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Mission # 294

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 22 March 1945
Eighth Air Force Operations Operations description not yet available.
Mission
384th BG Mission Number 294, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 906
Military Camp Attacked
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The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the 41st Combat Wing B Group on today's mission. The primary target, located on the North Sea coast near the Dutch border, was attacked visually with good results.
Primary Target Target: German Hutted Camps (Barracks) at 51°36'N,7°06'E
Type: Military
Location: Westerholt, Germany
Target Attacked (Mode) Primary (Visual)
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Completed Mission, not including spares - 36
Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 3
Landed In Allied Territory - 1
Scrubbed - 2
Aborted - 1
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
42‑32106⇗Henry, Robert Tyson⇗Completed MissionGround Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑97510.
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42‑37788⇗Bowman, Harold Horace⇗Completed MissionReleased bombs late. Dropped out of formation about 15 minutes after leaving German coast on the return, apparently due to #2 engine problem, but made it back to base.
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42‑97510⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑32106.
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42‑97592⇗McLean, William S⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron lead. PFF & Gee-H ship.
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42‑97824⇗Moorhead, Harris Leroy⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑98027⇗[Non-384th Pilot]Completed MissionPFF & Gee-H ship; loaned to the 92nd BG.
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42‑102459⇗Kowats, Daniel Frank⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102518⇗Bradford, James W⇗Completed MissionGround Spare Aircraft; replaced 43‑38800. Returned to base in 43‑38800 with #1 engine feathered, transferred to this aircraft, took off and caught formation; completed mission.
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42‑102620⇗Turner, Willard Jerome⇗Completed MissionLead Squadron hot camera ship.
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43‑37843⇗Zakas, Joseph (NMI)⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38016⇗[Non-384th Pilot]Completed MissionReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 44‑8679. Gee-H ship; loaned to the 306th BG without crew.
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43‑38501⇗Hatch, William Alva⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38548⇗Leavitt, Philip Neldon⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38588⇗Seavey, Homer Carl⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38630⇗Shuff, Charles Bernard⇗Landed In Allied TerritoryFlak damage forced the pilot to crash-land on the continent
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43‑38647⇗Ferrell, Oran Luther ⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38678⇗Lewis, Charles Allyn⇗Spare, Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38752⇗Whitesides, John Boyce⇗Completed MissionReleased bombs late.
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43‑38766⇗Connor, John Michael⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron hot camera ship.
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43‑38800⇗[Pilot TBD]Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Bradford returned to base with one engine feathered, transferred to 42‑102518, and took off again.
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43‑38801⇗Wilson, Robert L⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38974⇗Van Pelt, Charles A⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38994⇗Smith, Eliot Henry⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39019⇗Festersen, John Carl⇗Spare, Completed MissionLow Squadron flying spare; joined formation.
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43‑39131⇗Rush, Joseph Henry⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39138⇗Wright, Edward S⇗Completed MissionGroup deputy. Hot camera ship.
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43‑39164⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 44‑6109.
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43‑39197⇗Ostnes, Leif Robert⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron deputy.
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43‑39203⇗Magleby, Calvin Charles⇗Spare, Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39236⇗Scherokman, Edward (NMI)⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6109⇗Grove, Alfred W⇗Completed MissionGround Spare Aircraft; replaced 43‑39164.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6476⇗Miller, John C⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6514⇗Goble, Charles D⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6882⇗Spangler, George Knox⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6892⇗Nicolai, Edwin George⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6898⇗Smisek, William Joseph⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron deputy; hot camera ship.
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44‑6909⇗Richardson, George P⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6923⇗Jordan, Theodore Gustav⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8211⇗Patterson, Nelton Dreward⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron lead. PFF & Gee-H ship.
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44‑8430⇗Drew, James Lawrence⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron hot camera ship. Returned with #1 engine feathered.
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44‑8541⇗Smith, Jack M⇗Completed MissionGroup lead. PFF & Gee-H ship.
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44‑8608⇗Pierce, Oscar William⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8679⇗Knaur, John Sherman⇗Completed MissionGround Spare Aircraft; replaced 43‑38016.
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