Mission # 275

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 26 February 1945
Eighth Air Force Operations Operations description not yet available.
Mission
384th BG Mission Number 275, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 849
Berlin Bahnhof Bombed
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The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the 41st Bomb Wing A Group on today's mission. The primary target was hidden by cloud cover so it was attacked by PFF (radar), per the Field Order for this mission.
Primary Target Target: Schlesicher Railroad Station (Bahnhof)
Type: Transportation
Location: Berlin, Germany
Target Attacked (Mode) Primary (PFF)
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Completed Mission, not including spares - 33
Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 2
Landed In Allied Territory - 1
Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed - 1
Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 3
Scrubbed - 2
Aborted - 1
Mission Personnel Mission Personnel Roster⇗ or Mission Loading Lists⇗
Mission Documents Combat Mission Records and Plans obtained from the National Archives⇗

43 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⇗Burroughs, Edwin Carlton⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37788⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑37822⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑97510⇗Smith, Jack L⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102459⇗Van Pelt, Charles A⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102518⇗Carlson, Russell Edgar⇗Spare, Completed MissionHigh Squadron flying spare; joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102620⇗Jackson, Taylor Hall⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102661⇗Turner, Willard Jerome⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107125⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 43‑38800 because top turret motor burned out during ground check.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107148⇗Jerome, Edwin Anthony⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37917⇗Haaf, Arthur Herschel⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37971⇗Hewes, Charles Pershing⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38016⇗Sharp, Alan E⇗Spare, Completed MissionLead Squadron flying spare; joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38062⇗Milligan, George Robert⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38501⇗Tatulis, Charles Paul⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38548⇗Rush, Joseph Henry⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38673⇗Starr, William George⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38678⇗Miley, Harold L⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.High Squadron hot camera ship. Turned back due to #3 supercharger failure.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38800⇗Hicks, Gerald Warden⇗Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffGround Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑107125 but was unable to take off because of a bad tire.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38801⇗Knaur, John Sherman⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38823⇗Barnett, Jack (NMI)⇗Landed In Allied TerritoryDamaged by flak near the I.P.; at 1158 one engine was feathered; at 1230 hrs #2 and #4 engines were out, and aircraft was under control, headed toward Russia. MACR 12760
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38974⇗Wright, Edward S⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39019⇗Peterson, Calvin James⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39053⇗Donnell, Alonzo McWilliams⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39060⇗Connor, John Michael⇗Completed MissionLanded away at Bungay Airfield, AAF Station 125, due to low fuel.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39131⇗Kuite, Donald Warren⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39138⇗Reed, Verlin Dean⇗Completed MissionLanded away at Seething Airfield, AAF Station 146, due to low fuel.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39164⇗LeSuer, Herman Paul⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39197⇗Ramsay, Walter E⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39203⇗Williams, Philip Young⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39236⇗Festersen, John Carl⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6514⇗Seavey, Homer Carl⇗Flying Spare, Returned As BriefedLow Squadron flying spare; joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6590⇗Pierce, Oscar William⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6882⇗Spangler, George Knox⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6892⇗Kowats, Daniel Frank⇗Completed MissionLead Squadron hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6909⇗Richardson, George P⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6923⇗MacKellar, Donald Allen⇗Completed MissionLanded away at Seething Airfield, AAF Station 146, due to low fuel.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8008⇗Owens, Robert Clare⇗Completed MissionGroup lead; PFF ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8211⇗Ultcht, John Preston⇗Completed MissionGroup deputy; PFF ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8541⇗Cook, Raymond D⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron lead; PFF ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8665⇗Kinkead, Robert Miller⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron lead; PFF ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8668⇗[N/A]Lead Ground Spare Aircraft, UnusedPFF ship.
44‑8679⇗Baughman, John R⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗