Mission # 285

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 10 March 1945
Eighth Air Force Operations Operations description not yet available.
Mission
384th BG Mission Number 285, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 887
Transportation Attacked
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The 384th Bombardment Group (H) led the 41st Bomb Wing (as the A Group) on today's mission. The Gee-H aim point of the primary target was bombed through a solid cloud deck.
Primary Target Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Schwerte, Germany
Target Attacked (Mode) Primary (Gee-H)
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Completed Mission, not including spares - 39
Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 1
Flight Completed - 1
Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 3
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 1945-03-10, Wing Lead, PFF & GEE-H Ship, T. Milton, H. Ellis⇗

45 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
42‑37788⇗Scherokman, Edward (NMI)⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37822⇗Tatulis, Charles Paul⇗Completed MissionGround Spare Aircraft; replaced 43‑38501.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97510⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑97824⇗Wright, Edward S⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97986⇗Welsh, James H⇗Flight CompletedWeather aircraft; remainder of crew (CP, N, RO, Eng) not identified.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑98027⇗[Non-384th Pilot]Completed MissionPFF and Gee-H ship. Loaned to the 457th BG for today's mission. Manned by 457th BG personnel, except as noted on the Sortie Report.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102459⇗Nicolai, Edwin George⇗Completed MissionLead Squadron hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102620⇗Knaur, John Sherman⇗Spare, Completed MissionHigh Squadron flying spare; joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37843⇗Bradford, James W⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37971⇗Patterson, Nelton Dreward⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38016⇗[Non-384th Pilot]Completed MissionGee-H ship. Loaned to the 351st BG for today's mission. Manned by 351st BG personnel, except as noted on the Sortie Report.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38062⇗Turner, Willard Jerome⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38501⇗[Pilot TBD]Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Landed and scrubbed after taking off with group; replaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑37822.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38548⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
43‑38588⇗Seavey, Homer Carl⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38630⇗Tebo, Clerance L⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron deputy and hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38647⇗Shuff, Charles Bernard⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38747⇗Festersen, John Carl⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38752⇗Whitesides, John Boyce⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38757⇗Griffin, Robert Stanley⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38800⇗Lewis, Charles Allyn⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38801⇗Pierce, Oscar William⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38974⇗LeSuer, Herman Paul⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38994⇗Kuite, Donald Warren⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39035⇗Cathey, George Warlick⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39053⇗Donnell, Alonzo McWilliams⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39060⇗Smith, Eliot Henry⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39131⇗Henry, Robert Tyson⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39138⇗Wilson, Robert L⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39164⇗Moorhead, Harris Leroy⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39197⇗Ramsay, Walter E⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron deputy and hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39203⇗Magleby, Calvin Charles⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39236⇗Drew, James Lawrence⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron spare; joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6514⇗Goble, Charles D⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6590⇗Van Pelt, Charles A⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6882⇗Spangler, George Knox⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6892⇗Sperry, Dale Marshall⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6898⇗Funk, Donald Olsen⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6909⇗Gregg, William G⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8008⇗Kramer, William Leo⇗Completed MissionWing deputy and lead Squadron hot camera ship; PFF and Gee-H ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8211⇗Cook, Raymond D⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron lead; PFF and Gee-H ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8430⇗Ferrell, Oran Luther ⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8608⇗Kowats, Daniel Frank⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8649⇗Ellis, Harold Richard⇗Completed MissionWing lead; PFF and Gee-H ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8668⇗[N/A]Lead Ground Spare Aircraft, UnusedPFF ship.