Mission Date | 8 March 1945 |
Eighth Air Force Operations | Operations description not yet available. |
384th Bomb Group Mission |
384th BG Mission Number 283, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 872
More Oil Pressure The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the 41st Bomb Wing C Group on today's mission. Clouds covered the target so the attack was accomplished using Gee-H sighting.
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Primary Target |
Target: Oil Refinery - 'Benzol Plant' Type: Oil Industry Location: Essen, Germany |
Target Attacked (Mode) | Primary (PFF) |
Sortie/Aircraft Summary |
Completed Mission, not including spares - 37 Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 2 Flight Completed - 1 Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 4 Aborted - 1 |
Mission Personnel | Mission Personnel Roster⇗ or Mission Loading Lists⇗ |
Mission Documents | Combat Mission Records and Plans obtained from the National Archives⇗ |
Other Mission Documents | 1945-03-08, Group Lead, PFF & GEE-H Ship⇓ (Filesize N/A) |
Aircraft | Pilot | Results | Mission/Sortie Information |
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42‑37788⇗ | Ferrell, Oran Luther ⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97824⇗ | Kowats, Daniel Frank⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑98027⇗ | Cook, Raymond D⇗ | Flight Completed | Weather aircraft; remainder of crew (CP, N, RO, Eng) not identified. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑102459⇗ | Wright, Edward S⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑102620⇗ | Sperry, Dale Marshall⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑107148⇗ | Jerome, Edwin Anthony⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑37843⇗ | Lewis, Charles Allyn⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑37917⇗ | Lucas, Roy E⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑37971⇗ | Haaf, Arthur Herschel⇗ | Completed Mission | High Squadron deputy and hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38016⇗ | [Non-384th Pilot] | Completed Mission | Loaned to the 92nd BG for today's mission. Manned by 92nd BG personnel, except as noted on the Sortie Report. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38062⇗ | Stundis, Hilari Harry⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38501⇗ | [N/A] | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
43‑38548⇗ | [N/A] | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
43‑38647⇗ | Shuff, Charles Bernard⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38678⇗ | Miley, Harold L⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38752⇗ | Whitesides, John Boyce⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38757⇗ | Schissel, Gregory Anthony⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38801⇗ | Wilson, Robert L⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38974⇗ | Pierce, Oscar William⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38994⇗ | [N/A] | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
43‑39019⇗ | Murphy, William Carey⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑39035⇗ | Tebo, Clerance L⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑39053⇗ | Hicks, Gerald Warden⇗ | Spare, Completed Mission | High Squadron flying spare; joined formation. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑39060⇗ | Carpenter, Dean Edward⇗ | Completed Mission | High Squadron hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑39131⇗ | Moorhead, Harris Leroy⇗ | Spare, Completed Mission | Low Squadron flying spare; joined formation. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑39138⇗ | Reed, Verlin Dean⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron deputy and hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑39164⇗ | Milligan, George Robert⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑39197⇗ | Burroughs, Edwin Carlton⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑39203⇗ | Carlson, Russell Edgar⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑39236⇗ | Scherokman, Edward (NMI)⇗ | Completed Mission | Lead Squadron hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑6514⇗ | Goble, Charles D⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑6590⇗ | Van Pelt, Charles A⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑6892⇗ | Nicolai, Edwin George⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑6898⇗ | Funk, Donald Olsen⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑6909⇗ | Knaur, John Sherman⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑6923⇗ | MacKellar, Donald Allen⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑8008⇗ | Smith, Jack M⇗ | Completed Mission | Group deputy and hot camera ship. Gee-H ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑8211⇗ | [Non-384th Pilot] | Completed Mission | Loaned to the 306th BG for today's mission. Manned by 306th BG personnel, except as noted on the Sortie Report. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑8408⇗ | Martin, Robert B⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑8430⇗ | Cathey, George Warlick⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑8541⇗ | Peterson, Calvin James⇗ | Completed Mission | High Squadron lead; PFF and Gee-H ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑8649⇗ | Owens, Robert Clare⇗ | Completed Mission | Group lead; PFF and Gee-H ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑8665⇗ | [N/A] | Lead Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | PFF ship. |
44‑8679⇗ | Baughman, John R⇗ | Aborted Mission After Taking Off. | Turned back with #1 engine feathered. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑8789⇗ | Warner, Henry L⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron lead; PFF ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |