743

9 December 1944
Ten men in Air Force uniform posed in front of a military airplane.  Five men standing to the rear, five men kneeling in front.  The men are wearing cold-weather flying gear.  Large canvas bags are laying in front of kneeling men UPL 67858 UPL 67858 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews / 9 December 1944/Stuttgart Area (Aircraft Industry ).
Back Row: Phillo R Tozer (TG), Daniel Vogel (ETTG),Leslie D ‘BUS’ Newman (RO) , Jay S Walker (P), Arthur Bean (AC).
Front Row: Carl W Schwob (N), Jack D Shattuck (N), George K Smith (B), James H Lawrence (WG), Gerald R Bryson (N).
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Object Number - UPL 67858 - 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews / 9 December 1944/Stuttgart Area (Aircraft Industry ). Back Row: Phillo R Tozer (TG), Daniel Vogel (ETTG),Leslie D...

Mission Details

Description: BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY

HALINGEN

Description: BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY

STUTTGART/BOBLINGEN

Description: AIRFIELD

STUTTGART/ECHTERDINGEN

Description: AIRFIELD

UNTERTURKHEIM

Description: MARSHALLING YARDS

Notes: A mix of 247 P-47s and P-51s provide escort. Mix not given in available data.

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People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 325th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-771619
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 2065046
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19115783 / O-761936
  • Highest Rank: Major
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-775927
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37726752
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Little Kenny
  • Unit: 544th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The Challenger
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Big Dog
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Gremlins Hotel : Queenie
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 547th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron

Revisions

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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'.

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