Mission Date | 30 March 1945 |
384th Mission |
Mission Number 300
|
8th Air Force Mission | Mission Number 918 |
Mission Comments |
Bremen Shipyard Attacked 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 Aborted - 1 Scrubbed - 2 Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 2 Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 3 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 |
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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 Mission | Low Squadron lead. PFF ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑98027⇗ | [N/A] | Scrubbed | Replaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑102430. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑102430⇗ | Milton, Theodore Ross ⇗ | Completed Mission | This aircraft replaced 42‑98027. 'Cowboy-Scouter' mission. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑102459⇗ | Montgomery, Robert W ⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑107125⇗ | [N/A] | Scrubbed | Replaced 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 ⇗ | Flying Spare, Completed Mission | Low Squadron flying spare; joined formation. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑37971⇗ | Moorhead, Harris L ⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38016⇗ | Gray, Fred Price ⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron hot camera ship. Landed away at Eye, on return, due to unspecified engine trouble. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38501⇗ | Hatch, William Alva ⇗ | Completed Mission | Lead 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 Mission | High 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 Mission | Low 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 ⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑6476⇗ | Miller, John C ⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑6514⇗ | Zakas, Joseph (NMI) ⇗ | Flying Spare, Completed Mission | High Squadron flying spare; joined formation. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑6592⇗ | Martin, Gerald L ⇗ | Aborted | Turned back over North Sea because the exhaust stack 'broke off completely' on one engine. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑6898⇗ | Tebo, Clerance L ⇗ | Completed Mission | High Squadron deputy, and hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑6909⇗ | Richardson, George P ⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑6923⇗ | Aitken, Robert P ⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑8211⇗ | Patterson, Nelton D ⇗ | Completed Mission | High Squadron lead. PFF & Gee-H ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑8401⇗ | [N/A] | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | Lead PFF Ground Spare Aircraft. |
44‑8408⇗ | Blagg, John Anthony ⇗ | Completed Mission | Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑107125. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑8430⇗ | Lewis, Charles Allyn ⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑8541⇗ | Ostnes, Leif Robert ⇗ | Completed Mission | Lead Squadron deputy and hot camera ship. PFF & Gee-H ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑8649⇗ | Peterson, Calvin J ⇗ | Completed Mission | Group lead. PFF & Gee-H ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑8665⇗ | Welsh, James H ⇗ | Flight Completed | Weather aircraft; remainder of crew (CP, N, RO, Eng) not identified SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |