Mission # 286

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 11 March 1945
Eighth Air Force Operations Operations description not yet available.
384th Bomb Group Mission
384th BG Mission Number 286, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 881
Bremen Bombed
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The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the 41st Bomb Wing C Group on today's mission. The primary target was restricted to visual bombing only, and since it was obscured by clouds, the PFF secondary was attacked.
Primary Target Target: Vacuum Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Bremen, Germany
Target Attacked (Mode) PFF Secondary (PFF)
Target: Shipbuilding Area
Type: Shipyards
Location: Bremen, Germany
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Completed Mission, not including spares - 36
Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 2
Flight Completed - 1
Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 2
Scrubbed - 2
Mission Personnel Mission Personnel Roster⇗ or Mission Loading Lists⇗
Mission Documents Combat Mission Records and Plans obtained from the National Archives⇗

43 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⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffGround Spare Aircraft; replaced 43‑38801; then replaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑107148.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97271⇗Baughman, John R⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97824⇗Turner, Willard Jerome⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102459⇗Kowats, Daniel Frank⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102518⇗Carlson, Russell Edgar⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102620⇗Grove, Alfred W⇗Spare, Completed MissionLow Squadron flying spare; joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107148⇗Wilson, Robert L⇗Completed MissionGround Spare Aircraft; replaced 43‑37822.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37843⇗Bradford, James W⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37917⇗Hicks, Gerald Warden⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37971⇗Murphy, William Carey⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38062⇗Moorhead, Harris Leroy⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38630⇗Tebo, Clerance L⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron deputy and hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38647⇗Graehl, Russell E⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38678⇗Miley, Harold L⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38752⇗Shuff, Charles Bernard⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38757⇗Griffin, Robert Stanley⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38800⇗Cathey, George Warlick⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38801⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 43‑37822.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38974⇗Knaur, John Sherman⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38994⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
43‑39019⇗Schauer, William Carl⇗Completed MissionLanded away at Deenethorpe Airfield, AAF Station 128, on return.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39035⇗Ferrell, Oran Luther ⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39053⇗Jerome, Edwin Anthony⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39131⇗Nicolai, Edwin George⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39138⇗Kramer, William Leo⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron deputy and hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39164⇗Van Pelt, Charles A⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39197⇗Warner, Henry L⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39203⇗Miller, John C⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39236⇗Funk, Donald Olsen⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6109⇗Blagg, John Anthony⇗Completed MissionLead Squadron hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6514⇗Goble, Charles D⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6892⇗Pierce, Oscar William⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6898⇗Burroughs, Edwin Carlton⇗Spare, Completed MissionHigh Squadron flying spare; joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6909⇗Ostnes, Leif Robert⇗Flight CompletedWeather aircraft; remainder of crew (CP, N, RO, Eng) not identified.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6923⇗MacKellar, Donald Allen⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8211⇗Belsinger, Harry Flair⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron lead; PFF ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8430⇗Lewis, Charles Allyn⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8541⇗Boyette, Irving H⇗Completed MissionGroup deputy; PFF ship; lead Squadron hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8608⇗Sperry, Dale Marshall⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8649⇗Kinnaird, William Robert⇗Completed MissionGroup lead; PFF ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8668⇗[N/A]Lead Ground Spare Aircraft, UnusedPFF ship.
44‑8679⇗Jordan, Theodore Gustav⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗