| 389th Chronology | ||||
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| Date | M# | Target/Location | Event/Notes | Detail |
| 1-Aug-44 | 170 | Nogent Sur Seine | ||
| 2-Aug-44 | 171 | Nogent Sur Seine | ||
| 3-Aug-44 | 172 | Paris | ||
| 4-Aug-44 | 173 | Schwerin | ||
| 5-Aug-44 | 174 | Brunswick | (42-95184 P-) w/ pilot Schieven shot down by AA -- 7 KIA, 3 POW | Detail |
| 6-Aug-44 | 175 | Harhurg | ||
| 7-Aug-44 | 176 | Reques Sur Course | ||
| 8-Aug-44 | 177 | Tactical | ||
| 9-Aug-44 | 178 | Saarbrucken | GOVERNMENT GIRL (42-50726) crash lands in England (Hethel?) and is salvaged the next day. | |
| 11-Aug-44 | 179 | Strasbourg | ||
| 13-Aug-44 | 180 | St. Malo | ||
| 14-Aug-44 | 181 | Fismes Aniry Le Chateau | ||
| 15-Aug-44 | 182 | Zwischenahn | ||
| 16-Aug-44 | 183 | Dessau | Q-BAR QUEENIE (42-109795 Q-) w/ pilot Yoders shot down by AA -- 7 KIA, 3 POW | Detail |
| 17-Aug-44 | Hethel, England | Col. Ramsey Potts assumes command of the 389th BG. | ||
| 18-Aug-44 | 184 | Metz | ||
| 24-Aug-44 | 185 | Brunswick | (42-50649 -I) w/ pilot VanHeusen damaged by AA and forced to land in Sweden -- 10 INT | Detail |
| 25-Aug-44 | 186 | Wismar | ||
| 25-Aug-44 | 187 | Laloviere-Tertre | ||
| 26-Aug-44 | 188 | Emmerich | ||
| 27-Aug-44 | 189 | Basdorf | ||
| 30-Aug-44 | 190 | Fleury | ||
| 5-Sep-44 | 191 | Karlsruhe | The group loses three aircraft on this day. | |
| LONESOME POLECAT (42-95205 F) w/ pilot Fanelli damaged by AA and forced to land at Dubendorf, Switzerland -- 10 INT | Detail | |||
| (42-95212 H+) lost | Detail | |||
| (42-50511) w/ pilot Frazes lost due to AA -- 2 EVD, 4 KIA, 6 POW | Detail | |||
| 8-Sep-44 | 192 | Karlsruhe | SWEET PEA (42-94822 -J) w/ pilot Mabe shot down by AA -- 1 KIA, 9 POW | Detail |
| 9-Sep-44 | 193 | Mainz | ||
| 10-Sep-44 | 194 | Ulm | ||
| 11-Sep-44 | 195 | Misburg | BETTY JANE (44-40092 -H) w/pilot Olson damaged by AA. Nine of the crew bale out over Netherlands. Command Pilot Dowsell brings aircraft back to Hethel -- 1 RTD, 9 POW | Detail |
| 13-Sep-44 | 196 | Ulm | ||
| 21-Sep-44 | Hethel, England | I'VE HAD IT (42-100316 -R) crash lands, and is salvaged the next day | ||
| 25-Sep-44 | 197 | Coblenz | ||
| 26-Sep-44 | 198 | Hamm | ||
| 27-Sep-44 | 199 | Kassel | ||
| 28-Sep-44 | 200 | Kassel | POT LUCK (42-95071 K-) w/ pilot Peterson shot down by AA -- 5 KIA, 5 POW | Detail |
| 30-Sep-44 | 201 | Hamm M/Y | ||
| 2-Oct-44 | 202 | Hamm M/Y | ||
| 3-Oct-44 | 203 | Speyer A/D | ||
| 5-Oct-44 | 204 | Rheine M/Y | ||
| 6-Oct-44 | 205 | Hamburg | ||
| 7-Oct-44 | 206 | Kassel | ||
| 9-Oct-44 | 207 | Koblenz | ||
| 12-Oct-44 | 208 | Kassel | ||
| 14-Oct-44 | 209 | Kaiserlauten | ||
| 14-Oct-44 | 210 | Cologne | ||
| 15-Oct-44 | 211 | Reisholz | MAGGIE'S DRAWERS (42-50760) w/ pilot Hanzlick shot down by AA - 2 KIA, 8 POW | Detail |
| 17-Oct-44 | 212 | Cologne M/Y | ||
| 18-Oct-44 | 213 | Cologne | ||
| 19-Oct-44 | 214 | Mainz | ||
| 19-Oct-44 | 215 | Mainz | BETSY II (42-50842 J-) w/ pilot Coletti shot down by AA -- 3 KIA, 7 POW | Detail |
| 22-Oct-44 | 216 | Hamm | ||
| 25-Oct-44 | 217 | Gilsenkirchen | ||
| 25-Oct-44 | 218 | Neumunster | ||
| 26-Oct-44 | 219 | Bottrop | ||
| 30-Oct-44 | 220 | Hamburg | ||