Mission # 252

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 7 January 1945
Eighth Air Force Operations Operations description not yet available.
Mission
384th BG Mission Number 252, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 785
Support For Ground Troops
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The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the 41st Combat Wing A Group on today's mission. The primary target was attacked using Gee-H methods; bombs were dropped in group formation on the group leader.
Primary Target Target: Enemy Strong Point
Type: Military
Location: Blankenheim, Germany
Target Attacked (Mode) Primary (Gee-H)
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Completed Mission, not including spares - 38
Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 2
Flight Completed - 1
Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 2
Scrubbed - 2
Mission Personnel Mission Personnel Roster⇗ or Mission Loading Lists⇗
Mission Documents Combat Mission Records and Plans obtained from the National Archives⇗

45 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⇗Peterson, Calvin James⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37788⇗Hewes, Charles Pershing⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37822⇗DeFrancesco, John Joseph⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38013⇗Welsh, James H⇗Completed MissionLead Squadron hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38208⇗Worthen, Kirk Winthrop⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑39888⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 43‑38673.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97150⇗Jackson, Oakley Homer⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97251⇗Gregg, William G⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97271⇗Hollingsworth, Fredrick Clay⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97320⇗Ultcht, John Preston⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97510⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑97521⇗Miley, Harold L⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97986⇗Gabel, Raymond John⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron lead. PFF ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑98000⇗Fleshman, Warren Gray⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑98027⇗[Non-384th Pilot]Completed MissionGee-H ship; loaned to the 457th BG with a Gee-H navigator; remainder of unidentified crew provided by the 457th BG.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102501⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 44‑8430.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102620⇗Wyatt, William Glenn⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102661⇗Milligan, George Robert⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107148⇗Boyette, Irving H⇗Completed MissionLead Squadron hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37703⇗Hoppen, Jack Stewart⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37843⇗Whitesides, John Boyce⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38016⇗Herring, Harold F⇗Completed MissionGroup deputy. Gee-H ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38062⇗Kramer, William Leo⇗Spare, Completed MissionLow Squadron flying spare; joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38548⇗Gilmer, Charles E⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38616⇗Rice, Robert Eugene⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38630⇗Bennett, Ralph J⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38673⇗MacKellar, Donald Allen⇗Completed MissionGround Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑39888.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38747⇗Cook, Raymond D⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38752⇗Tebo, Clerance L⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38757⇗Klatt, Merton Dale⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38800⇗Abbott, William H⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38823⇗Kinkead, Robert Miller⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38850⇗McKone, Joseph Francis⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38927⇗Warner, Henry L⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38994⇗Johnson, Donald Ernest⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6105⇗Smisek, William Joseph⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6135⇗Richardson, George P⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6476⇗Ramsay, Walter E⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6514⇗Phillips, Herbert Dyer⇗Spare, Completed MissionHigh Squadron flying spare; joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6592⇗Belsinger, Harry Flair⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8007⇗Kinnaird, William Robert⇗Completed MissionGroup lead. PFF & Gee-H ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8211⇗Smith, Jack M⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron lead. PFF ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8216⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
44‑8401⇗McCartney, James Thomas⇗Flight CompletedWeather aircraft; remainder of crew (CP, N, RO, Eng) not identified
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8430⇗Tatulis, Charles Paul⇗Completed MissionGround Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑102501.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗