Mission # 38

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 29 November 1943
VIII Bomber Command Operations Operations description not yet available.
Mission
384th BG Mission Number 38, VIII BC Mission Number 143
Bremen Bombed, Results Unobserved
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Previous Mission
The 384th Bombardment Group (H) attacked Bremen using PFF aiming.
Primary Target Target: Port Area
Type: Transportation
Location: Bremen, Germany
Target Attacked (Mode) Primary (PFF)
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Completed Mission, not including spares - 14
Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 1
Scrubbed - 1
Aborted - 6
Did Not Take Off - 1
Mission Personnel Mission Personnel Roster⇗ or Mission Loading Lists⇗
Mission Documents Combat Mission Records and Plans obtained from the National Archives⇗

23 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
41‑24525⇗Kaczaraba, William (NMI)⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑3259⇗Goulder, Edmund Samuel⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.High Squadron lead; Ground Spare Aircraft (545th BS), replaced 42‑3441; turned back due to pilot illness.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑3441⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑3259.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑5747⇗Carter, T L (IO)⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑5838⇗Armstrong, Lloyd Rowland⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29554⇗Booska, Maurice Arthur⇗Did Not Take OffDid not take off; engines had insufficient oil pressure, and no Spare Aircraft were available.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29636⇗Jeter, Sydney Ryland⇗Spare, Completed MissionFlying spare; joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29651⇗Herbert, Joseph Robert⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29703⇗Robinson, Robert Lawrence⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Turned back; navigator became ill after takeoff.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29723⇗Markow, Henry Victor⇗Completed MissionLanded away at Foulsham.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29768⇗Nelson, Darwin George⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑30026⇗Algar, Philip Morris⇗Completed MissionFlight leader; plane lost two superchargers and slowed entire formation; the other two groups went ahead and left the 384th BG. This aircraft did not bomb due to bomb bay doors frozen shut. Landed away at RAF Coltishall, Norfolk.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31058⇗Wilson, William Monroe⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31073⇗Martin, Rudolph Alfred⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Turned back; #2 & #4 engines running rough.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37727⇗Carpenter, Walter Richard⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37776⇗Wolf, Richard Vance⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Turned back; engines #1 and #3 running rough, as well as radio, interphone, and heated suits problems.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37781⇗Taylor, Sidney Paul⇗Completed MissionLanded away at 'Coltishall' (or 'Cottishall'). Intelligence Officer report, item 6, includes the statement: 'A/C 781, Lt. TAYLOR, Pilot has reported one killed and three wounded men aboard at landing.' The wounded individuals are not identified.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37792⇗Allison, Earl Thomas⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37816⇗Merritt, James Melvin⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37828⇗Jacobs, Randolph George Edward⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37848⇗Ulrey, Edgar Ellsworth⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑39784⇗Covington, Royston Truitt⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Turned back; couldn't find formation after taking off late, due to misunderstanding over low engine oil pressure.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑39796⇗Stearns, Clarence Grover⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Turned back; oxygen system problems.
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