Mission # 274

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 25 February 1945
Eighth Air Force Operations Operations description not yet available.
Mission
384th BG Mission Number 274, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 847
Squadrons Attack Separately
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The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the 41st Bomb Wing B Group. The lead squadron encountered equipment problems at the primary target, and elected to attack the secondary target. The high and low squadrons bombed the primary, but the high squadron found it necessary to make two bomb runs.
Primary Target Target: Tank & Submarine Engine Factory
Type: Industry
Location: Friedrichshafen, Germany
Target Attacked (Mode) Primary (Gee-H)
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Completed Mission, not including spares - 36
Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 3
Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 3
Scrubbed - 2
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
42‑37788⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑37822⇗Van Pelt, Charles A⇗Spare, Completed MissionHigh Squadron flying spare; joined formation.
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42‑97824⇗Jackson, Taylor Hall⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron hot camera ship.
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42‑102459⇗Grove, Alfred W⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron.
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42‑102518⇗Hicks, Gerald Warden⇗Spare, Completed MissionLead Squadron flying spare; joined formation.
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42‑107125⇗Starr, William George⇗Completed MissionLead Squadron.
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42‑107148⇗Sharp, Alan E⇗Completed MissionGround Spare Aircraft; replaced 43‑38974. High Squadron.
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43‑37843⇗Drew, James Lawrence⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron.
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43‑37917⇗Haaf, Arthur Herschel⇗Completed MissionLead Squadron.
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43‑37971⇗Boyette, Irving H⇗Completed MissionLead Squadron.
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43‑38016⇗Pierce, Oscar William⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron.
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43‑38062⇗Turner, Willard Jerome⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron.
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43‑38501⇗Tatulis, Charles Paul⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron.
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43‑38630⇗Abbott, William H⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron deputy.
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43‑38647⇗Whitesides, John Boyce⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron.
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43‑38678⇗Miley, Harold L⇗Completed MissionLead Squadron.
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43‑38747⇗Connor, John Michael⇗Completed MissionLead Squadron.
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43‑38757⇗Shuff, Charles Bernard⇗Spare, Completed MissionLow Squadron flying spare; joined formation.
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43‑38766⇗Ostnes, Leif Robert⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron. After bombs away, #2 engine was out and he fell behind; he informed the group lead that he had reached friendly lines; apparently landed on the continent.
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43‑38800⇗Ferrell, Oran Luther ⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron hot camera ship.
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43‑38801⇗Kowats, Daniel Frank⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron hot camera ship.
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43‑38823⇗Burroughs, Edwin Carlton⇗Completed MissionLead Squadron hot camera ship.
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43‑38974⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑107148.
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43‑39035⇗Tebo, Clerance L⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron.
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43‑39053⇗Donnell, Alonzo McWilliams⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron.
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43‑39060⇗Smith, Eliot Henry⇗Completed MissionLead Squadron.
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43‑39131⇗Kuite, Donald Warren⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron.
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43‑39164⇗Milligan, George Robert⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron.
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43‑39197⇗Goble, Charles D⇗Completed MissionGround Spare Aircraft; replaced 44‑6514. Low Squadron.
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43‑39203⇗Williams, Philip Young⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron.
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43‑39236⇗Scherokman, Edward (NMI)⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron hot camera ship.
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44‑6514⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 43‑39197.
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44‑6590⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
44‑6882⇗Spangler, George Knox⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron.
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44‑6892⇗Reed, Verlin Dean⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron deputy.
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44‑6898⇗Schissel, Gregory Anthony⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron.
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44‑6909⇗Richardson, George P⇗Completed MissionLead Squadron.
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44‑6923⇗MacKellar, Donald Allen⇗Completed MissionLead Squadron hot camera ship.
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44‑8007⇗Welsh, James H⇗Completed MissionGroup deputy; PFF and Gee-H ship.
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44‑8008⇗Herring, Harold F⇗Completed MissionGroup lead; PFF and Gee-H ship.
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44‑8211⇗Tuck, Sam Gail⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron lead; PFF and Gee-H ship.
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44‑8541⇗Belsinger, Harry Flair⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron lead; Gee-H ship.
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44‑8668⇗[N/A]Lead Ground Spare Aircraft, UnusedPFF ship.
44‑8679⇗Barnett, Jack (NMI)⇗Completed MissionLead Squadron. Landed away at RAF Woodbridge, Suffolk, due to low fuel.
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