642

19 September 1944
media-26096.jpeg UPL 26096 map of Eighth Air Force mission #642 to Koblenz on September 19, 1944. From the estate of Harold Motz, navigator on the Westrope crew, 708th squadron, 447th bomb group. Harold notes on the back of the map, "one engine feathered"

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 26096 - map of Eighth Air Force mission #642 to Koblenz on September 19, 1944. From the estate of Harold Motz, navigator on the Westrope crew, 708th...

Mission Details

Description: BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 18 T

DARMSTADT (Opportunistic)

Description: MARSHALLING YARDS

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 60.2 T

DILLENBURG (Opportunistic)

Description: MARSHALLING YARDS

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 32 T

DILLENBURG (Opportunistic)

Description: MARSHALLING YARDS

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 97.5 T

DORTMUND/UNNA (Primary)

Description: RAIL DEPOT

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 180.3 T

Description: MARSHALLING YARDS

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 20.5 T

HAMM (Primary)

Description: MARSHALLING YARDS

Notes: 1st Bomb Division was made up of 91st Bomb Group, 92nd BG, 303rd BG, 305th BG, 306th BG, 351st BG, 379th BG,381st BG, 384th BG, 385th BG,389th BG, 401st BG, 457th BG, 486th BG.

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 460.1 T

HAMM CITY (Opportunistic)

Description: INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 15 T

KOBLENZ (Opportunistic)

Description: BRIDGE

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 75 T

KOBLENZ (Opportunistic)

Description: MARSHALLING YARDS

Notes: 3rd Bomb Division was made up of B-17s is34th BG, 44th BG, 95th Bomb Group 96th Bomb Group, 385th BG, 388th BG, 447th BG, 452nd BG, 486th BG, 490th BG, 493rd BG. 95th Bomb Group, 100th Bomb Group and 390th Bomb Group stand down.

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 244.5 T

KOBLENZ (Opportunistic)

Description: RAILROAD LINE

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 39 T

KOBLENZ (Opportunistic)

Description: RHINE RIVER BRIDGE

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 36 T

LIMBURG (Opportunistic)

Description: BRIDGE

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 82 T

LIMBURG (Opportunistic)

Description: MARSHALLING YARDS

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 101.5 T

MUNSTER (Opportunistic)

Description: MARSHALLING YARDS

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 8.8 T

OSNABRUCK (Opportunistic)

Description: MARSHALLING YARDS

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 2 T

RAESFELD (Opportunistic)

Description: MARSHALLING YARDS

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 33 T

RHEINE (Opportunistic)

Description: MARSHALLING YARDS

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 18 T

Description: MARSHALLING YARDS

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 95.2 T

WEISBADEN (Opportunistic)

Description: AIRFIELD

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 82.5 T

WEISBADEN (Opportunistic)

Description: RHINE RIVER BRIDGE

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 109.5 T

WESEL (Opportunistic)

Description: MARSHALLING YARDS

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 26.2 T

WETZLAR (Opportunistic)

Description: RHINE RIVER BRIDGE

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 40.5 T

Connections

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People

Clyde A Thompson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 832nd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Commanding Officer

John Udy

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Edwin E Wells

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 708th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Robert A Westrope

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 708th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Harold M Woods

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 708th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Engineer

Aircraft

42-38014

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Little America II
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron 546th Bomb Squadron

42-39888

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: HotNuts
  • Unit: Base Air Depot 1 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron

42-39993

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Hells Angels Out Of Chute 13, Grossly Inadequate
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron

42-97251

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Snuffy
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron

42-97282

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Rebel
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron

Revisions

Date
Contributormarshaferraro
Changes
Sources

Personal list of 30 missions Lloyd C. Kenagy participated in with the 401st Bomb Group 613th Squadron between Aug 1, 1944 and April 11, 1945.

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Lee Cunningham, 8th Air Force missions research database / Stan Bishop's 'Losses of the US 8th and 9th Air Forces', the Combat Chronology of the US Army Air Forces and the work of Roger Freeman including the 'Mighty Eighth War Diary'.

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