Mission # 263

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 1 February 1945
Eighth Air Force Operations Operations description not yet available.
Mission
384th BG Mission Number 263, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 814
Secondary Target Attacked
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Previous Mission
The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the entire 41st B Combat Wing on today's mission. When near the IP, the leader found his 'Micro-H' equipment (apparently a version of Gee-H) was inoperative, so the PFF Primary target was attacked.
Primary Target Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Mannheim, Germany
Target Attacked (Mode) PFF Primary (PFF)
Target: Highway and Railroad Bridge
Type: Transportation
Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Completed Mission, not including spares - 34
Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 2
Flight Completed - 1
Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 1
Scrubbed - 1
Aborted - 2
Mission Personnel Mission Personnel Roster⇗ or Mission Loading Lists⇗
Mission Documents Combat Mission Records and Plans obtained from the National Archives⇗

41 AIRCRAFT ASSIGNED TO THIS MISSION
Table is sorted by Pilot, and may be sorted by any column: click the column head.
Aircraft Pilot Results Mission/Sortie Information
42‑32106⇗Peterson, Calvin James⇗Spare, Completed MissionHigh Squadron flying spare; joined formation.
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42‑37788⇗Welsh, James H⇗Completed MissionOriginally assigned to Tebo; replaced 43‑38673 for Welsh.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37822⇗Sharp, Alan E⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38013⇗Funk, Donald Olsen⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97510⇗Tebo, Clerance L⇗Completed MissionGround Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑37788 when that aircraft was taken by Welsh.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97824⇗Hoppen, Jack Stewart⇗Completed MissionLanded away at Ridgewell Airfield, AAF Station 167, due to low fuel.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97960⇗Molder, Charles Richard⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑98027⇗Chmura, Edward (NMI)⇗Completed MissionGroup lead; PFF and Gee-H ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102501⇗Johnson, Donald Ernest⇗Spare, Completed MissionLow Squadron flying spare; joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102518⇗Ryan, Chilton (NMI)⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102661⇗Reed, Verlin Dean⇗Completed MissionLead Squadron hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107125⇗Herring, Harold F⇗Flight CompletedWeather aircraft; remainder of crew (CP, N, RO, Eng) not identified
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107148⇗MacKellar, Donald Allen⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37843⇗Patterson, Nelton Dreward⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37917⇗Milligan, George Robert⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Turned back with #3 leaking oil.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37971⇗Hewes, Charles Pershing⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38016⇗Hartness, Joseph George⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron lead; Gee-H ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38501⇗Tatulis, Charles Paul⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38548⇗Ramsay, Walter E⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38630⇗Whitesides, John Boyce⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38647⇗Smisek, William Joseph⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38673⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffOriginally assigned to Welsh; replaced by aircraft 42‑37788, which had been assigned to Tebo.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38678⇗Miley, Harold L⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38747⇗Festersen, John Carl⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38766⇗Long, Robert Clay⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38800⇗Graehl, Russell E⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38927⇗Springsted, Donald George⇗Completed MissionLead Squadron hot camera ship. Crashed on return from mission while attempting to land at Molesworth Airfield, AAF Station 107, due to low fuel. Aircraft destroyed, no injuries to crew.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39019⇗Boyette, Irving H⇗Completed MissionLanded away at Alconbury Airfield, AAF Station 102, due to low fuel.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39053⇗Cook, Raymond D⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39060⇗Worthen, Kirk Winthrop⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39131⇗Rush, Joseph Henry⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6476⇗Richardson, George P⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6514⇗Goble, Charles D⇗Completed MissionLanded away at at Sudbury Airfield, AAF Station 174, due to low fuel.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6590⇗Van Pelt, Charles A⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6592⇗Ruckman, George Francis⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8007⇗Gross, Kenneth Eugene⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron lead; PFF & Gee-H ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8008⇗[N/A]Lead Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
44‑8211⇗Rice, Robert Eugene⇗Completed MissionGroup deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8408⇗Starr, William George⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8608⇗Kramer, William Leo⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8679⇗Kinkead, Robert Miller⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗