| Mission Date | 2 March 1945 |
| 384th Mission |
Mission Number 279
|
| 8th Air Force Mission | Mission Number 859 |
| Mission Comments |
Pressure on Oil The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the 41st Bomb Wing A Group on today's mission. Alerted to prepare for radar bombing, clouds dissipated near the target permitting all three squadrons to bomb visually, with good results. |
| Primary Target |
Target: Low Temperature Carbonization Plant and Refinery of Deutsche Petroleum A.G. Type: Oil Industry Location: Rositz, Germany |
| Target Attacked (Mode) | Primary (Visual) |
| Sortie/Aircraft Summary |
Completed Mission, not including spares - 35 Aborted - 1 Scrubbed - 1 Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 2 Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 4 Returned To Base - 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 42‑32106⇗ | Jerome, Edwin Anthony | Completed Mission | Landed away at RAF White Waltham, Berkshire, due to low fuel. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑37788⇗ | [N/A] | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
| 42‑37822⇗ | Van Pelt, Charles A | Completed Mission | Landed away at RAF Dunsfold, Surrey, due to low fuel. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑97510⇗ | Connor, John Michael | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑102459⇗ | Grove, Alfred W | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑102518⇗ | Carlson, Russell E | Completed Mission | Lead Squadron hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑102661⇗ | Kowats, Daniel Frank | Flying Spare, Completed Mission | High Squadron flying spare; joined formation. Struck by flak; had #4 prop feathered but was under control. Landed away at on Continent at A-79, Prosnes, France, on return SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑107125⇗ | Hicks, Gerald Warden | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑107148⇗ | Lucas, Roy E | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑37843⇗ | Hewes, Charles Pershing | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38016⇗ | Nicolai, Edwin G | Completed Mission | High Squadron hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38062⇗ | Wilson, Robert L | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38501⇗ | Tatulis, Charles P | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38588⇗ | Seavey, Homer Carl | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38630⇗ | Henry, Robert T | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38647⇗ | Ramsay, Walter E | Completed Mission | Low Squadron deputy and hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38673⇗ | Burroughs, Edwin C | Completed Mission | Landed away at RAF Redhill, Surrey, on return due to low fuel. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38678⇗ | Miley, Harold L | Aborted | Turned back due to mechanical failure. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38747⇗ | [N/A] | Scrubbed | Replaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 44‑6909. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38752⇗ | [N/A] | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
| 43‑38801⇗ | Turner, Willard Jerome | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38974⇗ | Jackson, Taylor Hall | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38994⇗ | Kuite, Donald W | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑39019⇗ | Carpenter, Dean E | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑39053⇗ | Donnell, Alonzo McWilliams | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑39060⇗ | Ostnes, Leif Robert | Completed Mission | Low Squadron hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑39131⇗ | Rush, Joseph H | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑39138⇗ | Kramer, William Leo | Completed Mission | High Squadron deputy and hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑39164⇗ | Wright, Edward S | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑39197⇗ | Williams, Philip Y | Completed Mission | Low Squadron lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑39236⇗ | Smith, Eliot H | Flying Spare, Completed Mission | Low Squadron flying spare; joined formation. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑6590⇗ | Moorhead, Harris L | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑6882⇗ | Spangler, George Knox | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑6892⇗ | Milligan, George Robert | Completed Mission | Landed away at RAF Friston, East Sussex, on return due to low fuel. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑6898⇗ | [N/A] | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
| 44‑6909⇗ | Hatch, William Alva | Completed Mission | Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 43‑38747. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑8007⇗ | Bean, Donald W | Returned To Base | Crew on Artillery Spotting SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑8008⇗ | Peterson, Calvin J | Completed Mission | Group deputy and hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑8408⇗ | Murphy, William C | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑8580⇗ | Zink, Joseph D | Completed Mission | Group lead; PFF ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑8608⇗ | Sharp, Alan E | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑8649⇗ | Tuck, Sam Gail | Completed Mission | High Squadron lead; PFF ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑8668⇗ | [N/A] | Lead Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | PFF ship. |
| 44‑8679⇗ | Haaf, Arthur H | Completed Mission | Landed away at B-53, an RAF airfield near Berville, France, on return, due to low fuel; refueled and continued back to Grafton Underwood, arriving about two hours after the rest of the Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |