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Mission # 279

MISSION SUMMARY

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
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Previous Mission
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
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⇗

44 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
42‑32106⇗Jerome, Edwin Anthony⇗Completed MissionLanded 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 MissionLanded 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 MissionLead Squadron hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102661⇗Kowats, Daniel Frank⇗Spare, Completed MissionHigh 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 MissionHigh 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 MissionLow Squadron deputy and hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38673⇗Burroughs, Edwin C⇗Completed MissionLanded 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 OffReplaced 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 MissionLow Squadron hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39131⇗Rush, Joseph H⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39138⇗Kramer, William Leo⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron deputy and hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39164⇗Wright, Edward S⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39197⇗Williams, Philip Young⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39236⇗Smith, Eliot H⇗Spare, Completed MissionLow 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 MissionLanded 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 MissionGround Spare Aircraft; replaced 43‑38747.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8007⇗Bean, Donald W⇗Returned To BaseCrew on Artillery Spotting
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8008⇗Peterson, Calvin James⇗Completed MissionGroup deputy and hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8408⇗Murphy, William Carey⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8580⇗Zink, Joseph Darrell⇗Completed MissionGroup lead; PFF ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8608⇗Sharp, Alan E⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8649⇗Tuck, Sam Gail⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron lead; PFF ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8668⇗[N/A]Lead Ground Spare Aircraft, UnusedPFF ship.
44‑8679⇗Haaf, Arthur Herschel⇗Completed MissionLanded away at B-53, an RAF airfield near Merville, France, on return, due to low fuel.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗