| Mission Date | 11 April 1945 |
| Eighth Air Force Operations | Operations description not yet available. |
| Mission |
384th BG Mission Number 309, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 941
Underground Oil Storage Attacked The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the 41st Combat Bombardment Wing 'B' Group on today's mission. It was a long haul to the target near Munich, but the bombers were met with clear skies, and bombing results were good. The lead and low squadrons bombed on the first run, but the bomb bay door motors in the lead aircraft of the high squadron failed, and the doors could not be hand-cranked open in time to drop, so the high squadron returned to the I.P. and completed a successful visual bomb run. Because of that, the high squadron had to tack on to another formation on the return to home base.
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| Primary Target |
Target: Underground Oil Storage Depot Type: Oil Industry Location: Freiham, Germany |
| Target Attacked (Mode) | Primary (Visual) |
| Sortie/Aircraft Summary |
Completed Mission, not including spares - 36 Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 2 Flight Completed - 1 Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 3 Scrubbed - 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 | 1945-04-11, Group Lead, PFF Ship, T. Hutchinson, I. Boyette⇗ |
| Aircraft | Pilot | Results | Mission/Sortie Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| 42‑37788⇗ | [N/A] | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
| 42‑38208⇗ | Martin, Gerald L⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑97309⇗ | Enns, Harkless G⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑97510⇗ | Bowman, Harold Horace⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑98027⇗ | Jamison, Joseph F⇗ | Completed Mission | High Squadron lead. PFF ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑102459⇗ | Casagrande, James A⇗ | Completed Mission | High Squadron. Landed away at A-61, Beauvais/Tille, France, with engine trouble and low fuel. Crew and aircraft remained there overnight. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑102518⇗ | Carlson, Russell Edgar⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑102661⇗ | Wahlstrom, Harry Lawrence⇗ | Completed Mission | High Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑107125⇗ | Clishem, James Edward⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑37717⇗ | Blagg, John Anthony⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑37917⇗ | MacDonald, Ranald Hugh⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑37971⇗ | Burroughs, Edwin Carlton⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38016⇗ | Knaur, John Sherman⇗ | Completed Mission | High Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38588⇗ | Abare, William Tebbs⇗ | Completed Mission | High Squadron hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38647⇗ | Shuff, Charles Bernard⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38673⇗ | Jerome, Edwin Anthony⇗ | Completed Mission | S/Sgt White's position on this sortie is uncertain due to conflicts in mission records. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38678⇗ | Dott, Donald Shropshire⇗ | Spare, Completed Mission | Low Squadron flying spare; joined formation. Landed away at A-97, Sandweiler, Luxemburg, with major battle damage and two engines out. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38747⇗ | Porter, James L⇗ | Completed Mission | High Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38752⇗ | Meitzler, Roy Albert⇗ | Completed Mission | Lead Squadron hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38757⇗ | Ruckman, George Francis⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38766⇗ | Martin, Byron L⇗ | Completed Mission | High Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38800⇗ | Eakin, Otho Mitchell⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38974⇗ | Nicolai, Edwin George⇗ | Spare, Completed Mission | High Squadron flying spare; joined formation. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38994⇗ | Gray, Harold Reginald⇗ | Completed Mission | High Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑39131⇗ | Rush, Joseph Henry⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑39138⇗ | Wilson, Robert L⇗ | Completed Mission | High Squadron deputy and hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑39203⇗ | Neal, William T⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑39236⇗ | Pinson, William Theador⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑6476⇗ | Moorhead, Harris Leroy⇗ | Completed Mission | High Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑6514⇗ | Drew, James Lawrence⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑6882⇗ | Leavitt, Philip Neldon⇗ | Completed Mission | High Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑6892⇗ | Grove, Alfred W⇗ | Completed Mission | High Squadron. Landed at A-68, Juvincourt, France, for fuel and returned to base. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑6898⇗ | Aitken, Robert Partington⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑6909⇗ | Seavey, Homer Carl⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑8007⇗ | Murphy, William Carey⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron deputy and hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑8211⇗ | [N/A] | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
| 44‑8221⇗ | [N/A] | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
| 44‑8401⇗ | Lucas, Roy E⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron lead. PFF ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑8541⇗ | [N/A] | Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off | Replaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 44‑8649. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑8580⇗ | Donnell, Alonzo McWilliams⇗ | Flight Completed | Weather aircraft; remainder of crew (CP, N, RO, Eng) not identified SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑8649⇗ | Boyette, Irving H⇗ | Completed Mission | Lead Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 44‑8541. Group lead. PFF ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑8665⇗ | Goble, Charles D⇗ | Completed Mission | Group deputy and hot camera ship. PFF ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑8679⇗ | Barnett, Jack (NMI)⇗ | Completed Mission | Landed at RAF Hunsdon, Hertfordshire, on return due to low fuel; returned to base after refuelling. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |