| 389th Chronology | ||||
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| Date | M# | Target/Location | Event/Notes | Detail |
| 4-Jan-44 | 36 | Kiel, Germany | -- | |
| 5-Jan-44 | 37 | Kiel, Germany | Lt. Chester Spurrier completes his 25 mission combat tour -- 1st 567th crewmember to do so. | |
| 6-Jan-44 | -- | Hethel, England | VIII Bomber Command re-organized into 8th AF and respective combat wings. 389th becomes part of 2nd Bomb Division, 2nd Combat Wing | |
| 7-Jan-44 | 38 | Ludwigshafen, Germany | The 389th BG flies home alone over France. German fighters make repeated attacks and the group loses four aircraft. | |
| (42-40747 S-) w/pilot Carl Mattson near Chartres, France -- 4 EVD, 5 KIA, 1 POW | Detail | |||
| TROUBLE (42-41013 K+) w/ pilot Wilhite -- 9 KIA, 1 POW | Detail | |||
| BLUNDER BUS (42-7593 P) w/ pilot Smith -- 1 KIA, 7 POW, 2 EVD | Detail | |||
| LOS ANGELES CITY LIMITS (42-63977) w/pilot Cooper lost -- 3 EVD, 6 KIA, 1 POW | Detail | |||
| 11-Jan-44 | 39 | Brunswick, Germany | Spurrier crew (-Spurrier) 25th Mission | |
| 14-Jan-44 | 40 | Pas de Calais, France | 1st Lt. Harry W. Gregg completes his 25th mission. | |
| 21-Jan-44 | 41 | Pas de Calais, France | -- | |
| 24-Jan-44 | -- | Zunkunft | Recalled due to weather | |
| 26-Jan-44 | -- | Hethel, England | Maj. Emery Ward assumes command of 567th BS, replacing Maj. Cross | |
| 29-Jan-44 | 43 | Frankfurt, Germany | 389th BG loses two aircraft on this day. | |
| GOLDEN SANDSTORM (42-40795 -X) w/pilot S. Podolak goes down near Frankfurt, Germany -- 10 POW | Detail | |||
| (42-72833 Y-) w/ pilot B. Dout ditched in the English Channel -- 10 KIA. | Detail | |||
| 30-Jan-44 | 44 | Brunswick, Germany | -- | |
| 31-Jan-44 | 45 | St. Pol, France | -- | |
| 2-Feb-44 | 46 | St. Pol, France | -- | |
| 4-Feb-44 | 47 | Frankfurt/Main, Germany | -- | |
| 6-Feb-44 | 48 | Chateaudun, France | -- | |
| 10-Feb-44 | 49 | Gilze-Rijen, Holland | PATSY ANN (42-100046) w/ pilot Loebs crash lands at Taverham, England -- 11 Killed | Detail |
| 11-Feb-44 | 50 | Siracourt, France | TOUCH OF TEXAS (42-40751 D+) crash lands | |
| 12-Feb-44 | 51 | St. Pol, France | -- | |
| 13-Feb-44 | 52 | Pas de Calais, France | (42-100185) w/ pilot White crash lands at Hethel. | |
| 14-Feb-44 | Hethel, England? | TOUCH OF TEXAS (42-40751 D+) salvaged | ||
| 15-Feb-44 | 53 | St. Pol, France | -- | |
| 20-Feb-44 | 54 | Brunswick, Germany | "Big Week" begins a week of concentrated attacks on the German aircraft industries. Two aircraft lost to enemy fighters. | |
| STINKY (42-100085 I) w/ pilot Blakeman -- 3 KIA, 7 POW. | Detail | |||
| SWAMP ANGEL (42-100352 -I) w/ pilot Wozniak -- 2 KIA, 8 POW. | Detail | |||
| 21-Feb-44 | 55 | Diepholz, Germany | -- | |
| 22-Feb-44 | 56 | Germany T/O's | Recalled when 100 miles inland due to weather | |
| 24-Feb-44 | 57 | Gotha, Germany | Lead bombadier drops off target -- group follows lead and drops as well. 389th loses 7 a/c. | |
| (42-40807 U-) w/ pilot Gold -- 6 KIA, 4 POW. | Detail | |||
| (42-40619 N-) w/ pilot Carlton -- 3 KIA, 7 POW. | Detail | |||
| (42-100338 W-) w/ pilot White -- 8 KIA, 2 POW. | Detail | |||
| (42-73504) w/ pilot Belanger -- 8 KIA, 3 POW. | Detail | |||
| LIL AUDREY (42-100280 X) w/ pilot Brown -- 1 EVD, 9 POW. | Detail | |||
| (42-109828 M+) w/ pilot Nowak -- 5 KIA, 6 POW. | Detail | |||
| (42-40733 V-) w/ pilot McMullin -- 1 KIA, 9 POW . | Detail | |||
| 25-Feb-44 | 58 | Furth, Germany | (42-100368 Z) w/ pilot Hess shot down by AA -- 11 POW. | Detail |
| 2-Mar-44 | -- | England | (42-100369 S-) w/pilot Perron & (42-109821 K-) w/pilot Kurtz collide during training flight. 369 K- crashes, & 821 S- crash lands -- 7 Killed | |
| 5-Mar-44 | 59 | Landes De Bussac, France | (42-100421 -Y) w/ pilot Tucker shot down by enemy fighters -- 1 KIA, 2 POW, 7 EVD. | Detail |
| 6-Mar-44 | 60 | Genshagen, Germany | ROLL CALL (42-10042 V-) w/ pilot Griesel shot down by AA -- 2 EVD, 10 POW. | Detail |
| 8-Mar-44 | 61 | Berlin, Germany | 389th BG loses three aircraft on first trip to Berlin. | |
| LATRINE RUMOR (42-99975 D) w/ pilot Kendrick CL in Netherlands -- 1 KIA, 10 POW. | Detail | |||
| (42-100375 F+) w/ pilot McArthur -- 1 KIA, 10 POW. | Detail | |||
| (42-100167 L+) w/ pilot Lewis CL at Woodbridge, Eng. | ||||
| 9-Mar-44 | 62 | Brandenburg | -- | |
| 13-Mar-44 | 63 | No Ball | -- | |
| 15-Mar-44 | 64 | Braunschweig | -- | |
| 16-Mar-44 | 65 | Fredrichshafen | GALLOPING KATIE (42-100332 E+) w/pilot Snyder damaged and forced to land in Dubendorf, Switzerland -- 10 INT | Detail |
| 18-Mar-44 | 66 | Fredrichshafen | -- | |
| 20-Mar-44 | 67 | Frankfurt | -- | |
| 22-Mar-44 | 68 | Berlin | -- | |
| 23-Mar-44 | 69 | Munster | -- | |
| 24-Mar-44 | 70 | Saint Dizier | -- | |
| 26-Mar-44 | 71 | Siracourt | -- | |
| 27-Mar-44 | 72 | Pau, France | -- | |
| 29-Mar-44 | -- | Hethel, England | Col. Robert Miller assumes command of the 389th BG. | |