Mission # 300

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 30 March 1945
384th Mission
Mission Number 300
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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⇗

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]ScrubbedReplaced 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]ScrubbedReplaced 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 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 ⇗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 ⇗AbortedTurned 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 P ⇗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,
Unused		Lead 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 J ⇗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 ⇗