Mission # 296

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 24 March 1945
Eighth Air Force Operations Operations description not yet available.
384th Bomb Group Mission
384th BG Mission Number 296, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 911
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The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew two missions today. For the early morning mission, thirty-seven 384th aircraft and crews formed the 41st Bomb Wing A Group. Weather at the target was CAVU permitting visual sighting: bombing results were pretty good.
Primary Target Target: Vechta Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Vechta, Germany
Target Attacked (Mode) Primary (Visual)
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Completed Mission, not including spares - 39
Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 1
Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 1
Scrubbed - 3
Mission Personnel Mission Personnel Roster⇗ or Mission Loading Lists⇗
Mission Documents Combat Mission Records and Plans obtained from the National Archives⇗
Other Mission Documents 1945-03-24, 41st Wing, A Group, Group Lead, T. Hutchinson, I. Boyette⇗

44 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 Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37788⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 43‑38647.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97309⇗Lucas, Roy E⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97592⇗[Non-384th Pilot]Completed MissionLoaned to the 92nd BG for today's mission. Manned by 92nd BG personnel, except as noted on the Sortie Report.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97824⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑98027⇗[Non-384th Pilot]Completed MissionLoaned to the 306th BG for today's mission. Manned by 306th BG personnel, except as noted on the Sortie Report.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102518⇗Carlson, Russell Edgar⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102620⇗Knaur, John Sherman⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37843⇗Spangler, George Knox⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37917⇗MacDonald, Ranald Hugh⇗Spare, Completed MissionLow Squadron flying spare; joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37971⇗Baughman, John R⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron deputy and hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38016⇗[Non-384th Pilot]Completed MissionLoaned to the 305th BG for today's mission. Manned by 305th BG personnel, except as noted on the Sortie Report.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38501⇗Henry, Robert Tyson⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38588⇗Seavey, Homer Carl⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38647⇗Sperry, Dale Marshall⇗Completed MissionGround Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑37788.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38673⇗Jerome, Edwin Anthony⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38678⇗Miley, Harold L⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38747⇗Festersen, John Carl⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38752⇗Moorhead, Harris Leroy⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38757⇗Leavitt, Philip Neldon⇗Completed MissionLead Squadron hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38766⇗Magleby, Calvin Charles⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38801⇗Martin, Byron 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⇗Murphy, William Carey⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39131⇗Rush, Joseph Henry⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39138⇗Pierce, Oscar William⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron deputy and hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39164⇗Kowats, Daniel Frank⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39197⇗Ramsay, Walter E⇗Completed MissionGroup deputy and hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39236⇗Miller, John C⇗Completed MissionGround Spare Aircraft; replaced 44‑6514.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6109⇗Jordan, Theodore Gustav⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6476⇗Gray, Fred Price⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6514⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 43‑39236.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6882⇗Richardson, George P⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6892⇗Turner, Willard Jerome⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6898⇗Hatch, William Alva⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6923⇗Carpenter, Dean Edward⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8211⇗Warner, Henry L⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron lead. PFF & Gee-H aircraft.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8408⇗Burroughs, Edwin Carlton⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8541⇗Boyette, Irving H⇗Completed MissionGroup lead. PFF & Gee-H ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8608⇗Wilson, Robert L⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8665⇗Welsh, James H⇗Completed MissionLead Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 44‑8789. Low Squadron lead. Gee-H ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8679⇗Saxton, John C⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8789⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by lead Ground Spare Aircraft 44‑8665.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗