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3 September 1944
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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.
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: 16149430
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38293103
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner / Flight Engineer
Aircraft
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'.