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Mission # 310

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 14 April 1945
Eighth Air Force Operations Operations description not yet available.
384th Bomb Group Mission
384th BG Mission Number 310, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 948
Primary Target Clobbered
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Weather at target was clear with about 2/10ths scattered clouds. Lead squadron bombed on a second run; high and low squadrons bombed on their first runs, and returned to base without waiting for lead squadron.
Primary Target Target: Gun Battery
Type: Military
Location: Royan (Bordeaux), France
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 - 2
Scrubbed - 3
Mission Personnel Mission Personnel Roster⇗ or Mission Loading Lists⇗
Mission Documents Combat Mission Records and Plans obtained from the National Archives⇗
Other Mission Documents 1945-04-14,Wing Lead, T. Milton, L. Ostnes⇗

44 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⇗Enns, Harkless G⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38208⇗Pinson, William T⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97309⇗Barnett, Jack (NMI)⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97510⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑102459⇗Montgomery, Robert W⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102518⇗Carlson, Russell Edgar⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102620⇗MacDonald, Ranald H⇗Spare, Completed MissionGround Spare Aircraft; replaced 43‑37717. Flying spare; joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102661⇗Nicolai, Edwin G⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107125⇗Carpenter, Dean Edward⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37717⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑102620.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37917⇗Poulton, John W⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37971⇗Murphy, William Carey⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron Deputy
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38501⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 43‑38548.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38548⇗Hatch, William Alva⇗Completed MissionGround Spare Aircraft; replaced 43‑38501. Feathered one engine just before bombs away, but stayed with formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38588⇗Seavey, Homer Carl⇗Completed MissionFive bombs failed to release, and were later jettisoned in the Channel.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38673⇗Jerome, Edwin Anthony⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38752⇗Martin, Gerald L⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38766⇗Henry, Robert T⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38800⇗Cathey, George Warlick⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38974⇗Kowats, Daniel Frank⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38994⇗Smith, Eliot H⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39131⇗Porter, James L⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39138⇗Jamison, Joseph F⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39197⇗Donnell, Alonzo McWilliams⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron Deputy
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39203⇗Neal, William T⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39444⇗Grove, Alfred W⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6476⇗Casagrande, James A⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6514⇗Bowman, Harold Horace⇗Completed MissionAppeared to release bombs somewhat late.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6592⇗Ruckman, George Francis⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6882⇗Wahlstrom, Harry Lawrence⇗Spare, Completed MissionFlying spare; joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6892⇗Knaur, John S⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6898⇗Eakin, Otho M⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6909⇗Leavitt, Philip Neldon⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8211⇗Welsh, James H⇗Completed MissionCapt. Laboda, High Squadron Lead
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8401⇗Ostnes, Leif Robert⇗Completed MissionCol. Milton, Wing Lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8408⇗Sheahan, Robert E⇗Completed MissionAppeared to release bombs somewhat late.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8541⇗Turner, Willard Jerome⇗Completed MissionDeputy Wing Lead. Originally assigned to 44‑8401, changed to this aircraft when displaced by Col Milton, due to his original aircraft becoming unservicable.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8580⇗Bennett, Ralph J⇗Flight CompletedWeather aircraft; remainder of crew (CP, N, RO, Eng) not identified
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8608⇗Moorhead, Harris Leroy⇗Completed MissionS/Sgt White's position on this sortie is uncertain due to conflicts in mission records.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8665⇗Cook, Raymond D⇗Completed MissionLt. Walker, Low Squadron Lead
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8668⇗[N/A]Lead Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
44‑8679⇗DeGennaro, Carlo Nicola⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8789⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 44‑8401 (originally assigned to Turner Crew).
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8945⇗Abare, William Tebbs⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗