Mission # 298

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 26 March 1945
Eighth Air Force Operations Operations description not yet available.
384th Bomb Group Mission
384th BG Mission Number 298, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 915
Weather, Equipment, Turbulence
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The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the 41st Bomb Wing B Group on today's mission. On initial approach to the target area, the division leader decided to attack the #2 target. After making two unsuccessful PFF runs on that target - foiled by equipment difficulties and prop-wash - the 384th decided to head directly for the #4 target, which the lead and high squadrons attacked. The low squadron again ran into prop-wash, which prevented accurate bombing, so they proceeded to attack a target of opportunity (TOO) at Würzburg, Germany by visual means.
Primary Target Target: Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Zeitz, Germany
Target Attacked (Mode) #4 (PFF)
Target: Railroad Workshops
Type: Transportation
Location: Meiningen, Germany
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Completed Mission, not including spares - 33
Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 2
Returned Early - 1
Crashed - 1
Flight Completed - 1
Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 4
Scrubbed - 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⇗Blagg, John Anthony⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37788⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑38208⇗Gray, Fred Price⇗Completed MissionLead Squadron hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97309⇗Lucas, Roy E⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97824⇗Miller, John C⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97986⇗[N/A]Lead Ground Spare Aircraft, UnusedPFF ship.
42‑102459⇗Martin, Byron L⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102518⇗Carlson, Russell Edgar⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102620⇗Grove, Alfred W⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107125⇗Carpenter, Dean Edward⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37717⇗MacDonald, Ranald Hugh⇗Completed MissionLanded away at B-24 on continent (Bazenville, France) on return due to low fuel. Crew and aircraft remained there overnight.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37843⇗Hatch, William Alva⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37971⇗Baughman, John R⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron deputy and hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38501⇗Leavitt, Philip Neldon⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron. Landed away at RAF Manston on return due to low fuel. Returned to base later in the evening.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38588⇗Seavey, Homer Carl⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38647⇗Henry, Robert Tyson⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38673⇗Jerome, Edwin Anthony⇗Completed MissionLanded away at RAF Woodbridge, Suffolk, on return due to low fuel. Crew and aircraft remained overnight.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38678⇗Miley, Harold L⇗Spare, Completed MissionHigh Squadron flying spare; joined formation. Landed away (presumably) on the continent on return due to low fuel. Crew and aircraft remained there overnight.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38747⇗Festersen, John Carl⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38757⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
43‑38766⇗Magleby, Calvin Charles⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38801⇗Nicolai, Edwin George⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38974⇗Van Pelt, Charles A⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38994⇗Smith, Eliot Henry⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron. Landed away at RAF Woodbridge, Suffolk, on return due to low fuel. Crew and aircraft remained there overnight.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39019⇗Voiland, Eugene Edward⇗Completed MissionLanded away on continent at B-51, a British airfield at Lille/Vendeville, France, on return due to low fuel. Crew and aircraft remained there overnight. (Note on Tactical Interrogation Form: 'RAF - Good to us')
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39131⇗Rush, Joseph Henry⇗Returned EarlyLow Squadron. Turned back over Germany due to #2 engine failure. Dropped bombs on target of opportunity (TOO) near Dettelbach, Germany (49°48'N, 10°11'E).
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39138⇗Pierce, Oscar William⇗Completed MissionGroup deputy and hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39164⇗Kowats, Daniel Frank⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39197⇗Ostnes, Leif Robert⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron deputy and hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39236⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
44‑6109⇗Jordan, Theodore Gustav⇗Crashed In Allied TerritoryRunning short of fuel, attempted to land at an emergency airfield near Cranbrook, Kent, but crashed in Brewers Wood, on Hawkridge Farm near Cranbrook, Kent ('500 yards North of Hargridge House'). The pilot was killed and two crewman were injured seriously.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6476⇗Moorhead, Harris Leroy⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6514⇗Meitzler, Roy Albert⇗Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffLow Squadron. Aircraft did not take off.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6882⇗Spangler, George Knox⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6892⇗Montgomery, Robert W⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6909⇗Richardson, George P⇗Spare, Completed MissionLow Squadron flying spare; joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8211⇗Smisek, William Joseph⇗Flight CompletedWeather aircraft; remainder of crew (CP, N, RO, Eng) not identified
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8408⇗Burroughs, Edwin Carlton⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8580⇗Gilmer, Charles E⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron lead. PFF ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8608⇗Knaur, John Sherman⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8665⇗Peterson, Calvin James⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron lead. PFF ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8679⇗Carney, William Robert⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8789⇗Tuck, Sam Gail⇗Completed MissionGroup lead. PFF ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗