| Mission Date | 29 January 1945 |
| Eighth Air Force Operations | Operations description not yet available. |
| Mission |
384th BG Mission Number 262, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 811
Transportation Targeted The 384th Bombardment Group (H) provided the high squadron of the 41st B Combat Wing on today's mission, which was accomplished as briefed.
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| Primary Target |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Siegen, Germany |
| Target Attacked (Mode) | Primary (Gee-H) |
| Sortie/Aircraft Summary |
Completed Mission, not including spares - 11 Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 1 Returned Early - 1 Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 1 Scrubbed - 2 Aborted - 1 |
| Mission Personnel | Mission Personnel Roster⇗ or Mission Loading Lists⇗ |
| Mission Documents | Combat Mission Records and Plans obtained from the National Archives⇗ |
| Aircraft | Pilot | Results | Mission/Sortie Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| 42‑37788⇗ | [N/A] | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
| 42‑97510⇗ | Festersen, John Carl⇗ | Aborted Mission After Taking Off. | Ground Spare Aircraft, replaced 44‑6476. Aborted with a runaway prop. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑98027⇗ | [Non-384th Pilot] | Completed Mission | Loaned to the 401st BG with Gee-H navigator. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑102661⇗ | Springsted, Donald George⇗ | Completed Mission | Hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38501⇗ | Long, Robert Clay⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38630⇗ | Whitesides, John Boyce⇗ | Spare, Completed Mission | Flying spare; joined formation. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38678⇗ | Hollingsworth, Fredrick Clay⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38927⇗ | Kramer, William Leo⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑39019⇗ | MacKellar, Donald Allen⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑39053⇗ | Abbott, William H⇗ | Completed Mission | Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 44‑8007. Group deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑39060⇗ | Johnson, Donald Ernest⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑6476⇗ | [N/A] | Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off | Replaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑97510. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑6514⇗ | Funk, Donald Olsen⇗ | Completed Mission | Hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑6590⇗ | Sharp, Alan E⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑8007⇗ | [N/A] | Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off | Replaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 43‑39053. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑8008⇗ | Keller, Marion Wayne⇗ | Completed Mission | Group lead; PFF & Gee-H ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑8408⇗ | Baughman, John R⇗ | Returned Early | Although experiencing an oxygen system failure during the mission, this crew managed to bomb the primary target with the Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |