8th Air Force 906

22 March 1945
media-19247.jpeg UPL 19247 Strike Photo - Kitzingen Airfield - 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: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 467th Bomb Group 789th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15322673
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Togglier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 365th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19163446 / O-780619
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33688834
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant (RAF)
  • Role/Job: Waist gunner

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
French prisoners of war await transport home in a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-97931) nicknamed "Madame Queen" of the 401st Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'French POW's flown back to France after war. IN-Q then IW-A "Madame Queen".'
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Madame queen
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
Ten men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of a military airplane parked on grass.  Six men standing to the rear and four men kneeling in front.  Large canvas bags are on the ground.
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Swamp Angel
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Lucky Sherry : Temptation
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Alex
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron

Revisions

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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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