Mission Date | 27 February 1945 |
384th Mission |
Mission Number 276
|
8th Air Force Mission | Mission Number 851 |
Mission Comments |
Leipzig Targeted The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the 41st Bomb Wing C Group on today's mission. With the visual primary target obscured by clouds, the formation attacked the PFF secondary target. |
Primary Target |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Wahren (Leipzig area), Germany |
Target Attacked (Mode) |
PFF Secondary (PFF) Target: Railroad Station Type: Transportation Location: Leipzig, Germany |
Sortie/Aircraft Summary |
Completed Mission, not including spares - 34 Aborted - 1 Scrubbed - 3 Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 3 Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 2 Returned Early - 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 |
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42‑32106⇗ | Burroughs, Edwin C ⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑37788⇗ | [N/A] | Scrubbed | Replaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 43738209;38752. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97510⇗ | Connor, John Michael ⇗ | Completed Mission | High Squadron hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97986⇗ | [N/A] | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
42‑102518⇗ | Smith, Eliot H ⇗ | Completed Mission | Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 44‑6892. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑102620⇗ | Ferrell, Oran D ⇗ | Returned Early | Lead Squadron hot camera ship.
Turned back at 1325 hrs because #1 turbo failed; jettisoned bombs. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑107125⇗ | Peterson, Calvin J ⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑107148⇗ | Carpenter, Dean E ⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑37843⇗ | Cathey, George Warlick ⇗ | Flying Spare, Completed Mission | Lead Squadron flying spare; joined formation. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑37917⇗ | Haaf, Arthur H ⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑37971⇗ | Hewes, Charles Pershing ⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38501⇗ | Tatulis, Charles P ⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38548⇗ | Smith, Jack L ⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38588⇗ | Miley, Harold L ⇗ | Completed Mission | Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 43‑38678. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38630⇗ | Lewis, Charles Allyn ⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38647⇗ | Graehl, Russell E ⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38678⇗ | [N/A] | Scrubbed | Replaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 43‑38588. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38752⇗ | Shuff, Charles Bernard ⇗ | Completed Mission | Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑37788.
Lead Squadron hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38757⇗ | Griffin, Robert Stanley ⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38800⇗ | Drew, James Lawrence ⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38801⇗ | Jerome, Edwin Anthony ⇗ | Flying Spare, Completed Mission | Low Squadron flying spare; joined formation. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38974⇗ | Williams, Philip Y ⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑39019⇗ | Boyette, Irving H ⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑39035⇗ | Tebo, Clerance L ⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑39053⇗ | Donnell, Alonzo McWilliams ⇗ | Flying Spare, Completed Mission | High Squadron flying spare; joined formation. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑39060⇗ | Gilmer, Charles E ⇗ | Completed Mission | High Squadron deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑39131⇗ | Rush, Joseph H ⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑39164⇗ | Carlson, Russell E ⇗ | Aborted | Turned back at 1224 hrs due to oxygen regulator failure. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑39197⇗ | Ostnes, Leif Robert ⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑39203⇗ | Festersen, John Carl ⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑39236⇗ | Scherokman, Edward ⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑6514⇗ | Goble, Charles D ⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑6590⇗ | Starr, William George ⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑6882⇗ | Spangler, George Knox ⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑6892⇗ | [N/A] | Scrubbed | Replaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑102518. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑6898⇗ | Funk, Donald Olsen ⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑6909⇗ | Henry, Robert T ⇗ | Completed Mission | High Squadron hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑6923⇗ | MacKellar, Donald Allen ⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑8008⇗ | Herring, Harold F ⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron lead; PFF ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑8211⇗ | Ellis, Harold Richard ⇗ | Completed Mission | High Squadron lead; PFF ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑8541⇗ | [N/A] | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | PFF ship. |
44‑8665⇗ | Chmura, Edward (NMI) ⇗ | Completed Mission | Group lead; PFF ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑8668⇗ | Bennett, Ralph J ⇗ | Completed Mission | Group deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑8679⇗ | Lucas, Roy E ⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |