Mission # 58

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 4 February 1944
Eighth Air Force Operations Operations description not yet available.
Mission
384th BG Mission Number 58, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 208
Attack On Aircraft Parts Plant
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The 384th Bombardment Group (H) supplied two group formations for today's mission, which were assigned to fly as the high groups of the 41st A and B Combat Wings. Both groups completed the mission and bombed via PFF on their respective wing leads.
Primary Target Target: Alfred Teves Main Works: Aircraft Parts Plant
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Target Attacked (Mode) Primary (PFF)
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Completed Mission, not including spares - 31
Returned Early - 1
Aborted - 6
Mission Personnel Mission Personnel Roster⇗ or Mission Loading Lists⇗
Mission Documents Combat Mission Records and Plans obtained from the National Archives⇗

38 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
41‑24560⇗Harvey, Walter Lewis⇗Completed MissionHigh group, 41st B Combat Wing.
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42‑3087⇗Jorgenson, Henry (NMI)⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.High group, 41st B Combat Wing. Turned back at 1108 hrs over The Netherlands "because #2 supercharger surged and ran away ... was uncontrollable."
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42‑3259⇗Laboda, Joseph Stanley⇗Completed MissionHigh group, 41st B Combat Wing.
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42‑3440⇗Herbert, Joseph Robert⇗Completed MissionHigh group, 41st B Combat Wing.
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42‑29554⇗Lovell, James MacNaughton⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.High group, 41st B Combat Wing. Turned back at 1029 hrs because #4 supercharger ran away, there was no boost on #3 supercharger, and #3 engine detonated and was smoking.
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42‑29632⇗Poole, George Irvin⇗Completed MissionHigh group, 41st B Combat Wing.
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42‑29636⇗Jeter, Sydney Ryland⇗Completed MissionHigh group, 41st A Combat Wing. Landed away on return at RAF Woodbridge, Suffolk, due to low fuel.
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42‑29688⇗Outen, Charles Levi⇗Completed MissionHigh group, 41st A Combat Wing.
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42‑29703⇗West, George Berry⇗Completed MissionHigh group, 41st B Combat Wing.
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42‑29717⇗Allison, Earl Thomas⇗Completed MissionHigh group, 41st B Combat Wing. Turned back with 'supercharger trouble.'
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42‑29723⇗Reed, Merlin Howard⇗Completed MissionHigh group, 41st A Combat Wing.
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42‑29809⇗Heffley, Farris Ormond⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.High group, 41st B Combat Wing. Aborted at 1014 hrs because #2 and #4 superchargers were uncontrollable.
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42‑30026⇗Clayton, John Earl⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.High group, 41st B Combat Wing. Turned back at 1035 hrs because #2 prop and supercharger ran away at altitude.
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42‑31045⇗Decker, Charles Edgar⇗Completed MissionHigh group, 41st A Combat Wing.
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42‑31058⇗Rinne, Austin Dean⇗Completed MissionHigh group, 41st A Combat Wing.
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42‑31211⇗Taylor, Sidney Paul⇗Completed MissionHigh group deputy, 41st A Combat Wing.
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42‑31222⇗Rich, John (NMI)⇗Completed MissionHigh group, 41st A Combat Wing.
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42‑31346⇗Hurley, Joseph Anthony⇗Completed MissionHigh group, 41st B Combat Wing.
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42‑31364⇗Estes, Thomas Jefferson⇗Completed MissionHigh group lead, 41st B Combat Wing.
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42‑31375⇗Moore, Clifford Orville⇗Completed MissionHigh group, 41st A Combat Wing.
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42‑31433⇗Booska, Maurice Arthur⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron deputy, high group, 41st A Combat Wing.
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42‑31484⇗Edwards, Floyd Clinton⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron lead, high group, 41st B Combat Wing.
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42‑31495⇗Jacobs, Randolph George Edward⇗Completed MissionHigh group deputy, 41st B Combat Wing.
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42‑31606⇗Lovvorn, Hollie Ray⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron deputy, high group, 41st A Combat Wing.
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42‑37776⇗Wilson, William Monroe⇗Returned EarlyHigh group, 41st A Combat Wing. Turned back at 1113 hrs because #2 supercharger went wild at 26,000 ft at 1015 hrs and #2 prop fluctuated, so that #3 engine began to deteriorate and vibrate badly.
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42‑37793⇗DeFrees, Norman Francis⇗Completed MissionHigh group, 41st A Combat Wing.
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42‑37801⇗LaSeur, William Veryle⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.High group, 41st A Combat Wing. Turned back at 1055 due to uncontrollable supercharger on #2 engine.
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42‑37848⇗Knapp, Paul Bernard⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.High group, 41st B Combat Wing. Turned back at 1044 just off The Naze because #2 and #3 engines were smoking and the gas mixture was set too rich.
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42‑37885⇗Morrison, Donald Sylvester⇗Completed MissionHigh group, 41st B Combat Wing.
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42‑37974⇗Ashcraft, Archie Bertis⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron lead, high group, 41st B Combat Wing. Turned back at 1105 hrs because all four superchargers (electronic) were not giving the required pressure. Supporting documents indicate mission credit was awarded for this sortie.
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42‑38013⇗Stearns, Clarence Grover⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron lead, high group, 41st A Combat Wing.
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42‑38014⇗Wolf, Richard Vance⇗Completed MissionHigh group lead, 41st A Combat Wing.
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42‑39809⇗Bennett, Phillip Nathan⇗Completed MissionHigh group, 41st A Combat Wing. Dropped nickles (propaganda leaflets) as well as incendiaries.
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42‑39962⇗Carter, T L (IO)⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron lead, high group, 41st A Combat Wing.
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42‑39991⇗Cosentino, George (NMI)⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron deputy, high group, 41st B Combat Wing.
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42‑40005⇗Stier, George Withers⇗Completed MissionHigh group, 41st A Combat Wing.
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42‑97449⇗Daskey, Kendall (NMI)⇗Completed MissionHigh group, 41st A Combat Wing.
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42‑97477⇗Hines, James Wesley⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron deputy, high group, 41st B Combat Wing.
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