| Mission Date | 2 March 1945 |
| Eighth Air Force Operations | Operations description not yet available. |
| 384th Bomb Group Mission |
384th BG Mission Number 279, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 859
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.
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| 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 Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 2 Returned To Base - 1 Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 4 Scrubbed - 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 42‑32106⇗ | 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 Edgar⇗ | Completed Mission | Lead Squadron hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑102661⇗ | Kowats, Daniel Frank⇗ | 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 Paul⇗ | 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 Carlton⇗ | Completed Mission | Landed away at RAF Redhill, Surrey, on return due to low fuel. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38678⇗ | Miley, Harold L⇗ | Aborted Mission After Taking Off. | Turned back due to mechanical failure. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38747⇗ | [N/A] | Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off | 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 Warren⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑39019⇗ | Carpenter, Dean Edward⇗ | 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 Young⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑39236⇗ | Smith, Eliot H⇗ | Spare, Completed Mission | Low Squadron flying spare; joined formation. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑6590⇗ | Moorhead, Harris Leroy⇗ | 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 James⇗ | Completed Mission | Group deputy and hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑8408⇗ | Murphy, William Carey⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑8580⇗ | Zink, Joseph Darrell⇗ | 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 Herschel⇗ | Completed Mission | Landed away at B-53, an RAF airfield near Merville, France, on return, due to low fuel. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |