt. Col William C Sipes of the 41st Combat Bombardment Wing as Air Commander. PFF & Gee-H ship. Gee-H failed prior to IP; turned over lead to high Squadron. Did not attack target because bombardier noticed, approaching the bomb release point (high Squadron leading), that they were a mile to the left of the target. Bombs were held with the intention of making another run, but the remainder of the group had dropped on the high Squadron leader.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8430⇗Worthen, Kirk Winthrop⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗