8th Air Force 906
22 March 1945
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Object Number - UPL 19247 - Strike Photo - Kitzingen Airfield - 22 March 1945 466th BG
Mission Details
Description: ESCORT MISSION
Notes: 19 of 22 P-51s escort 19 of 22 F-5s on a photo recon mission over Germany and claim 11-1-3 Luftwaffe aircraft
AHLHORN
Description: AIRFIELD
Notes: This is a continuation of preparations for the Rhine River crossing.
Description: TROOP CONCENTRATIONS
BOTTROP
Description: TROOP CONCENTRATIONS
DORSTEN
Description: TROOP CONCENTRATIONS
FELDHAUSEN NORTH
Description: TROOP CONCENTRATIONS
FELDHAUSEN SOUTH
Description: TROOP CONCENTRATIONS
FRANKFURT/RHEIN MAIN
Description: AIRFIELD
GERESHEIM
Description: TROOP CONCENTRATIONS
GIEBELSTADT
Description: AIRFIELD
HINSBECK
Description: TROOP CONCENTRATIONS
KITZINGEN
Description: AIRFIELD
MULHEIM
Description: TROOP CONCENTRATIONS
OLDENBURG
Description: INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
RATINGEN
Description: TROOP CONCENTRATIONS
SCHWAB HALL
Description: AIRFIELD
WESTERHOLT
Description: TROOP CONCENTRATIONS
WURZBURG
Description: BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY
Connections
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12120324 / O-835109
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13178814 / O-716614
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36864214
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Navigator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Little Kenny
- Unit: 544th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Farmer's Daughter
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron 615th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Damn Yankee
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Midge
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: D-Day Dottie
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
Revisions
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'.
