Missions

389th BG Mission List

389th BG#	8AF #	Date	Target	Target Type	Losses	Notes
1		9-Jul-43	Maleme	A/F	42-40779 (Scates)	Flown from base near Bengasi, Libya
2		11-Jul-43	Reggio D'Calabria	A/F		Flown from base near Bengasi, Libya
3		12-Jul-43	Reggio D'Calabria	P/A		Flown from base near Bengasi, Libya
4		14-Jul-43	Messina	M/Y	42-40703 (Brown)	Flown from base near Bengasi, Libya
5		16-Jul-43	Bari	A/F		Flown from base near Bengasi, Libya
6		19-Jul-43	Rome	M/Y	42-40665 (Walsh)	Flown from base near Bengasi, Libya
7		1-Aug-43	Ploesti / Campina	O/R	42-40782 (O'Reilly); 42-40753 (Hughes); 42-40735 (Horton); 42-40115 (Neef); 42-40544 (Mooney); 42-40744 (James)	Flown from base near Bengasi, Libya
8		13-Aug-43	Wiener-Neustadt	A/I		Took off from Bengasi, landed in Tunisia
9		16-Aug-43	Foggia	A/F		Flown from base near Bengasi, Libya
10		19-Aug-43	Foggia	M/Y		Flown from base near Bengasi, Libya
11		21-Aug-43	Cancello	A/F		Flown from base near Bengasi, Libya
12	91	6-Sep-43	Diversion
13	92	7-Sep-43	Leeuwarden	A/F		Bombed a convoy off Texel as T/O
14	94	9-Sep-43	St. Omer	A/F
15	95	15-Sep-43	Chartres	A/F
16		21-Sep-43	Bastia			Flown from base in Tunisia
17		24-Sep-43	Pisa	M/Y		Flown from base in Tunisia
18		25-Sep-43	Pisa	M/Y		Flown from base in Tunisia; Aborted due to weather.
19		1-Oct-43	Wiener-Neustadt	A/I	42-40775 (Matson)	Flown from base in Tunisia
20	111	8-Oct-43	Vegesack	U/Y	42-63958 (Fuerst)
21	113	9-Oct-43	Danzig	U/Y
22	114	10-Oct-43	Diversion
23	115	14-Oct-43	Diversion			Aborted due to weather.
24	116	20-Oct-43	Diversion			Aborted due to weather.
25	119	3-Nov-43	Wilhelmhaven	P/A
26	121	5-Nov-43	Munster	M/Y
27	130	13-Nov-43	Bremen	P/A	42-72875 (Peterson); 42-72868 (Connelly )
28	131	16-Nov-43	Rjuken	I/A
29	132	18-Nov-43	Kjeller	A/F	42-40787 (McCormick)
30	138	26-Nov-43	Bremen	City	42-40749 (Braly)
31	143	30-Nov-43	Solingen	I/A		Aborted due to weather.
32	145	1-Dec-43	Solingen	I/A	42-40793 (Conners); 42-72876 (Fravega); 42-72856 (Fletcher)
33	149	5-Dec-43	Cognac	A/F	42-40738 (Mason)
34	151	11-Dec-43	Emden	I/A
35	154	13-Dec-43	Kiel	P/A
36	156	16-Dec-43	Bremen	P/A
37	159	20-Dec-43	Bremen	P/A	41-28589 (Laurens)
38	161	22-Dec-43	Osnabruck	C/C	42-40702 (Lambert)
39	164	24-Dec-43	Eclimeux	V/S
40	169	30-Dec-43	Ludwigshafen	P/A or O/R	42-7766 (Colby); 42-63973 (Schaefer)
41	171	31-Dec-43	St. Jean D'Angeley	A/F
42	174	4-Jan-44	Kiel	P/A
43	176	5-Jan-44	Kiel	S/Y
44	178	7-Jan-44	Ludwigshafen	I/A	42-40747 (Mattson); 42-41013 (Wilhite); 42-7593 (Smith); 42-63977 (Cooper)
45	182	11-Jan-44	Brunswick	A/I
46	183	14-Jan-44	Eclimeux	V/S
47	187	21-Jan-44	Pas de Calais	V/S
48	198	29-Jan-44	Frankfurt	???	42-40795 (Podolak); 42-72833 (Dout)
49	200	30-Jan-44	Brunswick	A/I
50	203	31-Jan-44	Siracourt	V/S
51	205	2-Feb-44	Siracourt	V/S
52	208	4-Feb-44	Frankfurt	M/Y
53	212	6-Feb-44	Elimeaux	V/S
54	216	10-Feb-44	Gilze-Rijen	A/F	42-100046 (Loebs)
55	218	11-Feb-44	Siracourt	V/S
56	220	12-Feb-44	Siracourt	V/S
57	221	13-Feb-44	Calais Area	V/S
58	226	20-Feb-44	Brunswick	A/I	42-100085(Blakeman)	"Big Week"
59	228	21-Feb-44	Diepholz	A/F		"Big Week"
60	230	22-Feb-44	Gotha	A/I		"Big Week"
61	233	24-Feb-44	Gotha	A/I	42-40733 (McMullin); 42-40619 (Carlton); 42-40807 (Gold); 42-73504(Belanger); 42-100280 (Brown); 42-100338 (White); 42-109828 (Nowalk)	"Big Week"
62	235	25-Feb-44	Furth	A/I		"Big Week"
63	244	2-Mar-44	Frankfurt	M/Y
64	248	5-Mar-44	Landes de Bussac	A/F	42-100421 (Tucker)
65	250	6-Mar-44	Berlin / Genshagen	I/A	42-100424 (Griesel)
66	252	8-Mar-44	Berlin / Erkner	B/I	42-99975 (Kendrick); 42-100375 (MacArthur)
67	253	9-Mar-44	Berlin / Brandenburg	A/I
68	255	11-Mar-44	Wizernes	V/S
69	257	13-Mar-44	Pas de Calais	V/S
70	259	15-Mar-44	Brunswick	I/A
71	262	16-Mar-44	Fredrichshafen	A/I	42-100332 (Snyder)
72	264	18-Mar-44	Fredrichshafen	A/I
73	269	20-Mar-44	Frankfurt	???		Bombed Bretuit A/F as T/O
74	273	22-Mar-44	Berlin / Basdorf	A/I
75	275	23-Mar-44	Munster	T/O
76	277	24-Mar-44	St. Dizier	A/F
77	280	26-Mar-44	Siracourt	V/S
78	282	27-Mar-44	Pau	A/F
79	287	1-Apr-44	Pforzheim	T/O	42-72866 (Knowles); 42-99977 (Eline); 41-28763 (Teague)
80	291	8-Apr-44	Brunswick	A/I
81	293	9-Apr-44	Tutow	A/I	42-63961 (Pendergast)
82	295	10-Apr-44	Orleans/Bricy	A/F	42-99992 (Nance)
83	298	11-Apr-44	Oschersleben	A/I	42-73498 (Jweid); 42-109798 (Downey) ; 42-109817 (Wyatt)
84	300	12-Apr-44	Zwickau	A/I
85	301	13-Apr-44	Oberpfaffenhafen	A/I
86	306	18-Apr-44	Rathenow	A/I
87	308	19-Apr-44	Paderborn	A/F
88	309	20-Apr-44	Wizernes	V/S
89	311	22-Apr-44	Hamm	M/Y	42-63963 (Stotter)
90	315	24-Apr-44	Gablingen	A/F
91	317	25-Apr-44	Mannheim	M/Y
92	319	26-Apr-44	Paderborn	A/F		Unable to bomb due to weather
93	322	27-Apr-44	Watten	V/S
94	325	28-Apr-44	Mimoyecques	V/S
95	327	29-Apr-44	Berlin	I/A	41-28676 (Higgins); 41-28784 (Locke)
96	329	30-Apr-44	Siracourt	V/S
98	333	1-May-44	Brussels	M/Y
97	332	1-May-44	Pas de Calais	V/S
99	335	2-May-44	Pas de Calais	V/S
100	342	7-May-44	Osnabruck	I/A	42-100422 (Schott)
101	344	8-May-44	Brunswick	I/A
102	347	9-May-44	Florennes	A/F	41-29451 (Shepherd)
103	350	11-May-44	Belfort	M/Y
104	353	12-May-44	Zeitz	O/I	41-28715 (Avery)
105	355	13-May-44	Tutow	A/I
106	356	15-May-44	Siracourt	V/S
107	358	19-May-44	Brunswick	A/I
108	359	20-May-44	Reims	A/F
109	364	23-May-44	Orleans/Bricy	A/F
110	367	24-May-44	Orly	A/F
111	370	25-May-44	Fe Camp	C/D
112	373	27-May-44	Saarbrucken	M/Y	42-94951 (Reid); 42-95091 (Leininger)
113	376	28-May-44	Merseburg	O/I	42-110074 (Eley)
114	379	29-May-44	Politz	O/I	42-94973 (Forsyth)
115	380	30-May-44	Oldenburg	A/D
116	382	31-May-44	Luna	M/Y		Recalled due to weather
117	384	2-Jun-44	Pas de Calais	V/S
118	388	3-Jun-44	Pas de Calais	C/D
119	391	4-Jun-44	Pas de Calais	C/D
120	392	5-Jun-44	Pas de Calais	C/D
121	394	6-Jun-44	St. Laurant-Sur-Mer	TACT/T		D-Day: Mission 1
122	394	6-Jun-44	St. Lo	TACT/T		D-Day: Mission 2
123	395	6-Jun-44	Caen	TACT/T		D-Day: Mission 3
124	397	7-Jun-44	Argentan	TACT/T
125	400	8-Jun-44	Rennes	BR
126	403	10-Jun-44	Boulogne	TACT/T
127	405	11-Jun-44	Cormeilles-en-Vexin	A/F
128	405	11-Jun-44	Leport-Boulet	BR
129	407	12-Jun-44	Montfort	BR
130	407	12-Jun-44	Conches	A/F
131	410	13-Jun-44	Montfort	BR
132	412	14-Jun-44	Chateaudun	A/F
133	414	15-Jun-44	Leport-Boulet	R/B
134	418	17-Jun-44	Bretigny	A/F
135	421	18-Jun-44	Bremen	O/R		Weather forced bombing of T/O via PFF
136	423	19-Jun-44	Pas de Calais	V/S
137	425	20-Jun-44	Politz	O/I	42-100146 (Leslie); 41-28779 (Purcell); 41-28787 (Vivian); 42-100190 (Roeder); 42-95144 (Chappelle)
138	426	20-Jun-44	Autheux	V/S
139	428	21-Jun-44	Berlin / Genshagen	I/A	42-52579 (Patterson); 42-109794 (McAuliffe); 42-50371 (Schukar); 42-95044 (O'Steen); 42-95122 (Hartquist); 42-95145 (Core)
140	429	21-Jun-44	St. Martin-D'Hortier	V/S
141	435	23-Jun-44	Juvincourt	A/F
142	439	24-Jun-44	Bretigny	V/S
143		25-Jun-44	Belle-Crois-Las-Broyeres	???
144	441	25-Jun-44	Holque	TACT/T
145	442	25-Jun-44	Buc	A/F	41-28793 (Titus); 41-28796 (Kleinshrot)
146	445	28-Jun-44	Saarbrucken	M/Y	42-95056 (Saari)
147	447	29-Jun-44	Neuhaldensleben	A/I
148	448	1-Jul-44	Pas de Calais	V/S		Recalled due to weather
149	450	2-Jul-44	Renescure	V/S
150	453	5-Jul-44	Mery Mur Oise	V/S
151	455	6-Jul-44	Pas de Calais	V/S
152	456	6-Jul-44	Pas de Calais	V/S
153	458	7-Jul-44	Halle	O/I	41-28824 (Brown); 42-50374 (Kissling); 42-95029 (Baney); 42-51144 (Bates); 42-50617 (McGee)
154	460	8-Jul-44	Pas de Calais	V/S		Recalled due to weather
155	466	11-Jul-44	Munich	M/Y	41-28713 (Woodard)
156	469	12-Jul-44	Munich	I/A	41-28948 (Vann)
157	471	13-Jul-44	Saarbrucken	M/Y
158	476	16-Jul-44	Saarbrucken	M/Y
159	478	17-Jul-44	Belfort & St.Dizier	M/Y
160	481	18-Jul-44	Hubert La Folie	TACT/T
161	482	19-Jul-44	Laupheim	A/F	42-100281 (Deeter)
162	484	20-Jul-44	Gotha	A/I		Bombed Friedberg M/Y as T/O
163	486	21-Jul-44	Saarbrucken	M/Y	42-95077 (Caldwell)
164	490	23-Jul-44	Laon	A/F
165	492	24-Jul-44	St. Lo Area B	TACT/T		Haze caused group to bomb T/O
166	494	25-Jul-44	St. Lo Area B	TACT/T	42-95026 (Roe); 42-50478 (Schwermin)
167	501	28-Jul-44	Paris	TACT/T		Weather prevented bombing
168	503	29-Jul-44	Bremen	O/I
169	507	31-Jul-44	Ludwigshafen	C/I
170	508	1-Aug-44	Nogent Sur Seine	BR
171	510	2-Aug-44	Nogent Sur Seine	BR
172	512	3-Aug-44	Paris	BR		Weather forced bombing of T/O
173	514	4-Aug-44	Schwerin	A/I
174	519	5-Aug-44	Brunswick	A/I	42-95184 (Schieven)
175	524	6-Aug-44	Hamburg	O/R
176	527	7-Aug-44	Reques-sur-Course	BR
177	530	8-Aug-44	Pas de Calais	V/S
178	533	9-Aug-44	Saarbrucken	M/Y
179	541	11-Aug-44	Strasbourg	F/D
180	548	13-Aug-44	St. Malo	C/D
181	552	14-Aug-44	T.T. Pt. Fismes Lee Chateau	BR
182	554	15-Aug-44	Zwischenahn	A/F
183	556	16-Aug-44	Dessau	A/I	42-109795 (Yoders)
184	561	18-Aug-44	Metz	A/F
185	568	24-Aug-44	Brunswick	A/I	42-50649 (Van Heusen)
186	570	25-Aug-44	Wismar	A/I
187	572	25-Aug-44	Tertre & LaLouviere	C/P
188	576	26-Aug-44	Emmerich	O/R
189	583	27-Aug-44	Berlin / Basdorf	I/A		Recalled due to weather
190	590	30-Aug-44	Fleury	V/S
191	595	1-Sep-44	Ludwigshafen	???		Recalled due to weather, no credit
192	605	5-Sep-44	Karlsruhe	M/Y	42-95205 (Fanelli); 42-50511 (Frazee)
193	611	8-Sep-44	Karlsruhe	M/Y	42-94822 (Mabe)
194	614	9-Sep-44	Mainz	M/Y
195	619	10-Sep-44	Ulm	M/Y
196	623	11-Sep-44	Misburg	O/I
197	628	13-Sep-44	Ulm	M/D
198	647	25-Sep-44	Koblenz	M/Y
199	648	26-Sep-44	Hamm	M/Y
200	650	27-Sep-44	Kassel	AFV/I
201	652	28-Sep-44	Kassel	AFV/I	42-95071 (Peterson)
202	655	30-Sep-44	Hamm	M/Y
203	659	2-Oct-44	Hamm	M/Y
204	662	3-Oct-44	Speyer	A/F
205	665	5-Oct-44	Rheine M/Y	M/Y
206	667	6-Oct-44	Harburg / Rhenania	O/I
207	669	7-Oct-44	Kassel	AFV/V
208	670	9-Oct-44	Koblenz	M/Y
209	674	12-Oct-44	Osnabruck	M/Y
210	676	14-Oct-44	Kaiserlautern	???
211	678	15-Oct-44	Reisholz	O/R	42-50760 (Hanzlick)
212	681	17-Oct-44	Cologne / Kalk	M/Y
213	682	18-Oct-44	Cologne / Nippes	M/Y
214	683	19-Oct-44	Mainz	M/Y	42-50842 (Coletti)
215	685	22-Oct-44	Hamm	M/Y
216	688	25-Oct-44	Neumunster	A/F
217	689	26-Oct-44	Munster	I/A
218	693	30-Oct-44	Hamburg / Harburg	O/R
219	696	1-Nov-44	Gelsenkirchen / Buer	O/I
220	698	2-Nov-44	Bielefeld	M/Y
221	700	4-Nov-44	Gelsenkirchen	O/I
222	702	5-Nov-44	Karlsruhe	M/Y
223	704	6-Nov-44	Sterkrade	O/I
224	707	9-Nov-44	Metz	TACT/T
225	709	10-Nov-44	Hanau / Langendiebach	A/F
226	712	11-Nov-44	Bottrop	O/R
227	720	21-Nov-44	Hamburg	O/I
228	723	25-Nov-44	Bingen	M/Y
229	725	26-Nov-44	Misburg	O/I	44-10579 (Hicks)
230	727	27-Nov-44	Offenburg	M/Y
231	729	29-Nov-44	Altenbeken	R/V
232	731	30-Nov-44	Homburg	M/Y
233	734	2-Dec-44	Bingen	M/Y	42-50366 (Kley)
234	736	4-Dec-44	Bebra	M/Y
235	738	5-Dec-44	Munster	M/Y
236	741	6-Dec-44	Minden Canal Locks	R/J
237	745	10-Dec-44	Bingen	M/Y
238	746	11-Dec-44	Maximiliansau RR Bridge	BR
239	748	12-Dec-44	Hanau	M/Y	42-50662 (Kagan)
240	754	18-Dec-44	Mainz/Cologne/Bonn	M/Y		Recalled due to weather, no credit
241	756	19-Dec-44	Ehrang	M/Y
242	757	23-Dec-44	Junkenrath	C/C
243	760	24-Dec-44	Cochem	C/C
244	761	25-Dec-44	Wahlen	C/C	42-100372 (Chippeaux); 42-95028 (Hutchens); 42-50612 (Price)
245	764	27-Dec-44	Kaiserlautern	R/B
246	766	28-Dec-44	Homburg	M/Y
247	769	29-Dec-44	Feusdorf	C/C
248	770	30-Dec-44	Auskirchen	R/B
249	772	31-Dec-44	Koblenz	R/B
250	774	1-Jan-45	Koblenz	R/B
251	776	2-Jan-45	Koblenz	R/B
252	778	3-Jan-45	Homburg	M/Y
253	781	5-Jan-45	Neustadt	M/Y
254	783	6-Jan-45	Bonn	H/B
255	785	7-Jan-45	Zweibrucken	M/Y
256	789	10-Jan-45	Steinbruck	H/B
257	791	13-Jan-45	Rudesheim	R/B
258	792	14-Jan-45	Ehman	O/D
259	796	16-Jan-45	Magdeburg / Rothensee	O/I
260	798	17-Jan-45	Harburg	O/I
261	809	28-Jan-45	Kaiserstuhl	O/I	42-50558 (Berthelsen)
262	811	29-Jan-45	Hamm	M/Y	44-40476 (Statton)
263	813	31-Jan-45	Hallendorf	???		Recalled due to weather, no credit
264	817	3-Feb-45	Magdeburg	O/I	42-50551 (Bonnar)
265	821	6-Feb-45	Magdeburg	M/Y
266	824	9-Feb-45	Bielefeld	R/V
267	830	14-Feb-45	Magdeburg	M/Y	44-40109 (Weiss)
268	832	15-Feb-45	Magdeburg	O/I
269	833	16-Feb-45	Rheine	M/Y
270	834	17-Feb-45	Frankfurt Area?	O/I		Recalled due to weather, no credit
271	835	19-Feb-45	Jungenthal	M/I	42-95088 (Mercer)
272	836	20-Feb-45	Nurnberg	M/Y		Bombed Steig as T/O due to weather
273	839	21-Feb-45	Nurnberg	M/Y
274	841	22-Feb-45	Sangerhausen	M/Y
275	843	23-Feb-45	Paderborn	M/Y
276	845	24-Feb-45	Lehrte	M/Y	42-95240 (Kinel)
277	847	25-Feb-45	Giebelstadt	A/F
278	849	26-Feb-45	Berlin	R/S
279	851	27-Feb-45	Halle	M/Y
280	854	28-Feb-45	Arnsburg	R/V
281	857	1-Mar-45	Ingolstadt	M/Y
282	859	2-Mar-45	Magdeburg	O/I
283	861	3-Mar-45	Magdeburg	O/R
284	863	4-Mar-45	Giebelstadt / Aschaffenburg	A/F
285	865	5-Mar-45	Hamburg	O/I
286	869	7-Mar-45	Soest	M/Y
287	872	8-Mar-45	Siegen	M/Y
288	875	9-Mar-45	Munster	M/Y	44-49382 (Hunter)
289	877	10-Mar-45	Paderborn	M/Y
290	881	11-Mar-45	Kiel	U/Y
291	883	12-Mar-45	Swinemunde	M/Y
292	889	15-Mar-45	Zossen - German Army HQ	C/C	44-10510 (Chamberlain)
293	892	17-Mar-45	Munster	M/Y
294	894	18-Mar-45	Berlin / Henningsdorf	AFV/I
295	896	19-Mar-45	Baumenheim	AFV/I
296	898	20-Mar-45	Hemmingstadt	O/I
297	904	21-Mar-45	Essen / Mulheim	A/F
298	906	22-Mar-45	Giebelstadt	A/F
299	908	23-Mar-45	Munster	M/Y	42-95588 (Boone)
300	911	24-Mar-45	Tactical (VARSITY)	S/D	44-40245 (Bennett); 42-50779 (Bloore)	Operation VARSITY supply drop for airborne
301	911	24-Mar-45	Stormede	A/F
302	913	25-Mar-45	Ehmen	O/D
303	918	30-Mar-45	Wilhelmhaven	U/Y
304	920	31-Mar-45	Brunswick	M/Y	44-40439 (Crock)
305	922	2-Apr-45	Denmark	A/F		Recalled due to weather, no credit
306	926	4-Apr-45	Parchim	A/F	42-50653 (Harris)
307	928	5-Apr-45	Plauen	M/Y	44-50747 (Young)
308	930	6-Apr-45	Halle	M/Y
309	931	7-Apr-45	Duneberg	M/I	44-49254 (Dallas); 44-49533 (Kunkel)	Lead aircaft rammed by Luftwaffe fighter
310	932	8-Apr-45	Furth / Blumenthal	A/I
311	935	9-Apr-45	Memmingen	A/F
312	938	10-Apr-45	Rechlin	A/F
313	941	11-Apr-45	Amberg	M/Y
314	948	14-Apr-45	Royan	C/D	42-50774 (Ansel); 42-51233 (Bush)
315	951	15-Apr-45	Royan	C/D
316	954	16-Apr-45	Landshut	M/Y
317	957	17-Apr-45	Falkenau	R/B
318	962	20-Apr-45	Zwiesel	R/B
319	963	21-Apr-45	Salsburg M/Y	M/Y
320	968	25-Apr-45	Salsburg M/Y	M/Y

		Target Type Glossary
		???	Unknown	M/I	Munitions Industry
		A/D	Air Depot	M/Y	Marshalling Yard
		A/F	Airfield	O/D	Oil Depot
		A/I	Aicraft Industry	O/I	Oil Industry
		AFV/I	AFV Industry	O/R	Oil Refinery
		B/I	Ball Bearing Industry	P/A	Port Area
		BR	Bridge	R/B	River Bridge
		C/C	Communication Center	R/J	Rail Junction
		C/D	Coastal Defenses	R/S	Rail Station
		C/I	Chemical Industry	R/V	River Viaduct
		C/P	Choke Points	S/D	Supply Drop
		City	City Center	S/Y	Ship Yard
		F/D	Fuel Depot	T/O	Target of Opportunity
		H/B	Highway Bridge	TACT/T	Tactical Target
		I/A	Industrial Area	U/Y	U-Boat Yard
		M/D	Munitions Depot	V/S	V-Weapon Site