8th Air Force 930
6 April 1945
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UPL 49563
B17G-43-38958 Crash Site Photo, 6 April 1945, Germany
Removed associated people who are not depicted in the image. Associations are made in the aircraft record.
Mission Details
EISENLEBEN
Description: BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY
GERA
Description: INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
HALLE
Description: MARSHALLING YARDS
HALLE
Description: MARSHALLING YARDS
Notes: A mix of 201 P-47s and P-51s provide escort. Mix not given in available data.
LEIPZIG
Description: MARSHALLING YARDS
Notes: 3 B-24s fly CARPETBAGGER missions.
Connections
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 491st Bomb Group 855th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-831252
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 571st Bomb Squadron
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-785510
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 571st Bomb Squadron
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 1121996
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator, waist gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Pleasure Bent
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Starduster
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Kimmie Kar For 9
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Goin' My Way : V for Victory
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
Revisions
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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'.