Mission Date | 28 March 1945 |
384th Mission |
Mission Number 299
|
8th Air Force Mission | Mission Number 917 |
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⇗ |
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 P ⇗ | 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 E ⇗ | 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 | Replaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑102620. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38588⇗ | [N/A] | Scrubbed | Replaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑102459. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38647⇗ | Ferrell, Oran D ⇗ | 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 B ⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38757⇗ | Bowman, Harold H ⇗ | Flying 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 H ⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑39019⇗ | Murphy, William C ⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑39131⇗ | Henry, Robert T ⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑39138⇗ | Carlson, Russell E ⇗ | 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 ⇗ | Flying Spare, Completed Mission | High Squadron flying spare; joined formation. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑39236⇗ | Scherokman, Edward ⇗ | 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 | 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 C ⇗ | 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 A ⇗ | 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 ⇗ |