8th Air Force 605FE
5 September 1944Description
Lots of flak on this one. One piece smashed the interphone dynameter under my desk missing me by inches. Major Pomroy flew command pilot.
Mission Details
LUDWIGSHAVEN
Description: FIGHTER ESCORT
Notes: Specific units not correlated in source data. Claims include 60-0-30 on the ground.
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: NA
STUTTGART
Description: FIGHTER ESCORT
Notes: Specific units not correlated in source data. A Swiss Bf 109 is accidentally shot down by a P-51 near Dubendorf. Claims include 14-0-27 on the ground.
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: NA
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33429920
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Little Lady
- Unit: 20th Fighter Group 55th Fighter 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'.