Mission # 33

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 20 October 1943
VIII Bomber Command Operations Operations description not yet available.
Mission
384th BG Mission Number 33, VIII BC Mission Number 116
Weather & Traffic - No Attack
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Previous Mission
The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the high group of the 41st CBW. Dense clouds to 32,000' at the German border forced the Wing to turn back and seek targets of opportunity. The Wing leader made a bomb run on an unknown airfield in Occupied Territory, but the low group was directly below the 384th, so bombs were held.
Primary Target Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Düren, Germany
Target Attacked (Mode) No Target Attacked
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Completed Mission, not including spares - 16
Scrubbed - 1
Aborted - 3
Mission Personnel Mission Personnel Roster⇗ or Mission Loading Lists⇗
Mission Documents Combat Mission Records and Plans obtained from the National Archives⇗

20 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
41‑24557⇗Sundlun, Bruce George⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
41‑24560⇗Hurley, Joseph Anthony⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
41‑24575⇗Jorgenson, Henry (NMI)⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.FLIGHT TIME 4:45
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
41‑24578⇗Fields, Leon (NMI)⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑3259⇗Jones, William Arch⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑3440⇗Sprague, Alfred Lee⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑5051⇗Robinson, Robert Lawrence⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑5404⇗Thompson, Siguard (NMI)⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑5444⇗Ross, Burton Raymond⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑5747⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑29636.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑5838⇗Estes, Thomas Jefferson⇗Completed MissionGroup lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29632⇗Ashcraft, Archie Bertis⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29636⇗Jacobs, Randolph George Edward⇗Completed MissionGround Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑5747.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29717⇗Carpenter, Walter Richard⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29723⇗Wilson, William Monroe⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29768⇗Bedsole, Joseph Linyer⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29927⇗Carter, T L (IO)⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29987⇗Willing, Mark Skinner⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑30005⇗MacPhail, Philip Ray⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑30033⇗Kelly, James Henry⇗Completed MissionGroup deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗