Mission # 28

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 4 October 1943
VIII Bomber Command Operations Operations description not yet available.
Mission
384th BG Mission Number 28, VIII BC Mission Number 108
Industrial Targets Bombed
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Previous Mission
Sixteen aircraft of the 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the high group of the 103rd CW on today's mission. The primary target was bombed visually with good results.
Primary Target Type: Industry
Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Target Attacked (Mode) Primary (Visual)
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Completed Mission, not including spares - 15
Ditched - 1
Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 1
Scrubbed - 1
Aborted - 4
Mission Personnel Mission Personnel Roster⇗ or Mission Loading Lists⇗
Mission Documents Combat Mission Records and Plans obtained from the National Archives⇗
Other Mission Documents 1943-10-04, Group Lead, M. Dillingham, H. Frink⇗

22 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
41‑24560⇗Jacobs, Randolph George Edward⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Turned back due to oxygen filler line to ball turret broken off and top turret filler line leaking, after having aborted 42‑5444 immediately after takeoff.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑3087⇗Fields, Leon (NMI)⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Turned back, #2 engine supercharger pressure low and #3 engine oil pressure low.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑3218⇗Algar, Philip Morris⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑3429⇗Estes, Thomas Jefferson⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron lead.
FLIGHT TIME 6:30
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑3440⇗Sprague, Alfred Lee⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑3441⇗Ogilvie, Donald Potter⇗Completed MissionGroup deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑5051⇗Carpenter, Walter Richard⇗Completed MissionLanded away at Boxted due to low fuel.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑5086⇗Wilson, William Monroe⇗Completed MissionLanded away at RAF Bradwell Bay due to low fuel.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑5404⇗Robinson, Robert Lawrence⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Turned back because pilot couldn't find formation after taking off 50 minutes late because of 'failure in ball turret.'.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑5444⇗Jacobs, Randolph George Edward⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Landed 5 minutes after takeoff. Replaced AC with 41-24560.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑5838⇗Frink, Horace Everett⇗Completed MissionGroup lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29554⇗Yelvington, Melton Albert⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29557⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑29703⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑5404.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29712⇗Johnson, Erwin Crawford⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29768⇗Willing, Mark Skinner⇗Completed MissionLanded away at Ipswich due to low fuel.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29809⇗Bedsole, Joseph Linyer⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29814⇗Ingles, John Thomas⇗Completed MissionLanded away at Wattisham, AAF Station 377, due to low fuel.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29927⇗Carter, T L (IO)⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑30033⇗Harry, William Russell⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑30043⇗Kauffman, Giles Felker⇗Failed To Return: DitchedDitched North Sea; crew rescued and returned to duty.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑30196⇗Keller, Lawrence Larry⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗