Mission # 50

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 5 January 1944
Eighth Air Force Operations Operations description not yet available.
Mission
384th BG Mission Number 50, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 176
Smokescreen Not Effective
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Previous Mission
The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the lead group of the 41st Composite Combat Wing on today's mission. Weather at the target was CAVU, and a defensive smokescreen failed to hide the target, permitting a successful visual attack.
Primary Target Target: Port Area
Type: Transportation
Location: Kiel, Germany
Target Attacked (Mode) Primary (Visual)
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Completed Mission, not including spares - 20
Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 1
Aborted - 1
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⇗
Other Mission Documents 1944-01-05, Wing Lead, D. Smith, S. Thompson⇗

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
Unknown[PILOT TBD]Completed MissionNavigator J P Coughlin was awarded credit for this mission but operational documents assigning him to a specific aircraft are not available.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
Unknown[PILOT TBD]Completed MissionNavigator V R McKittrick was awarded credit for this mission but operational documents assigning him to a specific aircraft are not available.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
41‑24560⇗Herbert, Joseph Robert⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
41‑24578⇗Reed, Merlin Howard⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑3051⇗Corcoran, John Joseph⇗Completed MissionLanded away at Wendling.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑3087⇗Jeter, Sydney Ryland⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑3440⇗Robinson, Robert Lawrence⇗Did Not Take OffLow Squadron lead; did not takeoff.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑3483⇗Rich, John (NMI)⇗Completed MissionPFF aircraft, Pilot Miller, and unidentified crewmembers loaned by 482nd BG. Aircraft landed at its home airfield, Alconbury. Assignment of Rich to this sortie as Co-pilot is based on inference from the horizontal format TO&L Sheet.
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42‑3491⇗Rinne, Austin Dean⇗Completed MissionPFF aircraft, pilot Lecates (formerly of the 384th), and unidentified crewmembers loaned by 482nd BG. Aircraft landed at its home airfield, Alconbury.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑5444⇗Thompson, Siguard (NMI)⇗Completed MissionWing lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29632⇗Hines, James Wesley⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29828⇗Laboda, Joseph Stanley⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31045⇗Decker, Charles Edgar⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31222⇗Courtemanche, Ralph Eudor⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31246⇗Fioretti, Edward Anthony⇗Spare, Completed MissionFlying spare; joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37758⇗Yelvington, Melton Albert⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37776⇗Markow, Henry Victor⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37793⇗Lotz, William Henry⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37801⇗Allison, Earl Thomas⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37848⇗MacPhail, Philip Ray⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.High Squadron lead; turned back over Denmark at 1120 hrs because #2 supercharger was running away; jettisoned bombs in North Sea
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37924⇗Jorgenson, Henry (NMI)⇗Completed MissionFLIGHT TIME 8:00
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑39784⇗Morrison, Donald Sylvester⇗Completed MissionBomb load included 'Nickles' (propaganda leaflets) in addition to six 500-pound bombs.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑39888⇗Harvey, Walter Lewis⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron lead; apparently took lead position after assigned low Squadron lead, Robinson, did not take off.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗