Mission # 251

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 5 January 1945
Eighth Air Force Operations Operations description not yet available.
Mission
384th BG Mission Number 251, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 781
Airfield Attacked
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The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the 41st Combat Wing B Group on today's mission. The usual challenges of assembly under adverse conditions were met with customary persistence and skill. The target area was completely covered with low clouds, so the results of the Gee-H attack were unobserved.
Primary Target Target: Landing Ground
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Neiderbreisig, Germany
Target Attacked (Mode) Primary (Gee-H)
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Completed Mission, not including spares - 33
Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 1
Flight Completed - 1
Scrubbed - 1
Aborted - 5
Mission Personnel Mission Personnel Roster⇗ or Mission Loading Lists⇗
Mission Documents Combat Mission Records and Plans obtained from the National Archives⇗

41 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⇗Welsh, James H⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37788⇗Baughman, John R⇗Completed MissionLanded away at RAF Woodbridge, Suffolk, for fuel.
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42‑38013⇗Ramsay, Walter E⇗Completed MissionLead Squadron hot camera ship.
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42‑38208⇗Belsinger, Harry Flair⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Flying spare; aborted with one engine out.
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42‑39888⇗Kramer, William Leo⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97150⇗Jackson, Oakley Homer⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97251⇗Worthen, Kirk Winthrop⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97263⇗Bennett, Ralph J⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97271⇗Peterson, Calvin James⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron hot camera ship.
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42‑97320⇗Milligan, George Robert⇗Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffDid not take off.
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42‑97960⇗Ruckman, George Francis⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Turned back; unable to locate formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑98027⇗Koch, Robert Bruce⇗Completed MissionGroup lead. PFF & Gee-H ship.
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42‑102459⇗Van Pelt, Charles A⇗Completed MissionLanded away on the Continent in allied territory; aircraft returned to operations in three weeks.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102620⇗Ultcht, John Preston⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102661⇗Fleshman, Warren Gray⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107125⇗[Non-384th Pilot]Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Gee-H ship. Loaned to 351st BG with 384th BG Gee-H navigator; remainder of unidentified crew provided by the 351st. Aborted: unable to locate formation.
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42‑107148⇗Hewes, Charles Pershing⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37703⇗Birder, Rodney Hugh⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37717⇗Starr, William George⇗Completed MissionLanded away on the continent in allied territory with battle damage and low fuel. Aircraft repaired and returned to operations in March.
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43‑37843⇗Abbott, William H⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37917⇗Hollingsworth, Fredrick Clay⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Turned back due to internal failure of #3 engine.
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43‑38016⇗[Non-384th Pilot]Completed MissionGee-H ship. Loaned to the 401st BG with 384th Gee-H navigator; remainder of unidentified crew provided by the 401st.
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43‑38062⇗Warner, Henry L⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38501⇗Tatulis, Charles Paul⇗Spare, Completed MissionFlying spare; joined formation.
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43‑38630⇗Cline, Walter William⇗Completed MissionGroup deputy.
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43‑38747⇗Cook, Raymond D⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38752⇗Gilmer, Charles E⇗Completed MissionLead Squadron hot camera ship.
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43‑38757⇗Tebo, Clerance L⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron hot camera ship.
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43‑38766⇗Gregg, William G⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Turned back due to #3 engine failure; landed away at RAF Manston, Kent.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38800⇗Rowe, George B⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron deputy.
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43‑38850⇗DeFrancesco, John Joseph⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38927⇗McKone, Joseph Francis⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38994⇗Festersen, John Carl⇗Completed MissionLanded on the continent in allied territory.
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44‑6105⇗Smisek, William Joseph⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6109⇗Kinkead, Robert Miller⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6135⇗Richardson, George P⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6514⇗Niederlitz, Donald Edward⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6592⇗Storey, Wallace Arnold⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron deputy.
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44‑8007⇗Stone, Arthur Martin⇗Flight CompletedWeather aircraft. Co-pilot identified only as 'Hicks' - Kenneth Delmont Hicks is most likely as the aircraft, pilot, and 'Hicks', are all from the 545th BS. remainder of crew (RO, Eng) not identified
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44‑8216⇗Doran, William Elmer⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron lead. PFF ship.
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44‑8401⇗McCartney, James Thomas⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron lead. PFF ship.
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