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20 November 1944

Mission Details

Description: FIGHTER-BOMBER MISSION

Notes: A mix of 310 P-47s and P-51s fly a fighter-bomber mission to targets in Western Germany.

GELSENKIRCHEN

Description: SCREENING MISSION

GELSENKIRCHEN/SCHOWEN

Description: OIL REFINERY

Notes: A mix of 214 P-47s and P51s provide escort. Mix not given in available data.

MUNSTER

Description: MARSHALLING YARDS

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Aircraft

42-37788

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Hell's Messenger
  • Unit: 2nd Strategic Air Depot 364th Fighter Group 544th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron

42-37822

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

42-38208

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Lilly Belle
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 331st Bomb Squadron 398th Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron

42-39888

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

42-97251

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

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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'.