Mission # 276

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 27 February 1945
Eighth Air Force Operations Operations description not yet available.
Mission
384th BG Mission Number 276, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 851
Leipzig Targeted
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The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the 41st Bomb Wing C Group on today's mission. With the visual primary target obscured by clouds, the formation attacked the PFF secondary target.
Primary Target Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Wahren (Leipzig area), Germany
Target Attacked (Mode) PFF Secondary (PFF)
Target: Railroad Station
Type: Transportation
Location: Leipzig, Germany
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Completed Mission, not including spares - 34
Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 3
Returned Early - 1
Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 2
Scrubbed - 3
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⇗Burroughs, Edwin Carlton⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37788⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 43-38752.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97510⇗Connor, John Michael⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97986⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑102518⇗Smith, Eliot Henry⇗Completed MissionGround Spare Aircraft; replaced 44‑6892.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102620⇗Ferrell, Oran Luther ⇗Returned EarlyLead Squadron hot camera ship. Turned back at 1325 hrs because #1 turbo failed; jettisoned bombs.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107125⇗Peterson, Calvin James⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107148⇗Carpenter, Dean Edward⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37843⇗Cathey, George Warlick⇗Spare, Completed MissionLead Squadron flying spare; joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37917⇗Haaf, Arthur Herschel⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37971⇗Hewes, Charles Pershing⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38501⇗Tatulis, Charles Paul⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38548⇗Smith, Jack L⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38588⇗Miley, Harold L⇗Completed MissionGround Spare Aircraft; replaced 43‑38678.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38630⇗Lewis, Charles Allyn⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38647⇗Graehl, Russell E⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38678⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 43‑38588.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38752⇗Shuff, Charles Bernard⇗Completed MissionGround Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑37788. Lead Squadron hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38757⇗Griffin, Robert Stanley⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38800⇗Drew, James Lawrence⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38801⇗Jerome, Edwin Anthony⇗Spare, Completed MissionLow Squadron flying spare; joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38974⇗Williams, Philip Young⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39019⇗Boyette, Irving H⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39035⇗Tebo, Clerance L⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39053⇗Donnell, Alonzo McWilliams⇗Spare, Completed MissionHigh Squadron flying spare; joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39060⇗Gilmer, Charles E⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39131⇗Rush, Joseph Henry⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39164⇗Carlson, Russell Edgar⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Turned back at 1224 hrs due to oxygen regulator failure.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39197⇗Ostnes, Leif Robert⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39203⇗Festersen, John Carl⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39236⇗Scherokman, Edward (NMI)⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6514⇗Goble, Charles D⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6590⇗Starr, William George⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6882⇗Spangler, George Knox⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6892⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑102518.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6898⇗Funk, Donald Olsen⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6909⇗Henry, Robert Tyson⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6923⇗MacKellar, Donald Allen⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8008⇗Herring, Harold F⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron lead; PFF ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8211⇗Ellis, Harold Richard⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron lead; PFF ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8541⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, UnusedPFF ship.
44‑8665⇗Chmura, Edward (NMI)⇗Completed MissionGroup lead; PFF ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8668⇗Bennett, Ralph J⇗Completed MissionGroup deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8679⇗Lucas, Roy E⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗