Mission # 309

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 11 April 1945
Eighth Air Force Operations Operations description not yet available.
Mission
384th BG Mission Number 309, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 941
Underground Oil Storage Attacked
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Previous Mission
The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the 41st Combat Bombardment Wing 'B' Group on today's mission. It was a long haul to the target near Munich, but the bombers were met with clear skies, and bombing results were good. The lead and low squadrons bombed on the first run, but the bomb bay door motors in the lead aircraft of the high squadron failed, and the doors could not be hand-cranked open in time to drop, so the high squadron returned to the I.P. and completed a successful visual bomb run. Because of that, the high squadron had to tack on to another formation on the return to home base.
Primary Target Target: Underground Oil Storage Depot
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Freiham, 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 - 3
Scrubbed - 1
Mission Personnel Mission Personnel Roster⇗ or Mission Loading Lists⇗
Mission Documents Combat Mission Records and Plans obtained from the National Archives⇗
Other Mission Documents 1945-04-11, Group Lead, PFF Ship, T. Hutchinson, I. Boyette⇗

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⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑38208⇗Martin, Gerald L⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97309⇗Enns, Harkless G⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97510⇗Bowman, Harold Horace⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑98027⇗Jamison, Joseph F⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron lead. PFF ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102459⇗Casagrande, James A⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron. Landed away at A-61, Beauvais/Tille, France, with engine trouble and low fuel. Crew and aircraft remained there overnight.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102518⇗Carlson, Russell Edgar⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102661⇗Wahlstrom, Harry Lawrence⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107125⇗Clishem, James Edward⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37717⇗Blagg, John Anthony⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37917⇗MacDonald, Ranald Hugh⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37971⇗Burroughs, Edwin Carlton⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38016⇗Knaur, John Sherman⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38588⇗Abare, William Tebbs⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38647⇗Shuff, Charles Bernard⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38673⇗Jerome, Edwin Anthony⇗Completed MissionS/Sgt White's position on this sortie is uncertain due to conflicts in mission records.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38678⇗Dott, Donald Shropshire⇗Spare, Completed MissionLow Squadron flying spare; joined formation. Landed away at A-97, Sandweiler, Luxemburg, with major battle damage and two engines out.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38747⇗Porter, James L⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38752⇗Meitzler, Roy Albert⇗Completed MissionLead Squadron hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38757⇗Ruckman, George Francis⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38766⇗Martin, Byron L⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38800⇗Eakin, Otho Mitchell⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38974⇗Nicolai, Edwin George⇗Spare, Completed MissionHigh Squadron flying spare; joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38994⇗Gray, Harold Reginald⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39131⇗Rush, Joseph Henry⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39138⇗Wilson, Robert L⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron deputy and hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39203⇗Neal, William T⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39236⇗Pinson, William Theador⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6476⇗Moorhead, Harris Leroy⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6514⇗Drew, James Lawrence⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6882⇗Leavitt, Philip Neldon⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6892⇗Grove, Alfred W⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron. Landed at A-68, Juvincourt, France, for fuel and returned to base.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6898⇗Aitken, Robert Partington⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6909⇗Seavey, Homer Carl⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8007⇗Murphy, William Carey⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron deputy and hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8211⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
44‑8221⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
44‑8401⇗Lucas, Roy E⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron lead. PFF ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8541⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 44‑8649.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8580⇗Donnell, Alonzo McWilliams⇗Flight CompletedWeather aircraft; remainder of crew (CP, N, RO, Eng) not identified
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8649⇗Boyette, Irving H⇗Completed MissionLead Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 44‑8541. Group lead. PFF ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8665⇗Goble, Charles D⇗Completed MissionGroup deputy and hot camera ship. PFF ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8679⇗Barnett, Jack (NMI)⇗Completed MissionLanded at RAF Hunsdon, Hertfordshire, on return due to low fuel; returned to base after refuelling.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗