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Mission # 299

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 28 March 1945
Eighth Air Force Operations Operations description not yet available.
384th Bomb Group Mission
384th BG Mission Number 299, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 917
Industrial Plant Attacked
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Previous Mission
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.
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⇗

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⇗[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 MissionLead Squadron Deputy
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102459⇗Seavey, Homer Carl⇗Completed MissionReplaced 43‑38588.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102620⇗Leavitt, Philip Neldon⇗Completed MissionReplaced 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 OffReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑102620.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38588⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑102459.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38647⇗Ferrell, Oran D⇗Landed In Allied TerritoryLanded 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 B⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38757⇗Bowman, Harold Horace⇗Spare, Completed MissionLow Squadron flying spare; joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38974⇗Blankenmeyer, William J⇗Flight CompletedWeather aircraft; remainder of crew (CP, N, RO, Eng) not identified
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38994⇗Smith, Eliot H⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39019⇗Murphy, William Carey⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39131⇗Henry, Robert T⇗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 MissionHigh Squadron Deputy
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39203⇗Hatch, William Alva⇗Spare, Completed MissionHigh Squadron flying spare; joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39236⇗Scherokman, Edward (NMI)⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6476⇗Smisek, William Joseph⇗Completed MissionLow 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 MissionHigh Squadron lead
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8408⇗Burroughs, Edwin C⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8430⇗Lewis, Charles Allyn⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8541⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, UnusedLead PFF Ground Spare Aircraft.
44‑8608⇗Meitzler, Roy A⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8649⇗Cook, Raymond D⇗Completed MissionLead Squadron lead
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8668⇗Funk, Donald Olsen⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron lead
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8679⇗Cathey, George Warlick⇗Landed In Allied TerritoryLanded away at A-72 (Perrone, France) due to low fuel. Returned to base later.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗