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14 March 1945

Mission Details

IJMUIDEN

Description: SUBMARINE PENS

Notes: DISNEY rockets used

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People

Robert Freeman Marshall

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16116799
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant (RAF)
  • Role/Job: Engineer, Top Turret gunner

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

Phillip J Phillips

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12225719
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Royal Arthur Runyon

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-860554
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Dwight Arnold Scrivner

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35803789
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Aircraft

43-37843

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Alex
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th 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

43-38062

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

43-38501

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Sweet Chariot
  • 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'.