Mission # 269

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 20 February 1945
Eighth Air Force Operations Operations description not yet available.
Mission
384th BG Mission Number 269, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 836
Weather Challenges
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The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the 41st C Bomb Wing on today's mission. Weather conditions all the way to the I.P. caused the squadrons to lose contact with each other, and prevented attacking the primary target by visual means. The lead squadron made a normal PFF run. The high squadron followed a 303rd BG formation into the target: they were hemmed in by traffic and eventually dropped their bombs on the smoke markers of prior groups. The low squadron followed a 303rd BG squadron and released their bombs on their smoke marker.
Primary Target Target: Main Railroad Station
Type: Transportation
Location: Nuremberg / Nürnberg, Germany
Target Attacked (Mode) PFF Secondary (PFF)
Target: Main Railroad Station
Type: Transportation
Location: Nuremberg / Nürnberg, Germany
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Completed Mission, not including spares - 35
Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 3
Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 4
Scrubbed - 1
Aborted - 1
Mission Personnel Mission Personnel Roster⇗ or Mission Loading Lists⇗
Mission Documents Combat Mission Records and Plans obtained from the National Archives⇗

44 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⇗Graehl, Russell E⇗Spare, Completed MissionHigh Squadron flying spare; joined formation. This aircraft was a ground spare, which replaced 43‑37917 after having taken off and returned.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37788⇗Drew, James Lawrence⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38013⇗Baker, John R⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97510⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑97824⇗Grove, Alfred W⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97986⇗[N/A]Lead Ground Spare Aircraft, UnusedPFF ship.
42‑98027⇗Tuck, Sam Gail⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron lead; PFF ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102459⇗Knaur, John Sherman⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102518⇗Jerome, Edwin Anthony⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102661⇗Kowats, Daniel Frank⇗Spare, Completed MissionLow Squadron flying spare; joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107125⇗Mohr, James Henry⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37917⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑32106.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37971⇗Hewes, Charles Pershing⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38016⇗Cathey, George Warlick⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38062⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
43‑38501⇗Tatulis, Charles Paul⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38548⇗Smith, Jack L⇗Spare, Completed MissionLead Squadron flying spare; joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38647⇗Klatt, Merton Dale⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38673⇗Martin, Robert B⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38678⇗Miley, Harold L⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38747⇗Gregg, William G⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38752⇗Griffin, Robert Stanley⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Returned to base with #3 supercharger out.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38800⇗Shuff, Charles Bernard⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38801⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
43‑38974⇗Milligan, George Robert⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39019⇗Boyette, Irving H⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39035⇗Tebo, Clerance L⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39053⇗Kuite, Donald Warren⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39060⇗Seavey, Homer Carl⇗Completed MissionLead Squadron hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39131⇗Rush, Joseph Henry⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39138⇗Ultcht, John Preston⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39164⇗Turner, Willard Jerome⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6590⇗Nicolai, Edwin George⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6882⇗Spangler, George Knox⇗Completed MissionLead Squadron hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6892⇗Reed, Verlin Dean⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6898⇗Funk, Donald Olsen⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6909⇗Richardson, George P⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6923⇗Carlson, Russell Edgar⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8008⇗Keller, Marion Wayne⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron lead; PFF ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8408⇗Peterson, Calvin James⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8580⇗Owens, Robert Clare⇗Completed MissionGroup lead; PFF ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8608⇗Wright, Edward S⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8668⇗Ramsay, Walter E⇗Completed MissionGroup deputy; PFF ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8679⇗Baughman, John R⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗