| 389th Chronology | ||||
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| Date | M# | Target/Location | Event/Notes | Detail |
| 1-Apr-44 | 73 | Pforzheim | 389th BG loses three aircraft to flak | |
| JACKASS MALE (42-72866 Q) w/ pilot Knowles -- 7 KIA, 2 POW | Detail | |||
| (41-28763) w/ pilot Teague -- 1 KIA, 8 POW, 3 EVD | Detail | |||
| WHAT'S COOKIN' DOC (42-99977 P-) w/ pilot Eline -- 8 KIA, 2 POW | Detail | |||
| 8-Apr-44 | 74 | Braunschweig | ||
| 9-Apr-44 | 75 | Tutow | 389th BG loses two aircraft. One is lost to flak, and one to a mid-air collision. | |
| ZOOMIN' ZOMBIE! (42-63961 T) w/ pilot Pendergast shot down by AA -- 2 KIA, 8 POW | Detail | |||
| MIGHT OF THE EIGHTH (42-99982 H+) w/ pilot Reese lost in mid-air collision -- 9 KIA | Detail | |||
| 10-Apr-44 | 76 | Orleans/Bricy | FLAK MAGNET (42-99992 Z-) w/ pilot Nance shot down by German fighters -- 7 KIA, 2 POW, 2 EVD | Detail |
| 11-Apr-44 | 77 | Oschersleben | 389th BG loses three aircraft to enemy fighters | |
| (42-73498 G+) w/ pilot Jweid -- 1 KIA, 9 POW | Detail | |||
| (42-109798 -X) w/ pilot Downey -- 3 KIA, 7 POW | Detail | |||
| KANSAS CITY KITTY (42-109817 F-) w/ pilot Wyatt -- 5 KIA, 6 POW | Detail | |||
| 12-Apr-44 | 78 | Zwickau | -- | |
| 13-Apr-44 | 79 | Oherpfaffenhafen Lauffen | -- | |
| 18-Apr-44 | 80 | Rathenow | -- | |
| 19-Apr-44 | 81 | Paderhorn | -- | |
| 20-Apr-44 | 82 | Wizernes | (42-109791 N-) w/ pilot Cadenhead crash landed at xxxxx, England. All Returned OK. | |
| 22-Apr-44 | 83 | Hamm, Germany | (42-63963 X+) w/ pilot Capt. Stotter went down in Belgium -- 10 POW | Detail |
| 22-Apr-44 | 84 | Hamm | ||
| 24-Apr-44 | 85 | Gablingen | ||
| 25-Apr-44 | 86 | Mannheim | ||
| 26-Apr-44 | 87 | Gutersloh | ||
| 27-Apr-44 | 88 | No Ball (Watten) | ||
| 28-Apr-44 | 89 | No Ball | ||
| 29-Apr-44 | 90 | Berlin | 389th BG loses two aircraft on another trip to Berlin | |
| (41-28676 C) w/ pilot Higgins shot down by fighters -- 2 KIA, 9 POW | Detail | |||
| (41-28764) w/ pilot Locke ditched in North Sea -- 3 KIA, 4 POW, 3 RTD | Detail | |||
| 30-Apr-44 | 91 | Siracourt | ||
| 1-May-44 | 92 | No Ball | ||
| 1-May-44 | 93 | Brussels | ||
| 2-May-44 | 94 | Siracourt | ||
| 7-May-44 | 95 | Osnabruck | (42-100422 -Y) w/ pilot Schott damaged by AA, ditched -- 7 KIA, 2 RTD | Detail |
| 8-May-44 | 96 | Brunswick | ||
| 9-May-44 | 97 | Florennes/Juzainne | HELFER COLLEGE II (41-29451 M-) w/ pilot Shepherd damaged, ditched in English Channel -- 8 KIA, 2 RTD | Detail |
| 11-May-44 | 98 | Belfort | ||
| 12-May-44 | 99 | Zeitz | (41-28715 I) w/ pilot Avery shot down by AA & fighters -- 13 POW | Detail |
| 13-May-44 | 100 | Tutow | ||
| 15-May-44 | 101 | Siracourt | ||
| 19-May-44 | 102 | Brunswick | ||
| 20-May-44 | 103 | Rheims | ||
| 23-May-44 | 104 | Orleans/Bricy | ||
| 24-May-44 | 105 | Orly | ||
| 25-May-44 | Normandy Coast, France | 389th practices radar bombing for upcoming D-Day invasion | ||
| 25-May-44 | 106 | Troyes | ||
| 25-May-44 | 107 | No Ball | ||
| 27-May-44 | 108 | Saarbrucken | 389th BG loses two aircraft to flak | |
| WAR CHAMP (42-94951 T-) w/ pilot Reid lost to AA -- 4 KIA, 6 POW | Detail | |||
| (42-95091 L-) w/ pilot Leininger lost to AA -- 2 KIA, 8 POW | Detail | |||
| 27-May-44 | 109 | Fe Camp | ||
| 28-May-44 | 110 | Merseburg | SATAN'S MATE (42-110074 P-) w/ pilot Eley mechanical problem, ditched -- 6 KIA, 3 POW | Detail |
| 29-May-44 | 111 | Politz, Germany | (42-94973 F+) w/ pilot Forsyth landed in neutral Sweden after sustaining extensive damage from twin-engine German fighters using rockets -- Crew Interned - 2 WIA. | Detail |
| 30-May-44 | 112 | Oldenhurg | ||
| 31-May-44 | 113 | Luna | ||