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Mission # 304

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 5 April 1945
Eighth Air Force Operations Operations description not yet available.
Mission
384th BG Mission Number 304, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 928
Ordnance Depot Destroyed
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The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the 41st Bomb Wing B Group on today's mission. This Group was assigned to the #2 spot in the wing formation, but due to the failure 'to get properly briefed prior to takeoff' arrived at Control Point #2 ahead of time, and ended up leading the entire bomber force. Good weather prevailed in the target area, enabling accurate bombing.
Primary Target Target: Ordnance Depot
Type: Military
Location: Ingolstadt, Germany
Target Attacked (Mode) Primary (Visual)
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Completed Mission, not including spares - 33
Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 1
Landed In Allied Territory - 1
Crashed - 1
Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 4
Aborted - 2
Mission Personnel Mission Personnel Roster⇗ or Mission Loading Lists⇗
Mission Documents Combat Mission Records and Plans obtained from the National Archives⇗
Other Mission Documents Group Lead, PFF & GEE-H Ship, E. Ulrey, J. Smith⇗

42 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
42‑37788⇗Bowman, Harold Horace⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38208⇗Meitzler, Roy Albert⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97309⇗Knaur, John Sherman⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97510⇗Leavitt, Philip Neldon⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97824⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑102620⇗Van Pelt, Charles A⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107125⇗Gray, Harold Reginald⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Low Squadron flying spare; could not locate formation, turned back at Control Point 2.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37717⇗Seavey, Homer Carl⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37843⇗Cathey, George Warlick⇗Crashed In Allied TerritoryDamage to wing from collision with 44‑8430 in bad weather. Crew bailed out; aircraft crashed in Belgium.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37971⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
43‑38016⇗Hastings, David Shove⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Turned back after #4 prop sheared off.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38062⇗Moorhead, Harris Leroy⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38501⇗Hatch, William Alva⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38548⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
43‑38647⇗Bradford, James W⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38678⇗Drew, James Lawrence⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38747⇗Festersen, John Carl⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38752⇗Whitesides, John Boyce⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38757⇗Zakas, Joseph (NMI)⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38801⇗Grove, Alfred W⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38974⇗Kowats, Daniel Frank⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38994⇗Smith, Eliot Henry⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39019⇗Carpenter, Dean Edward⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39131⇗Henry, Robert Tyson⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39138⇗Wilson, Robert L⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron deputy and hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39164⇗Jamison, Joseph F⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39197⇗Ostnes, Leif Robert⇗Completed MissionGroup deputy and hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39203⇗Magleby, Calvin Charles⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39236⇗Scherokman, Edward (NMI)⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6476⇗Gray, Fred Price⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6514⇗Martin, Gerald L⇗Spare, Completed MissionHigh Squadron flying spare; joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6882⇗Spangler, George Knox⇗Completed MissionLead Squadron hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6892⇗Nicolai, Edwin George⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6898⇗Goble, Charles D⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron deputy and hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6909⇗Wahlstrom, Harry Lawrence⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6923⇗Aitken, Robert Partington⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8430⇗Lewis, Charles Allyn⇗Landed In Allied TerritoryCollided with 43‑37843 in bad weather on return. Landed at Airfield A-87 (Charleroi, Belgium) after 3 crewmembers bailed out.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8541⇗Smith, Jack M⇗Completed MissionGroup lead. PFF & Gee-H ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8580⇗Patterson, Nelton Dreward⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron lead. PFF ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8679⇗Martin, Byron L⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8789⇗[N/A]Lead Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
44‑8853⇗Wright, Edward S⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron lead. PFF ship. Left formation over friendly territory and landed away at on Continent.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗