| Mission Date | 28 March 1945 |
| Eighth Air Force Operations | Operations description not yet available. |
| Mission |
384th BG Mission Number 299, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 917
Industrial Plant Attacked Weather prevented attack on the primary target so the secondary target was attacked using PFF. This plant produced machine tools, small arms gun components, and control apparatus for V-1 and V-2 weapons.
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| Primary Target |
Target: Berlin/Spandau Motor Transport Works Type: Industry Location: Spandau (Berlin), Germany |
| Target Attacked (Mode) |
Secondary (PFF) Target: Deutsche Industrie Werke Type: Industry Location: Spandau, Germany |
| Sortie/Aircraft Summary |
Completed Mission, not including spares - 33 Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 2 Landed In Allied Territory - 2 Flight Completed - 1 Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 2 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⇗ |
| Other Mission Documents | 1945-03-28, Low Squadron Lead, P. Y. Williams, R. Cook⇗ |
| Aircraft | Pilot | Results | Mission/Sortie Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| 42‑32106⇗ | [N/A] | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
| 42‑37788⇗ | Martin, Gerald L⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑97309⇗ | Aitken, Robert Partington⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑97510⇗ | Magleby, Calvin Charles⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑97824⇗ | Montgomery, Robert W⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑97986⇗ | Hewes, Charles Pershing⇗ | Completed Mission | Lead Squadron Deputy SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑102459⇗ | Seavey, Homer Carl⇗ | Completed Mission | Replaced 43‑38588. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑102620⇗ | Leavitt, Philip Neldon⇗ | Completed Mission | Replaced 43‑38584. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑107125⇗ | Carpenter, Dean Edward⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑37917⇗ | Carney, William Robert⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑37971⇗ | Blagg, John Anthony⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38548⇗ | [N/A] | Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off | Replaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑102620. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38588⇗ | [N/A] | Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off | Replaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑102459. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38647⇗ | Ferrell, Oran Luther ⇗ | Landed In Allied Territory | Landed away at A-72 (Perrone, France) due to low fuel. Returned to base later. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38673⇗ | Jerome, Edwin Anthony⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38678⇗ | Miley, Harold L⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38747⇗ | Festersen, John Carl⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38752⇗ | Whitesides, John Boyce⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38757⇗ | Bowman, Harold Horace⇗ | Spare, Completed Mission | Low Squadron flying spare; joined formation. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38974⇗ | Blankenmeyer, William J⇗ | Flight Completed | Weather aircraft; remainder of crew (CP, N, RO, Eng) not identified SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38994⇗ | Smith, Eliot Henry⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑39019⇗ | Murphy, William Carey⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑39131⇗ | Henry, Robert Tyson⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑39138⇗ | Carlson, Russell Edgar⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑39164⇗ | Gray, Fred Price⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑39197⇗ | Ostnes, Leif Robert⇗ | Completed Mission | High Squadron Deputy SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑39203⇗ | Hatch, William Alva⇗ | Spare, Completed Mission | High Squadron flying spare; joined formation. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑39236⇗ | Scherokman, Edward (NMI)⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑6476⇗ | Smisek, William Joseph⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron Deputy SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑6514⇗ | Drew, James Lawrence⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑6882⇗ | Spangler, George Knox⇗ | Aborted Mission After Taking Off. | Turned back due to engine failure (said to have 'exploded'); bomb load jettisoned at 'Point B.' SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑6892⇗ | Wilson, Robert L⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑6898⇗ | Zakas, Joseph (NMI)⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑6909⇗ | Richardson, George P⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑6923⇗ | Saxton, John C⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑8211⇗ | Ramsay, Walter E⇗ | Completed Mission | High Squadron lead SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑8408⇗ | Burroughs, Edwin Carlton⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑8430⇗ | Lewis, Charles Allyn⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑8541⇗ | [N/A] | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | Lead PFF Ground Spare Aircraft. |
| 44‑8608⇗ | Meitzler, Roy Albert⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑8649⇗ | Cook, Raymond D⇗ | Completed Mission | Lead Squadron lead SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑8668⇗ | Funk, Donald Olsen⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron lead SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑8679⇗ | Cathey, George Warlick⇗ | Landed In Allied Territory | Landed away at A-72 (Perrone, France) due to low fuel. Returned to base later. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |