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28 August 1944

Mission Details

Description: TRANSPORTATION TARGET

Notes: P-38s, P-47s and P-51s attack transportation targets on the French/German border. Weather cancelled any heavy bomber operations. Claims include 3-0-4 on the ground

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 81.1 T

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People

Albert J Ramm

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 55th Fighter Group 338th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12121042 and O-816934
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

44-13715

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Little Lady
  • Unit: 20th Fighter Group 55th Fighter Squadron

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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'.