Mission # 43

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 16 December 1943
VIII Bomber Command Operations Operations description not yet available.
Mission
384th BG Mission Number 43, VIII BC Mission Number 156
Cloudy Bremen
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The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the low group of the 41st Combat Wing on today's mission. The group bombed the primary target on the wing lead, who was 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 - 17
Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 1
Returned Early - 1
Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed - 2
Aborted - 2
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⇗Booska, Maurice Arthur⇗Completed MissionLanded away at RAF Wyton.
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41‑24560⇗Jones, William Arch⇗Completed MissionGround Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑37758.
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41‑24578⇗Lovvorn, Hollie Ray⇗Returned EarlyTurned back over the North Sea (43°46'N,6°55'E) at 1247 hrs; #4 engine leaking oil badly, #3 supercharger inoperative at 20,000 ft, #2 prop ran away (split oil line) and had to be feathered. Attacked target of opportunity.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑3429⇗Ulrey, Edgar Ellsworth⇗Completed MissionGroup lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑5404⇗Bedsole, Joseph Linyer⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑5444⇗Ross, Burton Raymond⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29688⇗McDonald, Raymond Leroy⇗Completed MissionEleven bombs hung up (less than half of bomb load) and were jettisoned in The Wash.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29733⇗Cosentino, George (NMI)⇗Completed MissionCrash-landed (overshot) at RAF Coltishall due to battle damage. "The A/C is a total wreck but none of the crew were injured."
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42‑29828⇗Fioretti, Edward Anthony⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Turned back at 1207 hrs over the North Sea (54°45'N,4°20'E) when #4 engine fuel pressure went out.
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42‑29927⇗Carter, T L (IO)⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron lead.
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42‑29935⇗MacPhail, Philip Ray⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Group deputy; turned back over Molesworth at 0950 hrs because #1 engine ran very rough and had to be feathered.
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42‑31045⇗Decker, Charles Edgar⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31211⇗Rinne, Austin Dean⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31222⇗Moore, Clifford Orville⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31274⇗Allison, Earl Thomas⇗Spare, Completed MissionFlying Spare; joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37776⇗Jeter, Sydney Ryland⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37793⇗DeFrees, Norman Francis⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37801⇗Martin, Rudolph Alfred⇗Completed MissionLanded away at Polebrook.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37816⇗Ashcraft, Archie Bertis⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37885⇗Harvey, Walter Lewis⇗Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37924⇗Stearns, Clarence Grover⇗Completed MissionLanded away at Alconbury
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑39784⇗Herbert, Joseph Robert⇗Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑39888⇗Hines, James Wesley⇗Completed MissionGround Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑29554. Also see comments for aircraft 42‑29688 for this mission.
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