398th Mission Reports
Transcription Status
An undertaking is underway to transcribe Mission Narratives, Flight Logs, and Interrogation Reports to our 398th web site. The table below indicates the current status of this effort.
Data was transcribed from the official 398th Maxwell Records. These "Official WWII 8th AAF 398th Bomb Group Historical Data" are part of the 8th AAF Maxwell AFB Records and are available on Microfilmand recently on CD. These are referred commonly referred to as the Maxwell Records.
There were a number of volunteers in this effort and they are noted below and we thank them all for the major effort that they put in.
Volunteers Key:
- Brass: Mission Log transcriptions provided by Ted Brass, son of Ernest Brass Jr., Navigator from the 601st Squadron Joe Wierney crew.
- Collins: Mission Report transcriptions provided by Ann Collins, daughter of Phillip Collins, Ball Turret Gunner from the 601st Squadron Saul Marias Crew.
- Jordan: Mission Report transcriptions provided by Dave Jordan, son of Ed Jordan, pilot, 603rd Squadron.
- Linfors: Mission Log transcriptions provided by Eric Linfors, son-in-law of Clyde H. Welker, Co-Pilot from the 600th Howard Riley crew.
- Mansell: Mission Report transcriptions provided by Joe Mansell, Engineer, 602nd Squadron
- Nixon: Interrogation Report transcriptions provided by David Nixon, great nephew of Edwin M. Steinberger, navigator 602nd Squadron.
- Taylor: Formation Chart provided by William P. Taylor, Bombardier from the 603rd Squadron.
See also 398th Mission Formation Charts - Transcription Status - a snapshot in a single page of the formation charts on-line for each 398th mission.
| Mission No. | Mission Date and Place | Flight Logs from Maxwell Records | Operation Officer's Reports from Maxwell Records | Group Bombardier's Reports from Maxwell Records | Interrogation Reports from Maxwell Records |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1944 | |||||
| 1 | 06 Sottevast, Fr. (1) | Brass | |||
| 2 | 07 Berlin | Brass | |||
| 3 | 08 Berlin | Brass | |||
| 4 | 09 St. Dizier, France | Brass | |||
| 5 | 11 Sarreguemines (5) | Brass | |||
| 6 | 12 Lutzkendorf | Brass | |||
| 7 | 13 Politz | Brass | |||
| 8 | 19 Berlin | ||||
| 9 | 20 Villacoublay, Fr. | ||||
| 10 | 22 Kiel (10) | ||||
| 11 | 23 Saarbrucken | ||||
| 12 | 24 Berlin | ||||
| 13 | 25 Nancy/Essey, Fr. | ||||
| 14 | 27 Ludwigshafen | ||||
| 15 | 28 Ruhland (15) | ||||
| 16 | 29 Posen [Poznan], Pol. | ||||
| 17 | 30 Dessau | ||||
| 18 | 31 Mulhouse, France | ||||
| Mission No. | Mission Date and Place | Flight Logs | Operation Officer's Reports | Group Bombardier's Reports | Interrogation Reports |
| June 1944 | |||||
| 19 | 02 Boulogne, France | ||||
| 20 | 02 Paliseau, France (20) | ||||
| 21 | 03 Maninen, France | ||||
| 22 | 03 Manihen, France | ||||
| 23 | 04 Hardelot, France | ||||
| 24 | 05 Trouville, France | ||||
| 25 | 06 Courseulles, France (25) | ||||
| 26 | 06 Caen, France | ||||
| 27 | 07 Kerlin-Bastard, France | ||||
| 28 | 08 Tours, France | ||||
| 29 | 10 Le Touquet, France | ||||
| 30 | 12 Lille-Nord, France (30) | ||||
| 31 | 13 Beauvais, France | ||||
| 32 | 15 Bordeaux, France | ||||
| 33 | 18 Hamburg | ||||
| 34 | 19 Cazaux, France | ||||
| 35 | 20 Hamburg (35) | ||||
| 36 | 21 Berlin | ||||
| 37 | 22 LaVaupaliere, France | ||||
| 38 | 23 Fiefs, France | ||||
| 39 | 24 Belloy-sur-Somme, France | ||||
| 40 | 25 Toulouse, France (40) | ||||
| 41 | 27 Biennais, France | ||||
| Mission No. | Mission Date and Place | Flight Logs | Operation Officer's Reports | Group Bombardier's Reports | Interrogation Reports |
| July 1944 | |||||
| 42 | 04 Tours, France | ||||
| 43 | 06 Cauchie D'Ecques, France | ||||
| 44 | 07 Leipzig | ||||
| 45 | 08 Humieres-Fresnoy, France (45) | ||||
| 46 | 09 Humieres, France | ||||
| 47 | 11 Munich | ||||
| 48 | 12 Munich | ||||
| 49 | 13 Munich | ||||
| 50 | 16 Munich (50) | ||||
| 51 | 18 Peenemunde | ||||
| 52 | 19 Lechfeld | ||||
| 53 | 20 Dessau | ||||
| 54 | 24 St. Lo, France | ||||
| 55 | 25 St. Lo, France (55) | Brass | |||
| 56 | 28 Merseburg | Brass | |||
| 57 | 29 Merseburg | ||||
| 58 | 31 Munich | ||||
| Mission No. | Mission Date and Place | Flight Logs | Operation Officer's Reports | Group Bombardier's Reports | Interrogation Reports |
| August 1944 | |||||
| 59 | 01 Villaroche, France | ||||
| 60 | 03 Saarbrucken (60) | ||||
| 61 | 04 Peenemunde | ||||
| 62 | 05 Doliberg | ||||
| 63 | 06 Brandenburg | ||||
| 64 | 08 Cauvicourt, France | Hunter's Narrative Report via Mansell | Doerr's via Mansell | ||
| 65 | 09 Saarbrucken (65) | ||||
| 66 | 11 Brest, France | ||||
| 67 | 12 Versailles, France | Mansell | Doerr's via Mansell | ||
| 68 | 13 Le Manoir, France | ||||
| 69 | 15 Ostheim | Collins | Collins (Lead Narrative complete) | ||
| 70 | 16 Delitzsch (70) | Collins | Collins | ||
| 71 | 24 Kolleda | Collins | Collins | ||
| 72 | 25 Neubrandenburg | ||||
| 73 | 26 Gelsenkirchen | Collins | Collins | ||
| 74 | 27 Schoenfeld | ||||
| 75 | 30 Kiel (75) | ||||
| Mission No. | Mission Date and Place | Flight Logs | Operation Officer's Reports | Group Bombardier's Reports | Interrogation Reports |
| September 1944 | |||||
| 76 | 03 Ludwigshafen | Taylor (Operational Summary) | Jordan's via Jordan | ||
| 77 | 05 Ludwigshafen | Collins | Collins | ||
| 78 | 08 Ludwigshafen | ||||
| 79 | 09 Mannheim | ||||
| 80 | 10 Stuttgart (80) | ||||
| 81 | 12 Brux, Czech | Collins | Collins | ||
| 82 | 13 Lutzkendorf | ||||
| 83 | 17 Eindhoven, Holland | ||||
| 84 | 19 Hamm | Linfors | |||
| 85 | 22 Kassel (85) | ||||
| 86 | 25 Frankfurt | ||||
| 87 | 26 Osnabruck | ||||
| 88 | 27 Cologne | ||||
| 89 | 28 Magdeburg | ||||
| 90 | 30 Munster (90) | ||||
| Mission No. | Mission Date and Place | Flight Logs | Operation Officer's Reports | Group Bombardier's Reports | Interrogation Reports |
| October 1944 | |||||
| 91 | 02 Kassel | ||||
| 92 | 03 Nurnberg | ||||
| 93 | 05 Cologne | ||||
| 94 | 06 Neubrandenburg | ||||
| 95 | 07 Brux, Czech (95) | ||||
| 96 | 09 Schweinfurt | ||||
| 97 | 14 Cologne | ||||
| 98 | 15 Cologne | ||||
| 99 | 17 Cologne | ||||
| 100 | 22 Brunswick (100) | ||||
| 101 | 26 Munster | ||||
| 102 | 28 Munster | ||||
| 103 | 30 Hamm | ||||
| Mission No. | Mission Date and Place | Flight Logs | Operation Officer's Reports | Group Bombardier's Reports | Interrogation Reports |
| November 1944 | |||||
| 104 | 02 Merseburg | ||||
| 105 | 04 Harburg (105) | ||||
| 106 | 05 Frankfurt | ||||
| 107 | 08 Merseburg | ||||
| 108 | 09 Metz, France | ||||
| 109 | 10 Cologne | ||||
| 110 | 21 Merseburg (110) | ||||
| 111 | 25 Merseburg | ||||
| 112 | 26 Misburg | ||||
| 113 | 27 Offenburg | ||||
| 114 | 29 Misburg | ||||
| 115 | 30 Merseburg (115) | ||||
| Mission No. | Mission Date and Place | Flight Logs | Operation Officer's Reports | Group Bombardier's Reports | Interrogation Reports |
| December 1944 | |||||
| 116 | 04 Soest | ||||
| 117 | 05 Berlin | ||||
| 118 | 09 Stuttgart | ||||
| 119 | 11 Frankfurt | ||||
| 120 | 12 Merseburg (120) | ||||
| 121 | 15 Kassel | Nixon | |||
| 122 | 18 Cologne | Nixon | |||
| 123 | 24 Koblenz | Nixon | |||
| 124 | 28 Koblenz | ||||
| 125 | 29 Bingen (125) | ||||
| 126 | 30 Bischofsheim | ||||
| 127 | 31 Blumenthal | ||||
| Mission No. | Mission Date and Place | Flight Logs | Operation Officer's Reports | Group Bombardier's Reports | Interrogation Reports |
| January 1945 | |||||
| 128 | 01 Kassel | ||||
| 129 | 03 Cologne | ||||
| 130 | 05 Kall (130) | ||||
| 131 | 06 Cologne | ||||
| 132 | 08 Speyer | ||||
| 133 | 10 Ostheim | ||||
| 134 | 13 Germersheim | ||||
| 135 | 17 Paderborn (135) | ||||
| 136 | 20 Mannheim | ||||
| 137 | 21 Aschaffenburg | ||||
| 138 | 22 Sterkrade | ||||
| 139 | 23 Neuss | ||||
| 140 | 28 Cologne (140) | ||||
| 141 | 29 Niederlahnstein | ||||
| Mission No. | Mission Date and Place | Flight Logs | Operation Officer's Reports | Group Bombardier's Reports | Interrogation Reports |
| February 1945 | |||||
| 142 | 01 Mannheim | ||||
| 143 | 03 Berlin | ||||
| 144 | 06 Chemnitz | ||||
| 145 | 09 Altenbeken (145) | ||||
| 146 | 14 Prague, Czech | ||||
| 147 | 15 Dresden | ||||
| 148 | 16 Munster | ||||
| 149 | 19 Munster | ||||
| 150 | 20 Nurnburg (150) | ||||
| 151 | 21 Nurnburg | ||||
| 152 | 22 Stendal | ||||
| 153 | 23 Eger, Czech | ||||
| 154 | 25 Munich | ||||
| 155 | 27 Leipzig (155) | ||||
| 156 | 28 Schwerte | ||||
| Mission No. | Mission Date and Place | Flight Logs | Operation Officer's Reports | Group Bombardier's Reports | Interrogation Reports |
| March 1945 | |||||
| 157 | 01 Neckarsulm | ||||
| 158 | 02 Bohlen | ||||
| 159 | 03 Chemnitz | ||||
| 160 | 04 Ulm (160) | Nixon | |||
| 161 | 05 Chemnitz | ||||
| 162 | 07 Siegen | ||||
| 163 | 08 Huls | ||||
| 164 | 09 Kassel | Nixon | |||
| 165 | 10 Sinsen (165) | ||||
| 166 | 11 Bremen | ||||
| 167 | 12 Dillenberg | ||||
| 168 | 14 Osnabruck | ||||
| 169 | 15 Oranienburg | ||||
| 170 | 17 Bohlen (170) | ||||
| 171 | 18 Berlin | ||||
| 172 | 19 Plauen | ||||
| 173 | 21 Rheine | ||||
| 174 | 22 Dorsten | ||||
| 175 | 23 Coesfeld (175) | ||||
| 176 | 24 Achmer | ||||
| 177 | 24 Twente/Enschede, Holland | ||||
| 178 | 28 Berlin | ||||
| 179 | 30 Bremen | ||||
| 180 | 31 Halle (180) | ||||
| Mission No. | Mission Date and Place | Flight Logs | Operation Officer's Reports | Group Bombardier's Reports | Interrogation Reports |
| April 1945 | |||||
| 181 | 04 Reinsehlen | ||||
| 182 | 05 Grafenwohr | Nixon | |||
| 183 | 07 Kohlenbissen | ||||
| 184 | 08 Derben | ||||
| 185 | 09 Oberpfaffenhofen (185) | ||||
| 186 | 10 Oranienburg | Nixon | |||
| 187 | 11 Kraiburg | ||||
| 188 | 13 Neumunster | ||||
| 189 | 15 Fort Royan, France | Nixon | |||
| 190 | 16 Regensburg (190) | ||||
| 191 | 17 Dresden | Nixon | |||
| 192 | 18 Rosenheim | Nixon | |||
| 193 | 19 Elsterwerda | ||||
| 194 | 21 Munich | Nixon | |||
| 195 | 25 Pilsen, Czech (195) |