43-38644 Green Weenie
8th AF, 96th BG (H), 339th BS, 3rd Div, 45th CBW - #138 - Snetterton
MACR 11343 (05/12/44)
#43-38644 “Green Weenie”
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Delivered Cheyenne 30/8/44; Hunter 15/9/44; Grenier 22/9/44; Assigned 338BS/96BG [BX-A] Snetterton 23/9/44; Missing in Action Berlin 5/12/44 with Munroe David, Co-pilot: Gene Mench, Navigator: Ira Halverson, Bombardier: Jim Hantges, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Lester Holmgren, Radio Operator: Francis McCormick, Ball turret gunner: Jim March, Waist gunner: Jim Dickenson, Waist gunner: Edgar Eggen,Tail gunner: Jack Spadafino (10 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed SE of Parchim, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 11343. GREEN WEENIE.
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 3rd Bomb Division 45th Combat Bomb Wing 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-770911
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
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Event | Location | Date | Description |
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5 December 1944 | STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): 3 missions are flown. Mission 738: 589 bombers and 884 fighters are dispatched to make attacks on Germany; an estimated 275-300 Luftwaffe fighters attack and AAF fighters claim 90-7-30 aircraft; 12 bombers and 17 fighters are lost: 1. 451 B-17s are dispatched to make PFF attacks on munitions and tank plants at Berlin (404); targets of opportunity are Nienburg (2) and other (23); 12 B-17s are lost and 169 damaged; 1 airman is KIA, 8 WIA and 115 MIA. Escorting are 630 of 711 P-51s; they claim 90-7-23 aircraft in the air and 0-0-2 on the ground; 15 P-51s are lost (pilots MIA) and 1 damaged beyond repair. 2. 114 of 129 B-24s hit the marshalling yard at Munster; 10 B-24s are damaged. Escorting are 141 P-47s and P-51s; 2 P-51s are lost (pilots MIA) and 1 P-47 damaged beyond repair. 3. 6 of 6 B-24s fly a screening mission. 4. 23 of 25 P-51s fly a scouting mission. Mission 739 is an APHRODITE mission with 2 B-17 Castor drones, 3 B-17 control and observation aircraft, a P-38 observation aircraft and 17 of 17 P-51s as escort; the P-51s claim 1-0-0 aircraft. Mission 740: 11 of the 4 B-17s and 8 B-24s dispatched drop leaflets in the Netherlands, France and Germany. |
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Added mission details found at the following link:
https://aircrewremembered.com/USAAFCombatOperations/Dec.44.html
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 11343 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database