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Mission # 288

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 14 March 1945
Eighth Air Force Operations Operations description not yet available.
Mission
384th BG Mission Number 288, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 886
Railroad Bridge Attacked
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The 384th Bombardment Group (H) led the 41st Bomb Wing as the A Group on today's mission. Because of ground haze and a smoke screen, the bomb run was started using Gee-H guidance. However, shortly before the target, the lead bombardiers of each squadron picked it up in the bombsight and released their bombs using visual sighting.
Primary Target Target: Railroad Bridge, Weser River
Type: Transportation
Location: Bad Oeynhausen, Germany
Target Attacked (Mode) Primary (Visual)
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Completed Mission, not including spares - 35
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 1944-03-14, Group Lead, PFF & GEE-H Ship, E. Ulrey, J. Smith⇗

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
42‑32106⇗Blagg, John Anthony⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37788⇗Drew, James Lawrence⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97271⇗Hicks, Gerald Warden⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97309⇗Lucas, Roy E⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97510⇗Smith, Eliot Henry⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑98027⇗Welsh, James H⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron lead; PFF and Gee-H ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102518⇗Schauer, William Carl⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37917⇗Jerome, Edwin Anthony⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37971⇗Hewes, Charles Pershing⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron deputy and hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38016⇗Kramer, William Leo⇗Flight CompletedWeather aircraft; remainder of crew (CP, N, RO, Eng) not identified in mission documents.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38501⇗Tatulis, Charles Paul⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38548⇗Hatch, William Alva⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38630⇗Shuff, Charles Bernard⇗Completed MissionLead Squadron hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38647⇗Graehl, Russell E⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38678⇗Miley, Harold L⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38747⇗Connor, John Michael⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38752⇗Whitesides, John Boyce⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38757⇗Griffin, Robert Stanley⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38766⇗Gregg, William G⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38800⇗Cathey, George Warlick⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38801⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
43‑38994⇗Seavey, Homer Carl⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39019⇗Murphy, William Carey⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39035⇗Ferrell, Oran Luther ⇗Spare, Completed MissionHigh Squadron flying spare; joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39053⇗Donnell, Alonzo McWilliams⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39131⇗Leavitt, Philip Neldon⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39138⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
43‑39164⇗Magleby, Calvin Charles⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Turned back with #4 engine out.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39197⇗McLean, William S⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39203⇗Gilmer, Charles E⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron deputy and hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39236⇗Scherokman, Edward (NMI)⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6109⇗Jordan, Theodore Gustav⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6882⇗Spangler, George Knox⇗Spare, Completed MissionLow Squadron flying spare; joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6892⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
44‑6898⇗Bradford, James W⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6909⇗Richardson, George P⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6923⇗MacKellar, Donald Allen⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8211⇗[N/A]Lead Ground Spare Aircraft, UnusedPFF and Gee-H aircraft.
44‑8408⇗Carpenter, Dean Edward⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8430⇗Lewis, Charles Allyn⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8580⇗Smisek, William Joseph⇗Completed MissionGroup deputy and hot camera ship; PFF ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8649⇗Smith, Jack M⇗Completed MissionGroup lead: PFF and Gee-H ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8679⇗Baughman, John R⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗