8th Air Force 945
13 April 1945Mission Details
NEUMUNSTER
Description: FREELANCE MISSION
Notes: A mix of 97 P-47s and P-51s fly a freelance mission in support of the bombers. Mix not given in available data.
NEUMUNSTER
Description: MARSHALLING YARDS
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 601st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38507332
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
- Role/Job: Flight Engineer / Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 422nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38517916
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
- Role/Job: Air Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron 324th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 0 774 903
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot/Co Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-785510
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Hot Shot Charlie
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
Revisions
ContributorAAM
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'.