Non-Credited Mission

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 30 October 1943
Mission

Weather Forces Recall
Previous Mission
At 1040 hours the Group Leader received a messaage that the mission was scrubbed and all planes returned to this base with their bomb loads.
Primary Target Target: Marshaling Yard
Type: Transportation
Location: Geilenkirchen, Germany
Target Attacked (Mode) Mission RECALLED - No Target Attacked
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 2
Recalled - 20
Aborted - 2
Mission Personnel Mission Personnel Roster⇗ or Mission Loading Lists⇗
Mission Documents Combat Mission Records and Plans obtained from the National Archives⇗

24 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⇗Mission RecalledMaj. Ketelsen HSqLd
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
41‑24575⇗Jorgenson, Henry (NMI)⇗Mission RecalledFLIGHT TIME 5:00
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
41‑24578⇗[Pilot TBD]Mission RecalledThis aircraft may have been initially assigned to the Yelvington Crew, and may have been replaced by ground spare aircraft 42-31073.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑3218⇗Ross, Burton Raymond⇗Mission Recalled SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑3259⇗Jones, William Arch⇗Mission Recalled SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑3429⇗Gilmore, William Featherston⇗Mission RecalledMaj. Gilmore
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑3440⇗Sprague, Alfred Lee⇗Mission RecalledLSqLd
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑3441⇗Goulder, Edmund Samuel⇗Mission Recalled SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑5404⇗Thompson, Siguard (NMI)⇗Mission Recalled SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑5747⇗Fields, Leon (NMI)⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.A/C 747 returned early because of trouble with #2 engine. Oil was coming out of breather. No crew list found.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29632⇗Ashcraft, Archie Bertis⇗Mission Recalled SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29636⇗MacPhail, Philip Ray⇗Mission Recalled SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29651⇗Jacobs, Randolph George Edward⇗Mission Recalled SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29717⇗Carpenter, Walter Richard⇗Mission Recalled SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29723⇗Ulrey, Edgar Ellsworth⇗Mission Recalled SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29927⇗Carter, T L (IO)⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.A/C Returned early because Bombardier was ill. No crew list found.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29935⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑29987⇗Price, William Merriman⇗Mission Recalled SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑30026⇗Willing, Mark Skinner⇗Mission Recalled SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑30033⇗[N/A]Lead Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑31058⇗Wilson, William Monroe⇗Mission Recalled SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31073⇗Yelvington, Melton Albert⇗Mission RecalledThis ground spare aircraft may have replaced 41-24578 originally assigned to the Yelvington Crew.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37758⇗Bedsole, Joseph Linyer⇗Mission Recalled SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37828⇗Robinson, Robert Lawrence⇗Mission Recalled SORTIE REPORT ⇗