Mission # 80

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 23 March 1944
Eighth Air Force Operations Operations description not yet available.
Mission
384th BG Mission Number 80, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 275
Targets of Opportunity Attacked
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Previous Mission
The 384th Bombardment Group (H) provided two formations in the 41st Combat Wing on today's mission. Twenty-three aircraft formed the lead group of the Wing, under the command of Brigadier General Robert Travis, and six aircraft formed the lead squadron of the composite high group. Weather conditions prevented the Wing from attacking the primary or secondary targets, leading to the selection of targets of opportunity (TOO) for bombing (different TOO for each of the two 384th formations).
Primary Target Target: Airdrome and Airpark
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Gütersloh, Germany
Target Attacked (Mode) TOO (Visual)
Target: City
Type: Non-Military
Location: Freckenhorst, Germany
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Completed Mission, not including spares - 24
Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 1
Scrubbed - 1
Aborted - 2
Mission Personnel Mission Personnel Roster⇗ or Mission Loading Lists⇗
Mission Documents Combat Mission Records and Plans obtained from the National Archives⇗

28 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
42‑3441⇗Lavin, James Robert⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑30026⇗Cole, Howard Woodrow⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Turned back at 0835 hrs because all four superchargers were unocontrollable; 2 ran away at takeoff.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31048⇗Poole, George Irvin⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31166⇗Hines, James Wesley⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31211⇗MacPhail, Philip Ray⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron lead, lead group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31235⇗Harvey, Walter Lewis⇗Completed MissionLead Squadron, composite high group
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31346⇗Jorgenson, Henry (NMI)⇗Completed MissionLead Squadron, composite high group
FLIGHT TIME 6:25
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31364⇗Jacobs, Randolph George Edward⇗Completed MissionComposite high group lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31433⇗Booska, Maurice Arthur⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron lead, lead group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31435⇗West, George Berry⇗Completed MissionComposite high group deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31484⇗Armstrong, Lloyd Rowland⇗Completed MissionWing lead. Gen. Robert F Travis, Commander, 41st Combat Bombardment Wing (H), Molesworth, England, was aboard this aircraft as Flight Leader.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31495⇗Goller, Theodore (NMI)⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31740⇗Rich, John (NMI)⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37758⇗Langlois, Robert Ezra⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37776⇗Corcoran, John Joseph⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron deputy, lead group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37785⇗Fioretti, Edward Anthony⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37789⇗Clayton, John Earl⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑37885. Lead Squadron, composite high group. Turned back at 0918 hrs because both inboard engines were pulling over 30 inches and running very rough; aircraft could not stay in formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37792⇗Briley, Scott Andrew⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37816⇗Heffley, Farris Ormond⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37885⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑37789.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38208⇗Outen, Charles Levi⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑39888⇗Foster, James Everett⇗Spare, Completed MissionFlying spare; joined the lead group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97081⇗Horton, Lloyd (NMI)⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97136⇗Kravet, Marvin Robert⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97142⇗June, Glenn Joseph⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97150⇗Smith, Harry Bailey⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron deputy, lead group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97477⇗Edwards, Floyd Clinton⇗Completed MissionWing deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97510⇗Smith, Charles Grover⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗