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Mission # 313

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 17 April 1945
Eighth Air Force Operations Operations description not yet available.
Mission
384th BG Mission Number 313, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 957
Transportation Attacked Again
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The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the 41st Combat Wing B Group on today's mission. CAVU conditions at the target enabled accurate visual aiming, which produced excellent bombing results.
Primary Target Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Dresden, Germany
Target Attacked (Mode) Primary (Visual)
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Completed Mission, not including spares - 34
Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 2
Landed In Allied Territory - 1
Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 2
Scrubbed - 2
Aborted - 1
Mission Personnel Mission Personnel Roster⇗ or Mission Loading Lists⇗
Mission Documents Combat Mission Records and Plans obtained from the National Archives⇗

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
42‑32106⇗Enns, Harkless G⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37788⇗Drew, James Lawrence⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38208⇗Eakin, Otho Mitchell⇗Completed MissionCo-pilot's oxygen regulator failed.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97309⇗Poulton, John W⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97510⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑97824⇗Kowats, Daniel Frank⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑98027⇗Pierce, Oscar William⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron lead. PFF & Gee-H ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102459⇗Casagrande, James A⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102620⇗Grove, Alfred W⇗Completed MissionGround Spare Aircraft; replaced 44‑6892.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102661⇗Abare, William Tebbs⇗Spare, Completed MissionHigh Squadron flying spare; joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107125⇗Carpenter, Dean Edward⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37717⇗Murray, John Phillip⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37971⇗Murphy, William Carey⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron deputy and hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38548⇗Aitken, Robert Partington⇗Completed MissionGround Spare Aircraft, replaced 43‑38747. Lead Squadron hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38588⇗Dott, Donald Shropshire⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38673⇗Jerome, Edwin Anthony⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38747⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 43‑38548.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38757⇗Meitzler, Roy Albert⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Propellor governor failure forced early return.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38800⇗Thurston, Lawrence E⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38839⇗Blagg, John Anthony⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38974⇗Montgomery, Robert W⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38994⇗Wright, Donald A⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39131⇗Humphries, Richard Sterling⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39138⇗Turner, Willard Jerome⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron deputy and hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39197⇗Porter, James L⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39203⇗Neal, William T⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39236⇗Scherokman, Edward (NMI)⇗Completed MissionMajor flak damage: hole in nose, #2 fuel tank, right and left wing spars; carpet inverter smoked when turned on; flight gyro out.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑39444⇗Nicolai, Edwin George⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6476⇗Gray, Harold Reginald⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6514⇗Lewis, Charles Allyn⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6592⇗Ruckman, George Francis⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6892⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑102620.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6898⇗Pinson, William Theador⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6909⇗Carroll, James E⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8007⇗Welsh, James H⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron lead. PFF & Gee-H ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8211⇗[N/A]Lead Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
44‑8408⇗Sheahan, Robert E⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8608⇗Knaur, John Sherman⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8668⇗Goble, Charles D⇗Landed In Allied TerritoryGroup deputy and hot camera ship. On return, landed at Y-84 (Giessen, Germany) with two engines out.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8679⇗DeGennaro, Carlo Nicola⇗Spare, Completed MissionLow Squadron flying spare; joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8789⇗Kinnaird, William Robert⇗Completed MissionGroup lead. PFF ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8945⇗Moorhead, Harris Leroy⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗