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Mission # 300

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 30 March 1945
Eighth Air Force Operations Operations description not yet available.
384th Bomb Group Mission
384th BG Mission Number 300, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 918
Bremen Shipyard Attacked
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The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the 41st Combat Wing C Group on today's mission. Cloudy conditions in the target area required use of PFF, but there were enough openings in the clouds for the bombardiers to visually assist the aiming.
Primary Target Target: Deutsche Schiff- u. Maschinenbau A.G. (DESCHIMAG)
Submarine and Warship Yard
Machine Shop
Type: Submarine Facility
Location: Bremen, Germany
Target Attacked (Mode) Primary (PFF)
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Completed Mission, not including spares - 36
Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 2
Flight Completed - 1
Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 3
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 1945-03-30, Group Lead, PFF & GEE-H Ship, J. LaBoda, C. Peterson⇗

45 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⇗Nicolai, Edwin G⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37788⇗Drew, James Lawrence⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97309⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑97824⇗Martin, Byron L⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97986⇗Tuck, Sam Gail⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron lead. PFF ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑98027⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑102430.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102430⇗Milton, Theodore Ross⇗Completed MissionThis aircraft replaced 42‑98027. 'Cowboy-Scouter' mission.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102459⇗Montgomery, Robert W⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107125⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 44‑8408.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37717⇗Jerome, Edwin Anthony⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37843⇗Bradford, James W⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37917⇗Wilson, Robert L⇗Spare, Completed MissionLow Squadron flying spare; joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37971⇗Moorhead, Harris Leroy⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38016⇗Gray, Fred Price⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron hot camera ship. Landed away at Eye, on return, due to unspecified engine trouble.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38501⇗Hatch, William Alva⇗Completed MissionLead Squadron hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38548⇗Magleby, Calvin Charles⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38588⇗Seavey, Homer Carl⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38673⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
43‑38747⇗Festersen, John Carl⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38752⇗Whitesides, John B⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38757⇗Meitzler, Roy A⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38766⇗Gregg, William G⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38800⇗Cathey, George Warlick⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38801⇗Grove, Alfred W⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38974⇗Van Pelt, Charles A⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38994⇗Smith, Eliot H⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39131⇗Spangler, George Knox⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39138⇗Turner, Willard Jerome⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron deputy and hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39164⇗Kowats, Daniel Frank⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39197⇗Henry, Robert T⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39203⇗Wahlstrom, Harry Lawrence⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39236⇗Scherokman, Edward (NMI)⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6476⇗Miller, John C⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6514⇗Zakas, Joseph (NMI)⇗Spare, Completed MissionHigh Squadron flying spare; joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6592⇗Martin, Gerald L⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Turned back over North Sea because the exhaust stack 'broke off completely' on one engine.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6898⇗Tebo, Clerance L⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron deputy, and hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6909⇗Richardson, George P⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6923⇗Aitken, Robert Partington⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8211⇗Patterson, Nelton D⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron lead. PFF & Gee-H ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8401⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, UnusedLead PFF Ground Spare Aircraft.
44‑8408⇗Blagg, John Anthony⇗Completed MissionGround Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑107125.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8430⇗Lewis, Charles Allyn⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8541⇗Ostnes, Leif Robert⇗Completed MissionLead Squadron deputy and hot camera ship. PFF & Gee-H ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8649⇗Peterson, Calvin James⇗Completed MissionGroup lead. PFF & Gee-H ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8665⇗Welsh, James H⇗Flight CompletedWeather aircraft; remainder of crew (CP, N, RO, Eng) not identified
SORTIE REPORT ⇗