Mission # 284

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 9 March 1945
Eighth Air Force Operations Operations description not yet available.
Mission
384th BG Mission Number 284, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 875
Industry Smashed
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The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the 41st Bomb Wing B Group on today's mission. Clear weather enabled visual bombing of the primary target.
Primary Target Target: Henschel Tank and Locomotive Works
Type: Industry
Location: Kassel, Germany
Target Attacked (Mode) Primary (Visual)
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Completed Mission, not including spares - 37
Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 2
Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 2
Scrubbed - 2
Mission Personnel Mission Personnel Roster⇗ or Mission Loading Lists⇗
Mission Documents Combat Mission Records and Plans obtained from the National Archives⇗
Other Mission Documents 1945-03-09, Group Lead, PFF & GEE-H Ship, T. Hutchinson, R. Owens⇗

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⇗Jerome, Edwin Anthony⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97271⇗Blagg, John Anthony⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97824⇗Sperry, Dale Marshall⇗Spare, Completed MissionHigh Squadron flying spare; joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102459⇗Knaur, John Sherman⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102518⇗Carlson, Russell Edgar⇗Completed MissionLead Squadron hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102620⇗Pierce, Oscar William⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37917⇗Haaf, Arthur Herschel⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38016⇗[Non-384th Pilot]Completed MissionLoaned to the 351st BG for today's mission. Manned by 351st BG personnel, except as noted on the Sortie Report.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38062⇗Reed, Verlin Dean⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron deputy and hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38501⇗Smith, Eliot Henry⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38548⇗Gregg, William G⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38588⇗Seavey, Homer Carl⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38630⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
43‑38678⇗Saxton, John C⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38747⇗Festersen, John Carl⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38757⇗MacKellar, Donald Allen⇗Completed MissionGround Spare Aircraft; replaced 44‑6923
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38800⇗Moorhead, Harris Leroy⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38801⇗Jackson, Taylor Hall⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38974⇗Turner, Willard Jerome⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38994⇗Kuite, Donald Warren⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39019⇗Murphy, William Carey⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39035⇗Rush, Joseph Henry⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39053⇗Donnell, Alonzo McWilliams⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39060⇗Henry, Robert Tyson⇗Spare, Completed MissionLow Squadron flying spare; joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39138⇗Kowats, Daniel Frank⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39164⇗Van Pelt, Charles A⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39197⇗Ramsay, Walter E⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron deputy and hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39203⇗Magleby, Calvin Charles⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6109⇗Hicks, Gerald Warden⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6590⇗Milligan, George Robert⇗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 44‑6898.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6898⇗Wright, Edward S⇗Completed MissionGround Spare Aircraft; replaced 44‑6892.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6909⇗Hatch, William Alva⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6923⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 43‑38757.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8211⇗Peterson, Calvin James⇗Completed MissionGroup deputy and lead Squadron hot camera ship; PFF and Gee-H ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8408⇗Burroughs, Edwin Carlton⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8541⇗Ultcht, John Preston⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron lead; PFF and Gee-H ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8580⇗Gilmer, Charles E⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron lead; PFF ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8608⇗Wilson, Robert L⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8649⇗Owens, Robert Clare⇗Completed MissionGroup lead; PFF and Gee-H ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8665⇗[N/A]Lead Ground Spare Aircraft, UnusedPFF ship.
44‑8679⇗Baughman, John R⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗