Mission # 55

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 29 January 1944
Eighth Air Force Operations Operations description not yet available.
Mission
384th BG Mission Number 55, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 198
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The 384th Bombardment Group (H) supplied two group formations for today's mission, which flew as lead and low groups of the 41st Combat Wing B wing. Bombs were released using PFF aiming.
Primary Target Target: Aircraft Parts Plants
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Target Attacked (Mode) Primary (PFF)
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Completed Mission, not including spares - 35
Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 2
Returned Early - 1
Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed - 2
Aborted - 3
Mission Personnel Mission Personnel Roster⇗ or Mission Loading Lists⇗
Mission Documents Combat Mission Records and Plans obtained from the National Archives⇗
Other Mission Documents 1943-01-29, Wing Lead, W. Buck, L. Armstrong⇗

43 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
41‑24578⇗Outen, Charles Levi⇗Completed MissionLow group.
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42‑3087⇗Kew, William Joseph⇗Completed MissionLow group.
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42‑3440⇗Boger, Eugene Arthur⇗Completed MissionLead group.
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42‑3441⇗Price, William Merriman⇗Completed MissionGroup deputy, low group.
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42‑5404⇗Lovell, James MacNaughton⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Lead group. Turned back at 0825 hrs because exhaust stack broke on #3 engine, which then had to be feathered.
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42‑5444⇗Ross, Burton Raymond⇗Completed MissionLead group.
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42‑29554⇗Yelvington, Melton Albert⇗Completed MissionLead group.
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42‑29632⇗Writz, Horace Fred⇗Completed MissionLead group.
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42‑29688⇗McDonald, Raymond Leroy⇗Spare, Completed MissionLow group flying spare; joined formation.
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42‑29703⇗West, George Berry⇗Completed MissionLead group.
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42‑29717⇗Larsen, Jack Kirby⇗Completed MissionLead group.
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42‑29723⇗Reed, Merlin Howard⇗Completed MissionLow group.
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42‑29809⇗Fioretti, Edward Anthony⇗Spare, Completed MissionLead group flying spare; joined formation.
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42‑31045⇗Rich, John (NMI)⇗Flying Spare, Returned As BriefedLow group
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42‑31058⇗Rinne, Austin Dean⇗Completed MissionLow group.
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42‑31211⇗MacPhail, Philip Ray⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron lead, low group.
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42‑31222⇗Taylor, Sidney Paul⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron lead, low group.
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42‑31235⇗Hurley, Joseph Anthony⇗Completed MissionLead group.
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42‑31346⇗Knapp, Paul Bernard⇗Completed MissionLead group. Dropped fifty parcels of nickles (propaganda pamphlets) plus 6x500 GP on target.
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42‑31364⇗Jacobs, Randolph George Edward⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron lead, lead group.
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42‑31375⇗Courtemanche, Ralph Eudor⇗Completed MissionLow group.
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42‑31433⇗Willing, Mark Skinner⇗Completed MissionLow group lead.
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42‑31484⇗Edwards, Floyd Clinton⇗Completed MissionWing deputy.
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42‑31495⇗Carpenter, Walter Richard⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron lead, lead group.
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42‑31606⇗Lovvorn, Hollie Ray⇗Completed MissionLow group.
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42‑37727⇗Penney, Comus Robert⇗Completed MissionLead group.
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42‑37776⇗Wolf, Richard Vance⇗Completed MissionLow group.
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42‑37788⇗Booska, Maurice Arthur⇗Completed MissionLow group.
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42‑37792⇗Cosentino, George (NMI)⇗Completed MissionLead group.
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42‑37793⇗DeFrees, Norman Francis⇗Completed MissionLow group.
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42‑37801⇗LaSeur, William Veryle⇗Completed MissionLow group.
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42‑37816⇗Armstrong, Lloyd Rowland⇗Completed MissionWing lead.
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42‑37848⇗Wilson, William Monroe⇗Completed MissionLow group.
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42‑37885⇗Lotz, William Henry⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Lead group. Turned back over Lutterworth at 0922 hrs due to drop in pressure in oxygen system from 375 lbs to 225 lbs.
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42‑37974⇗Pryor, Raymond Thomas⇗Completed MissionLead group.
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42‑37982⇗Clayton, John Earl⇗Completed MissionLead group.
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42‑38013⇗Bennett, Phillip Nathan⇗Completed MissionLow group.
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42‑38014⇗Markow, Henry Victor⇗Completed MissionLow group.
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42‑39784⇗Covington, Royston Truitt⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Lead group. Turned back at 1007 hrs because #3 engine was throwing oil and caught fire.
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42‑39809⇗Smith, Roger Clement⇗Returned EarlyLow group. Turned back at 1019 hrs due to pilot's illness. Bombs jettisoned in Channel.
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42‑39888⇗Jorgenson, Henry (NMI)⇗Flying Spare, Returned As BriefedLead group
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42‑39991⇗Corcoran, John Joseph⇗Completed MissionLow group.
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42‑40005⇗Stier, George Withers⇗Completed MissionLow group.
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