Mission # 305

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 6 April 1945
Eighth Air Force Operations Operations description not yet available.
Mission
384th BG Mission Number 305, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 930
Leipzig Railyard Bombed
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The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the 41st Combat Bombardment Wing A Group. Due to 10/10ths cloud cover over the primary (visual) target aim point, bombs were released at the secondary (PFF) aim point.
Primary Target Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards (Visual Primary)
Type: Transportation
Location: Leipzig, Germany
Target Attacked (Mode) Secondary (PFF)
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards (PFF Secondary)
Type: Transportation
Location: Leipzig, Germany
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Completed Mission, not including spares - 31
Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 2
Crashed - 1
Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 4
Scrubbed - 2
Failed To Return - 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 1945-04-06, Group Lead, PFF Ship, C. Bishop, 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
42‑37788⇗Martin, Gerald L⇗Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffDid not take off; crew did not switch to a Spare Aircraft.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38208⇗Shuff, Charles Bernard⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97309⇗Voiland, Eugene Edward⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97510⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑97824⇗Gray, Harold Reginald⇗Completed MissionAircraft suffered major damage from fighter attacks.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑98027⇗Welsh, James H⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron lead. PFF ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102459⇗Kowats, Daniel Frank⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102518⇗Carlson, Russell Edgar⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107125⇗Carpenter, Dean Edward⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37717⇗Blagg, John Anthony⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37917⇗Carney, William Robert⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37971⇗Hewes, Charles Pershing⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron deputy and hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38062⇗Martin, Byron L⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38548⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
43‑38588⇗Aitken, Robert Partington⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38647⇗Ferrell, Oran Luther ⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38673⇗Jerome, Edwin Anthony⇗Spare, Completed MissionLow Squadron flying spare; joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38678⇗Dott, Donald Shropshire⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38752⇗Whitesides, John Boyce⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38757⇗Bowman, Harold Horace⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38801⇗Hastings, David Shove⇗Failed To ReturnCollided with 43‑39164 after target at 1018 hrs.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38974⇗Nicolai, Edwin George⇗Spare, Completed MissionHigh Squadron flying spare; joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38994⇗Barnett, Jack (NMI)⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39019⇗Murphy, William Carey⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39138⇗Wilson, Robert L⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39164⇗Gray, Fred Price⇗Failed To ReturnCollided with 43‑38801 after target at 1018 hrs.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39197⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
43‑39236⇗Scherokman, Edward (NMI)⇗Completed MissionLanded away at A-84, Chievres, Belgium, due to low fuel.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6476⇗Knaur, John Sherman⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6514⇗Drew, James Lawrence⇗Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffDid not take off; crew did not switch to a Spare Aircraft.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6592⇗Zakas, Joseph (NMI)⇗Completed MissionLead Squadron hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6882⇗Moorhead, Harris Leroy⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6892⇗Grove, Alfred W⇗Completed MissionLanded away at A-84, Chievres, Belgium, due to low fuel.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6898⇗Meitzler, Roy Albert⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6909⇗Rush, Joseph Henry⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6923⇗MacKellar, Donald Allen⇗Crashed In Allied TerritoryCrashed near Broughton after takeoff; crew killed.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8211⇗Smisek, William Joseph⇗Completed MissionGroup deputy. PFF ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8408⇗Burroughs, Edwin Carlton⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8608⇗Jamison, Joseph F⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8665⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, UnusedLead PFF ground spare.
44‑8668⇗Pierce, Oscar William⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron lead. PFF ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8789⇗McKay, William Monroe⇗Completed MissionGroup lead. PFF ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗