Mission # 258

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 21 January 1945
Eighth Air Force Operations Operations description not yet available.
384th Bomb Group Mission
384th BG Mission Number 258, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 803
Radar Bombing
The 384th Bombardment Group (H) led the 41st A group on today's mission. With nearly all aircraft landing elsewhere after yesterday's mission, only 14 aircraft were available, and three of those were scrubbed. A solid layer of clouds covered the target, and with the Gee-H equipment in both the lead and deputy lead ships inoperative, bombing was done by radar: results were unobserved.
Primary Target Target: Marshalling Yard
Type: Transportation
Location: Aschaffenburg, Germany
Target Attacked (Mode) PFF Secondary (PFF)
Target: Marshalling Yard
Type: Transportation
Location: Aschaffenburg, Germany
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Completed Mission, not including spares - 10
Flight Completed - 1
Scrubbed - 3
Mission Personnel Mission Personnel Roster or Mission Loading Lists
Mission Documents Combat Mission Records and Plans obtained from the National Archives

14 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
42‑37788Worthen, Kirk WinthropCompleted Mission SORTIE REPORT
42‑38013Johnson, Donald ErnestCompleted Mission SORTIE REPORT
42‑38208Richardson, George PCompleted MissionHot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑97592Gilmore, James RobsonCompleted MissionGroup lead. PFF and Gee-H ship.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑97824Gross, Kenneth EugeneCompleted MissionGroup deputy. Gee-H ship.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑102459Ultcht, John PrestonCompleted Mission SORTIE REPORT
43‑37843Birder, Rodney HughCompleted Mission SORTIE REPORT
43‑37971Owens, Robert ClareFlight CompletedWeather aircraft; remainder of crew (CP, N, RO, Eng) not identified
SORTIE REPORT
43‑38647[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 44‑8408.
SORTIE REPORT
43‑38757Ruckman, George FrancisCompleted Mission SORTIE REPORT
43‑39019Kinkead, Robert MillerScrubbed: Did Not Take Off SORTIE REPORT
44‑6105Smisek, William JosephCompleted Mission SORTIE REPORT
44‑6590Orr, James WallaceScrubbed: Did Not Take Off SORTIE REPORT
44‑8408Rush, Joseph HenryCompleted MissionGround Spare Aircraft; replaced 43‑8647.
SORTIE REPORT