Mission # 281

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 4 March 1945
Eighth Air Force Operations Operations description not yet available.
Mission
384th BG Mission Number 281, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 863
Bombing Through Clouds
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The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the 41st Combat Wing B Group on today's mission - the fourteenth in as many days (they would get a 3-day break before the next mission). The primary target was to be attacked by visual means or Gee-H (not by PFF): clouds obscured the target so the formation used Gee-H. The equipment failed on the first run, and during the second run, the lead squadron was scattered by another group crossing at right angles. Nevertheless, bombs were away from all three squadrons on the second run, and all returned to base; a few had to land on the way for gas, and one damaged ship landed away and did not return home on the same day.
Primary Target Target: Ordnance Depot
Type: Military
Location: Ulm, Germany
Target Attacked (Mode) Primary (Gee-H)
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Completed Mission, not including spares - 38
Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 1
Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 2
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⇗
Other Mission Documents 1945-03-04, Group Lead & GEE-H Ship, A. Bean, W. McKay⇗

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
42‑37788⇗Cathey, George Warlick⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37822⇗Wilson, Robert L⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97510⇗Magleby, Calvin Charles⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97824⇗Grove, Alfred W⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97986⇗Bennett, Ralph J⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron deputy and hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑98027⇗Kramer, William Leo⇗Completed MissionGroup deputy and hot camera ship; PFF and Gee-H ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102459⇗Graehl, Russell E⇗Completed MissionGround Spare Aircraft; replaced 44‑8430.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102518⇗Funk, Donald Olsen⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.High Squadron flying spare; turned back with #3 engine feathered.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107125⇗Sperry, Dale Marshall⇗Completed MissionLanded away at RAF Gatwick, Kent, on return with #1 engine out; did not return to base.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107148⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
43‑37843⇗Patterson, Nelton Dreward⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37971⇗Moorhead, Harris Leroy⇗Completed MissionLead Squadron hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38016⇗[Non-384th Pilot]Completed MissionLoaned to the 305th BG for today's mission. Manned by 305th BG personnel, except as noted on the Sortie Report.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38548⇗Shuff, Charles Bernard⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38588⇗Connor, John Michael⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38647⇗Ferrell, Oran Luther ⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38747⇗Festersen, John Carl⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38752⇗Whitesides, John Boyce⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron hot camera ship. Landed away at at Glatton Airfield, AAF Station 130, on return due to low fuel.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38801⇗Van Pelt, Charles A⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38994⇗Kuite, Donald Warren⇗Completed MissionLanded away at RAF Manston, Kent, on return due to low fuel.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39035⇗Tebo, Clerance L⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39053⇗Tatulis, Charles Paul⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39060⇗Gregg, William G⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39131⇗Rush, Joseph Henry⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39138⇗Wright, Edward S⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39164⇗Milligan, George Robert⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39197⇗Ramsay, Walter E⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron deputy and hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39203⇗Henry, Robert Tyson⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39236⇗Scherokman, Edward (NMI)⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6514⇗Goble, Charles D⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6590⇗Nicolai, Edwin George⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6882⇗Seavey, Homer Carl⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6898⇗Lewis, Charles Allyn⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6909⇗Hatch, William Alva⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6923⇗Sharp, Alan E⇗Completed MissionLanded away at Little Staughton Airfield, AAF Station 127, on return due to low fuel.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8008⇗[Non-384th Pilot]Completed MissionLoaned to the 306th BG for today's mission. Manned by 306th BG personnel, except as noted on the Sortie Report.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8211⇗Belsinger, Harry Flair⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron lead; PFF and Gee-H ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8430⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑102459.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8541⇗McKay, William Monroe⇗Completed MissionGroup lead; PFF and Gee-H ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8580⇗[N/A]Lead Ground Spare Aircraft, UnusedPFF ship.
44‑8668⇗McLean, William S⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron lead; PFF ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8679⇗Turner, Willard Jerome⇗Spare, Completed MissionLow Squadron flying spare; joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8789⇗Knaur, John Sherman⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗