42-37854 Round Trip

media-23878.jpeg UPL 23878 Map for the mission by the 8th Air Force #527 on August 7, 1944 to Anizy le Chateau. Saved by Harold Motz, navigator in the Westrope crew 708th squadron, 447th bomb group. Harold's notes on the back of the map identify the target as a railroad bridge.

Original map now in the collection of the Museum of the US Air Force, Dayton, Ohio. 447th Bomb Group collection

Timothy Motz

Object Number - UPL 23878 - Map for the mission by the 8th Air Force #527 on August 7, 1944 to Anizy le Chateau. Saved by Harold Motz, navigator in the Westrope crew 708th...

Delivered Denver 23/9/43; Harvard 9/10/43; Assigned 708BS/447BG Rattlesden 19/11/43; t/o accident with Gene Gibson 6/1/45. Salvaged; referred to in Engineering report as "camera and weather ship."

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Units served with

The insignia of the 447th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 708th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 708th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35652655
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 708th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 708th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Bombardier / Pilot / Comptroller
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 708th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37536427
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Lower Ball Turret Gunner/Waist Gunner

Places

Missions

  • Date: 26 August 1944
  • Date: 25 August 1944
  • Date: 8 August 1944
  • Date: 7 August 1944

Revisions

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Timothy Motz; from a mission list kept by Harold Motz and compared to Doyle Shields, "Hisatory of the 447th Bomb Group"

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addition to history by Timothy Motz from 447bg.com

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Timothy Motz from 447bg.com

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ContributorAAM
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

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