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21 February 1945
media-43424.png UPL 43424 Johnny L Fisher (tail gunner) - WWII - Staff Seargent - 34th Bomb Group H - 8th Army Air Force - 22 missions successfully flown

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Object Number - UPL 43424 - Johnny L Fisher (tail gunner) - WWII - Staff Seargent - 34th Bomb Group H - 8th Army Air Force - 22 missions successfully flown

Mission Details

Description: ESCORT MISSION

Notes: 98 of 101 P-51s form 8th AF escort Ninth AF B-26s.

Description: SCOUTING MISSION

MEININGEN-COBURB-NURNBERG

Description: FIGTHER SWEEPS

NURNBERG

Description: BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY

NURNBERG

Description: MARSHALLING YARDS

Notes: A tank plant, railroad station, marshalling yards and locomotive shops at Nurnberg are all targets.

NURNBERG

Description: RAILROAD STATION

Notes: A mix of 175 P-47s and P-51s provide escort. Mix not given in available data.

SPEYER

Description: BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY

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People

Lloyd George Oehlert

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Bigby C Parrott

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron 785th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Jack Edward Pfeiffer

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35709304
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

John Stephen Proffitt

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-823677
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Arden Lorimer Quesinberry

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33653313
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Togglier

Aircraft

43-37783

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Lucky Sherry : Temptation

43-37917

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Pauline
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
A B-17 Flying Fortress (DT-J, serial number 43-37971) of the 545th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group at Grafton Underwood, January 1945. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Jan, 1945. 384BG, 545BS. Source - Gus Radloff, Grafton Underwood, B-17. P11 March Flypast. P. 4.'

43-37971

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron

43-38016

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

43-38077

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Tagalong, Duke's Mixture
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th 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'.

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