Mission # 291

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 18 March 1945
Eighth Air Force Operations Operations description not yet available.
Mission
384th BG Mission Number 291, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 894
384th Leads Division
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The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the 41st Bomb Wing A Group, leading the 1st Air Division on today's mission. Limited visibility at the target necessitated use of PFF (radar) aiming: bombing results were poor.
Primary Target Target: Schlesischer Railway Station
Type: Transportation
Location: Berlin, Germany
Target Attacked (Mode) Primary (PFF with Visual Assist)
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Completed Mission, not including spares - 36
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 1945-03-18, Division Lead, PFF Ship, A. Bean, W. McKay⇗

42 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⇗Carpenter, Dean Edward⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97271⇗Hicks, Gerald Warden⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97309⇗Lucas, Roy E⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97824⇗Knaur, John Sherman⇗Completed MissionReturned with #3 feathered.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑98027⇗Ramsay, Walter E⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron deputy and hot camera ship. PFF ship. 1Lt R G Johnston, 41st CBW, was aboard as an observer.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102459⇗Sperry, Dale Marshall⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102518⇗Haaf, Arthur Herschel⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102620⇗Nicolai, Edwin George⇗Completed MissionFeathered #2 shortly after the target; returned to base with group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37917⇗Jerome, Edwin Anthony⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37971⇗Baughman, John R⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron deputy and hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38062⇗Kowats, Daniel Frank⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38501⇗Leavitt, Philip Neldon⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38548⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
43‑38588⇗Seavey, Homer Carl⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38678⇗Saxton, John C⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38747⇗Smith, Eliot Henry⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38766⇗Gregg, William G⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38801⇗Turner, Willard Jerome⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38974⇗Pierce, Oscar William⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38994⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
43‑39019⇗Murphy, William Carey⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39053⇗Connor, John Michael⇗Completed MissionLead Squadron hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39131⇗Rush, Joseph Henry⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39138⇗Reed, Verlin Dean⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron deputy and hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39197⇗Hatch, William Alva⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39203⇗Henry, Robert Tyson⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6109⇗Jordan, Theodore Gustav⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6476⇗Moorhead, Harris Leroy⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6590⇗Van Pelt, Charles A⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6882⇗Spangler, George Knox⇗Completed MissionLanded away at Manston, Kent, due to shot out hydraulic system
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6892⇗Wilson, Robert L⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6898⇗Grove, Alfred W⇗Completed MissionGround Spare Aircraft; replaced 44‑8608.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6909⇗Richardson, George P⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6923⇗MacKellar, Donald Allen⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8408⇗Burroughs, Edwin Carlton⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8430⇗Goble, Charles D⇗Spare, Completed MissionHigh Squadron flying spare; joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8580⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by lead Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑98027.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8608⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 44‑6898.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8649⇗McKay, William Monroe⇗Completed MissionDivision lead. PFF ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8665⇗Warner, Henry L⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron lead. PFF ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8679⇗Carlson, Russell Edgar⇗Spare, Completed MissionLow Squadron flying spare; joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8789⇗Welsh, James H⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron lead. PFF ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗