| Mission Date | 3 February 1945 |
| Eighth Air Force Operations | Show Operations |
| 384th Bomb Group Mission |
384th BG Mission Number 264, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 817
Transportation Targeted The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the 41st B Combat Wing on today's mission. Unusual clear weather permitted accurate visual bombing.
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| Primary Target |
Target: Tempelhof Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Berlin, Germany |
| Target Attacked (Mode) | Primary (Visual) |
| Sortie/Aircraft Summary |
Completed Mission, not including spares - 33 Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 3 Landed In Allied Territory - 1 Ditched - 1 Flight Completed - 1 Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 1 Scrubbed - 1 Failed To Return - 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 | 1945-02-03, Lead Squadron, Group Lead, PFF Ship, W. Johnson, J. Gilmore⇗ |
| Aircraft | Pilot | Results | Mission/Sortie Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| 42‑3441⇗ | Ellis, Harold Richard⇗ | Flight Completed | Weather aircraft; remainder of crew (CP, N Eng, RO) not identified in mission documents. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑32106⇗ | Milligan, George Robert⇗ | Completed Mission | Lead Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑37788⇗ | Whitesides, John Boyce⇗ | Completed Mission | Lead Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑37822⇗ | Van Pelt, Charles A⇗ | Completed Mission | High Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑38013⇗ | Funk, Donald Olsen⇗ | Completed Mission | Lead Squadron, Hot Camera Ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑97824⇗ | Hoppen, Jack Stewart⇗ | Completed Mission | Lead Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑97960⇗ | Molder, Charles Richard⇗ | Failed To Return | Lead Squadron, Hot Camera Ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑98027⇗ | Gilmore, James Robson⇗ | Completed Mission | Lead Squadron, Group Lead. PFF ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑102501⇗ | Long, Robert Clay⇗ | Failed To Return: Ditched | High Squadron. Aircraft left formation after bombs away with one engine feathered, damaged by flak. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑102518⇗ | Ryan, Chilton (NMI)⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑102661⇗ | Kowats, Daniel Frank⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑107125⇗ | Hollingsworth, Fredrick Clay⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron Deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑107148⇗ | Sharp, Alan E⇗ | Completed Mission | Lead Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑37843⇗ | Patterson, Nelton Dreward⇗ | Spare, Completed Mission | Lead Squadron, Flying Spare; joined formation. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑37917⇗ | [N/A] | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
| 43‑37971⇗ | Hewes, Charles Pershing⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38016⇗ | Belsinger, Harry Flair⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron Lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38501⇗ | Tatulis, Charles Paul⇗ | Spare, Completed Mission | High Squadron, Flying Spare; joined formation. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38548⇗ | Spangler, George Knox⇗ | Completed Mission | High Squadron, Hot Camera Ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38630⇗ | Tebo, Clerance L⇗ | Completed Mission | Lead Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38647⇗ | Graehl, Russell E⇗ | Completed Mission | Lead Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38673⇗ | MacKellar, Donald Allen⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron, Hot Camera Ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38678⇗ | Miley, Harold L⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38747⇗ | Festersen, John Carl⇗ | Completed Mission | High Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38766⇗ | Gregg, William G⇗ | Completed Mission | High Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38800⇗ | Smisek, William Joseph⇗ | Completed Mission | Lead Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38823⇗ | Peterson, Calvin James⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑39019⇗ | Boyette, Irving H⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑39053⇗ | Gilmer, Charles E⇗ | Completed Mission | High Squadron Deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑39060⇗ | Worthen, Kirk Winthrop⇗ | Completed Mission | High Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑39131⇗ | Johnson, Donald Ernest⇗ | Completed Mission | High Squadron. Waist Gunner wounded. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑39164⇗ | Jackson, Taylor Hall⇗ | Completed Mission | High Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑6476⇗ | Richardson, George P⇗ | Completed Mission | High Squadron, Hot Camera Ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑6590⇗ | Kramer, William Leo⇗ | Completed Mission | High Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑6592⇗ | Ruckman, George Francis⇗ | Landed In Allied Territory | Lead Squadron. Left formation after bombs away; crash-landed in Russian territory; repaired plane and returned via Italy to Grafton Underwood on 23 March 1945. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑6892⇗ | Reed, Verlin Dean⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑8007⇗ | Zink, Joseph Darrell⇗ | Completed Mission | Lead Squadron, Group Deputy. PFF and Gee-H ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑8008⇗ | McLean, William S⇗ | Completed Mission | High Squadron Lead, PFF ship. Lead Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 44‑8211.
Captain Samson Fisher was a "Medical Observer." SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑8211⇗ | [N/A] | Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off | Replaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 44‑8008. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑8408⇗ | Starr, William George⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑8608⇗ | Fisher, Robert Jeremy⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑8679⇗ | Baughman, John R⇗ | Spare, Completed Mission | Low Squadron Flying Spare; joined formation. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |