Mission # 279

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 2 March 1945
384th Mission Number
279
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8th Air Force 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
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44 AIRCRAFT ASSIGNED TO THIS MISSION
Table is sorted by Aircraft serial Number, and may be sorted by any column: click the column head.
Aircraft Pilot Results Mission/Sortie Information
42‑32106⇗Jerome, Edwin ACompleted MissionLanded away at RAF White Waltham, Berkshire, due to low fuel.
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42‑37788⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft,
Unused		 
42‑37822⇗Van Pelt, Charles ACompleted MissionLanded away at RAF Dunsfold, Surrey, due to low fuel.
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42‑97510⇗Connor, John MichaelCompleted Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102459⇗Grove, Alfred WCompleted Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102518⇗Carlson, Russell ECompleted MissionLead squadron hot camera ship.
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42‑102661⇗Kowats, Daniel FrankFlying 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
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42‑107125⇗Hicks, Gerald WardenCompleted Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107148⇗Lucas, Roy ECompleted Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37843⇗Hewes, Charles PershingCompleted Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38016⇗Nicolai, Edwin GCompleted MissionHigh squadron hot camera ship.
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43‑38062⇗Wilson, Robert LCompleted Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38501⇗Tatulis, Charles PCompleted Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38588⇗Seavey, Homer CCompleted Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38630⇗Henry, Robert TCompleted Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38647⇗Ramsay, Walter ECompleted MissionLow squadron deputy and hot camera ship.
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43‑38673⇗Burroughs, Edwin CCompleted MissionLanded away at RAF Redhill, Surrey, on return due to low fuel.
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43‑38678⇗Miley, Harold LAbortedTurned back due to mechanical failure.
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43‑38747⇗[N/A]ScrubbedReplaced by ground spare aircraft 44‑6909.
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43‑38752⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft,
Unused		 
43‑38801⇗Turner, Willard JeromeCompleted Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38974⇗Jackson, Taylor HCompleted Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38994⇗Kuite, Donald WCompleted Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39019⇗Carpenter, Dean ECompleted Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39053⇗Donnell, Alonzo MCompleted Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39060⇗Ostnes, Leif RobertCompleted MissionLow squadron hot camera ship.
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43‑39131⇗Rush, Joseph HCompleted Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39138⇗Kramer, William LeoCompleted MissionHigh squadron deputy and hot camera ship.
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43‑39164⇗Wright, Edward SCompleted Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39197⇗Williams, Philip YCompleted MissionLow squadron lead.
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43‑39236⇗Smith, Eliot HFlying Spare,
Completed Mission		Low squadron flying spare; joined formation.
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44‑6590⇗Moorhead, Harris LCompleted Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6882⇗Spangler, George KCompleted Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6892⇗Milligan, George RobertCompleted MissionLanded away at RAF Friston, East Sussex, on return due to low fuel.
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44‑6898⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft,
Unused		 
44‑6909⇗Hatch, William AlvaCompleted MissionGround spare aircraft; replaced 43‑38747.
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44‑8007⇗Bean, Donald WReturned To BaseCrew on Artillery Spotting
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44‑8008⇗Peterson, Calvin JCompleted MissionGroup deputy and hot camera ship.
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44‑8408⇗Murphy, William CCompleted Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8580⇗Zink, Joseph DCompleted MissionGroup lead; PFF ship.
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44‑8608⇗Sharp, Alan ECompleted Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8649⇗Tuck, Sam GCompleted MissionHigh squadron lead; PFF ship.
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44‑8668⇗[N/A]Lead Ground Spare
Aircraft, Unused		PFF ship.
44‑8679⇗Haaf, Arthur HCompleted MissionLanded 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.
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