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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: 36464115
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant (RAF)
  • Role/Job: Engineer
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33764121
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron 324th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 0 774 903
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot/Co Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 362nd Fighter Group 379th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O&714985
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35709304
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Mairsy Doats
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron 546th Bomb Squadron 547th Bomb Squadron
A B-17 Flying Fortress (MS-V, serial number 42-32060) of the 535th Bomb Squadron, 381st Bomb Group.
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Boulder Buf
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Worry Bird : Voan : Snuffy
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron 711th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Lilly Belle
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 331st Bomb Squadron 398th Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: HotNuts
  • Unit: Base Air Depot 1 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron

Revisions

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Husband of Emens daughter

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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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