Mission # 308

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 10 April 1945
Eighth Air Force Operations Operations description not yet available.
Mission
384th BG Mission Number 308, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 938
SS Depot Attacked
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The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the 41st Bomb Wing C Group on today's mission. The target, which was to be attacked by visual means only, was described as: 'S.S. Main Ordnance, Motor Transport and Equipment Depot ... is the largest motor transport depot in Germany [and] the administrative and supply center for the Waffen S.S.' Favorable weather conditions enabled accurate bombing.
Primary Target Target: Ordnance Depot Workshop Area
Type: Military
Location: Oranienburg, Germany
Target Attacked (Mode) Primary (Visual)
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Completed Mission, not including spares - 36
Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 2
Flight Completed - 1
Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 1
Scrubbed - 3
Mission Personnel Mission Personnel Roster⇗ or Mission Loading Lists⇗
Mission Documents Combat Mission Records and Plans obtained from the National Archives⇗
Other Mission Documents 1945-04-10, Group Lead, PFF Ship, C. Thacker, D. Funk⇗

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⇗Dott, Donald Shropshire⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38208⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑102518.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97309⇗Barnett, Jack (NMI)⇗Spare, Completed MissionLow Squadron flying spare; joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑98027⇗Funk, Donald Olsen⇗Completed MissionLead Ground Spare Aircraft, replaced 44‑8649. Group lead. PFF ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102459⇗Gray, Harold Reginald⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102518⇗Eakin, Otho Mitchell⇗Completed MissionGround Spare Aircraft, replaced 42‑38208.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102620⇗Kowats, Daniel Frank⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107125⇗Enns, Harkless G⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37717⇗Voiland, Eugene Edward⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37917⇗Burroughs, Edwin Carlton⇗Completed MissionReturned four bombs to base.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37971⇗Knaur, John Sherman⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38016⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
43‑38501⇗Hatch, William Alva⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38548⇗Seavey, Homer Carl⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38647⇗Aitken, Robert Partington⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38673⇗Martin, Byron L⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38678⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 44‑6592.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38747⇗Festersen, John Carl⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38752⇗Ruckman, George Francis⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38757⇗Martin, Gerald L⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38766⇗Wahlstrom, Harry Lawrence⇗Completed MissionReturned one bomb to base.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38800⇗Meitzler, Roy Albert⇗Spare, Completed MissionHigh Squadron flying spare; joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38974⇗Abare, William Tebbs⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38994⇗Smith, Eliot Henry⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39131⇗Rush, Joseph Henry⇗Completed MissionLead Squadron hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39138⇗Turner, Willard Jerome⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron deputy and hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39197⇗Porter, James L⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39203⇗Henry, Robert Tyson⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39236⇗Scherokman, Edward (NMI)⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6476⇗Grove, Alfred W⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6514⇗Drew, James Lawrence⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6592⇗Pinson, William Theador⇗Completed MissionGround Spare Aircraft, replaced 43‑38678. High Squadron hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6882⇗Oliver, Mando (NMI)⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6892⇗Nicolai, Edwin George⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6898⇗Tebo, Clerance L⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron deputy and hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6909⇗Leavitt, Philip Neldon⇗Completed MissionReturned four bombs to base.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8211⇗Ostnes, Leif Robert⇗Completed MissionGroup deputy and hot camera ship. PFF ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8221⇗Welsh, James H⇗Flight CompletedWeather aircraft; remainder of crew (CP, N, RO, Eng) not identified
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8401⇗Tuck, Sam Gail⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron lead. PFF ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8608⇗Casagrande, James A⇗Completed MissionThis aircraft was carried long-delay fused bombs (6 to 72 hours).
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8649⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by lead Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑98027.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8668⇗Bennett, Ralph J⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron lead. PFF ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8679⇗Bowman, Harold Horace⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗