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9 September 1944Mission Details
Netherlands / HEIDELBERG-DARMSTADT-WURZBURG-FRANKFURT/MAIN-KOBLENZ
Description: BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY
Notes: Fighter-bomber mission. A mix of 194 P-47s and P-51s are despatched to bomb and strafe targets in this area. Claims include 5-0-2 on the ground.
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 37.8 T
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 565th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15133937 / O-?
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Heaven's Above/Panhandle Kid
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Top O The Mark
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 752nd Bomb Squadron 754th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Terrible Termite
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron 335th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron 336th Bomb 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'.