Mission # 260

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 23 January 1945
Eighth Air Force Operations Operations description not yet available.
Mission
384th BG Mission Number 260, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 807
Challenging Weather
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Previous Mission
The 384th Bombardment Group (H) led the 41st B Combat Bombardment Wing on today's mission. Takeoff time was delayed but the route timetable was not changed. That change, and a snowstorm, prevented any semblance of assembly of the bomber stream. Nonetheless, most aircraft flew the mission, bombing the primary target visually, even though it was partly obscured by clouds. On return, all aircraft landed at other bases due to the snowstorm, which had not abated.
Primary Target Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Neuss, Germany
Target Attacked (Mode) Primary (Visual)
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Completed Mission, not including spares - 16
Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 2
Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 3
Scrubbed - 3
Aborted - 5
Mission Personnel Mission Personnel Roster⇗ or Mission Loading Lists⇗
Mission Documents Combat Mission Records and Plans obtained from the National Archives⇗

29 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⇗Hewes, Charles Pershing⇗Spare, Completed MissionFlying Spare, joined formation. Landed away at Bassingbourn Airfield, AAF Station 121, due to weather.
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42‑37788⇗Milligan, George Robert⇗Completed MissionLanded away at Sudbury Airfield, AAF Station 174.
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42‑37822⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑38013⇗Van Pelt, Charles A⇗Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffDid not take off.
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42‑38208⇗Tebo, Clerance L⇗Completed MissionLead Squadron hot camera ship. Landed away at North Pickenham Airfield, AAF Station 143.
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42‑102501⇗Smith, Jack L⇗Completed MissionLead Squadron hot camera ship. Landed away at RAF Downham Market, Norfolk.
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42‑102518⇗Peterson, Calvin James⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Turned back due to mechanical failure. Landed away at Bassingbourn Airfield, AAF Station 121.
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42‑107125⇗Gilmer, Charles E⇗Completed MissionGroup deputy; Gee-H ship. Landed away at North Pickenham Airfield, AAF Station 143.
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43‑37843⇗Goble, Charles D⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Turned back due to mechanical failure. Landed away at Bassingbourn Airfield, AAF Station 121.
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43‑37917⇗Boyette, Irving H⇗Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffLow Squadron hot camera ship; did not take off.
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43‑37971⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
43‑38062⇗Kramer, William Leo⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron hot camera ship. Landed away at North Pickenham Airfield, AAF Station 143.
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43‑38501⇗Fisher, Robert Jeremy⇗Completed MissionLanded away at Ridgewell Airfield, AAF Station 167.
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43‑38630⇗Bennett, Ralph J⇗Completed MissionLanded away at RAF Graveley, Huntingdonshire (now Cambridgeshire).
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43‑38647⇗Herring, Harold F⇗Completed MissionAssigned as low Squadron lead, took over group lead when Maj Strickland aborted. Landed away at North Pickenham Airfield, AAF Station 143.
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43‑38678⇗Holmes, George W⇗Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffLow Squadron deputy; did not take off.
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43‑38752⇗Patterson, Nelton Dreward⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Turned back due to failure of #1 engine. Landed away at Alconbury Airfield, AAF Station 102
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43‑38766⇗Warner, Henry L⇗Completed MissionLanded away at North Pickenham Airfield, AAF Station 143.
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43‑38800⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
43‑39019⇗Hollingsworth, Fredrick Clay⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Could not catch formation. Landed away at RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire.
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43‑39053⇗Richardson, George P⇗Spare, Completed MissionLead Squadron flying spare; joined formation. Landed away at North Pickenham Airfield, AAF Station 143.
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43‑39060⇗McKay, William Monroe⇗Completed MissionLanded away at North Pickenham Airfield, AAF Station 143.
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43‑39131⇗Gregg, William G⇗Completed MissionAttacked target with the 303rd BG. Landed away at Molesworth Airfield, AAF Station 107.
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44‑6105⇗Smisek, William Joseph⇗Completed MissionLanded away at RAF Manston, Kent, because of weather, and the navigator had flak wounds.
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44‑6476⇗Festersen, John Carl⇗Completed MissionLanded away at North Pickenham Airfield, AAF Station 143.
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44‑6514⇗Funk, Donald Olsen⇗Completed MissionLanded away at Honington Airfield, AAF Station 375.
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44‑8211⇗Kinnaird, William Robert⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Group lead. Turned back over field due to mechanical failure.
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44‑8408⇗Baughman, John R⇗Completed MissionLanded away at RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire.
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44‑8608⇗Ultcht, John Preston⇗Completed MissionLanded away at North Pickenham Airfield, AAF Station 143.
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