Mission # 262

MISSION SUMMARY

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
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The 384th Bombardment Group (H) provided the high squadron of the 41st B Combat Wing on today's mission, which was accomplished as briefed.
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⇗

17 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 
42‑97510⇗Festersen, John Carl⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Ground Spare Aircraft, replaced 44‑6476. Aborted with a runaway prop.
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42‑98027⇗[Non-384th Pilot]Completed MissionLoaned to the 401st BG with Gee-H navigator.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102661⇗Springsted, Donald George⇗Completed MissionHot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38501⇗Long, Robert Clay⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38630⇗Whitesides, John Boyce⇗Spare, Completed MissionFlying 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 MissionGround 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 OffReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑97510.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6514⇗Funk, Donald Olsen⇗Completed MissionHot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6590⇗Sharp, Alan E⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8007⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 43‑39053.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8008⇗Keller, Marion Wayne⇗Completed MissionGroup lead; PFF & Gee-H ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8408⇗Baughman, John R⇗Returned EarlyAlthough experiencing an oxygen system failure during the mission, this crew managed to bomb the primary target with the Group.
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