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1 September 1944Original map now in the collection of the Museum of the US Air Force, Dayton, Ohio. 447th Bomb Group collection
Timothy Motz
Mission Details
Description: INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 0.00
Description: INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 0.00
Description: INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 0.00
Description: INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 3 T
LUDWIGSHAFEN (Primary)
Description: INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
Notes: Mission is recalled because of cloud cover over France. A mix of 508 P-38s and P-51s provide escort. 3rd Bomb Division was made up of 94th BG, 95th Bomb Group, 96th Bomb Group, 100th BG, 390th Bomb Group & 490th Bomb Group get credit for the mission.
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 0.00
MAINZ (Primary)
Description: INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 0.00
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Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Aunt Callie's Baby aka She Fox aka Lucky Lady
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron 412th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Lady Fortune : Carmen's Folly
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Hap Hazard : Trouble Buggy
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron 336th Bomb Squadron 412th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Milk Wagon
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 708th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Reluctant Dragon
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th 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'.