Mission # 299

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 28 March 1945
384th Mission
Mission Number 299
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Mission Comments 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.
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
Aborted - 1
Scrubbed - 2
Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 2
Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 2
Landed In Allied Territory - 2
Flight Completed - 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⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft,
Unused		 
42‑37788⇗Martin, Gerald LCompleted Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97309⇗Aitken, Robert PCompleted Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97510⇗Magleby, Calvin CharlesCompleted Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97824⇗Montgomery, Robert WCompleted Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97986⇗Hewes, Charles PershingCompleted MissionLead Squadron Deputy
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102459⇗Seavey, Homer CarlCompleted MissionReplaced 43‑38588.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102620⇗Leavitt, Philip NeldonCompleted MissionReplaced 43‑38584.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107125⇗Carpenter, Dean ECompleted Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37917⇗Carney, William RobertCompleted Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37971⇗Blagg, John AnthonyCompleted Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38548⇗[N/A]ScrubbedReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑102620.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38588⇗[N/A]ScrubbedReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑102459.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38647⇗Ferrell, Oran DLanded in Allied TerritoryLanded away at A-72 (Perrone, France) due to low fuel. Returned to base later.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38673⇗Jerome, Edwin AnthonyCompleted Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38678⇗Miley, Harold LCompleted Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38747⇗Festersen, John CarlCompleted Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38752⇗Whitesides, John BCompleted Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38757⇗Bowman, Harold HFlying Spare,
Completed Mission		Low Squadron flying spare; joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38974⇗Blankenmeyer, William JFlight CompletedWeather aircraft; remainder of crew (CP, N, RO, Eng) not identified
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38994⇗Smith, Eliot HCompleted Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39019⇗Murphy, William CCompleted Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39131⇗Henry, Robert TCompleted Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39138⇗Carlson, Russell ECompleted Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39164⇗Gray, Fred PriceCompleted Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39197⇗Ostnes, Leif RobertCompleted MissionHigh Squadron Deputy
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39203⇗Hatch, William AlvaFlying Spare,
Completed Mission		High Squadron flying spare; joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39236⇗Scherokman, EdwardCompleted Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6476⇗Smisek, William JosephCompleted MissionLow Squadron Deputy
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6514⇗Drew, James LawrenceCompleted Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6882⇗Spangler, George KnoxAbortedTurned back due to engine failure (said to have 'exploded'); bomb load jettisoned at 'Point B.'
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6892⇗Wilson, Robert LCompleted Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6898⇗Zakas, Joseph (NMI)Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6909⇗Richardson, George PCompleted Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6923⇗Saxton, John CCompleted Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8211⇗Ramsay, Walter ECompleted MissionHigh Squadron lead
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8408⇗Burroughs, Edwin CCompleted Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8430⇗Lewis, Charles AllynCompleted Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8541⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft,
Unused		Lead PFF Ground Spare Aircraft.
44‑8608⇗Meitzler, Roy ACompleted Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8649⇗Cook, Raymond DCompleted MissionLead Squadron lead
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8668⇗Funk, Donald OlsenCompleted MissionLow Squadron lead
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8679⇗Cathey, George WarlickLanded in Allied TerritoryLanded away at A-72 (Perrone, France) due to low fuel. Returned to base later.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗