Mission # 301

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 31 March 1945
Eighth Air Force Operations Operations description not yet available.
Mission
384th BG Mission Number 301, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 920
Division Bombs Tertiary Target
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Previous Mission
Due to adverse weather conditions, Division ordered our formations to bomb the tertiary target. Leaving the target area as briefed, they encountered the 3rd division making a bomb run on Merseburg, but avoided mishap.
Primary Target Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Lützkendorf, Germany
Target Attacked (Mode) Tertiary (PFF)
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Halle, Germany
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Completed Mission, not including spares - 36
Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 2
Flight Completed - 1
Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 1
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 1945-03-31, Low Squadron Lead, R. Thacker, D. Funk⇗

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
42‑37788⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 43‑37917.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38208⇗Aitken, Robert Partington⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97309⇗Carroll, James E⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97510⇗Richardson, George P⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97824⇗Martin, Byron L⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑98027⇗Donnell, Alonzo McWilliams⇗Flight CompletedWeather aircraft; remainder of crew (CP, N, RO, Eng) not identified
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102518⇗Carlson, Russell Edgar⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107125⇗Carpenter, Dean Edward⇗Spare, Completed MissionLow Squadron flying spare; joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37717⇗Oliver, Mando (NMI)⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37843⇗Bradford, James W⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37917⇗Lewis, Charles Allyn⇗Completed MissionOriginally assigned to Saxton Crew, taken by C A Lewis Crew. Saxton Crew moved to 44‑6592.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37971⇗Baughman, John R⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron Deputy
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38062⇗Moorhead, Harris Leroy⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38501⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 44‑6909.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38548⇗Blagg, John Anthony⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38647⇗Ferrell, Oran Luther ⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38673⇗Jerome, Edwin Anthony⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38747⇗Turner, Willard Jerome⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron Deputy
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38752⇗Whitesides, John Boyce⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38757⇗Zakas, Joseph (NMI)⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38766⇗Drew, James Lawrence⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38800⇗Cathey, George Warlick⇗Completed MissionHot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38974⇗Van Pelt, Charles A⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38994⇗Seavey, Homer Carl⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39019⇗Murphy, William Carey⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39131⇗Wahlstrom, Harry Lawrence⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39197⇗Miley, Harold L⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39203⇗Montgomery, Robert W⇗Spare, Completed MissionHigh Squadron flying spare; joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39236⇗Martin, Gerald L⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6592⇗Saxton, John C⇗Completed MissionGround Spare Aircraft; used by the Saxton Crew when they were displaced from 43‑37917 by the C. A. Lewis Crew.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6882⇗Kowats, Daniel Frank⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6892⇗Grove, Alfred W⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6898⇗Smisek, William Joseph⇗Completed MissionHot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6909⇗Wilson, Robert L⇗Completed MissionGround Spare Aircraft; replaced 43‑38501 .
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6923⇗MacKellar, Donald Allen⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8408⇗Burroughs, Edwin Carlton⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8430⇗Meitzler, Roy Albert⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8541⇗Reed, Verlin Dean⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8608⇗Miller, John C⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8649⇗Funk, Donald Olsen⇗Completed MissionLead Squadron lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8668⇗Haaf, Arthur Herschel⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8789⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused