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3 September 1944
media-19801.jpeg UPL 19801 B-17 Mother ship [L] follows within transmission range of Aphrodite drone B-17 flying bomb [R].

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Object Number - UPL 19801 - B-17 Mother ship [L] follows within transmission range of Aphrodite drone B-17 flying bomb [R].

Mission Details

Fersfield, Diss, Norfolk IP22, UK

Description: ANVIL (USN Aphrodite equivalent) MISSION: Heligoland U-boat pens.

Notes: B-24 drone with US Navy crew, 9 support aircraft (probably PV-1 Ventura [mother ships], B-17s [navigation/radio relay ships] and Mosquitoes [weather recon/camera ships]) and 15 x P-51 escort. No losses or claims. The US Navy controller flew the Operation Anvil drone (B-24D 42-63954) into Düne Island by mistake.

The insignia of the 388th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 10.585
  • Aircraft sent: 10
  • Aircraft effective: 1
  • Aircraft missing in action: 1

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People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-749187
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12170026
  • Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 31013228
  • Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-803518
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 31317548
  • Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Hell's Messenger
  • Unit: 2nd Strategic Air Depot 364th Fighter Group 544th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Princess Pat, Hannah’s Children
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 569th Bomb Squadron

Revisions

Date
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
Sources

AAM DB Entry.
Liberator: The Consolidated B-24 by Graham Simons.

Date
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'.

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