743
9 December 1944
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).
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.
Connections
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 41st Combat Bomb Wing 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 0720009
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: Base Air Depot 3 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13114156
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35803789
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 325th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32449691 / O-?
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 748th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 0829104
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
![A B-17 Flying Fortress (NV-A, serial number 42-97141) of the 92nd Bomb Group. Image via William E "Doc" Furniss, 92nd Bomb Group. Written on slide casing: 'NV-A, [illegible] 297141.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-388104.jpg.webp?itok=kDlJ6Gqy)
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Mary Jane II
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 325th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Silver Queen
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron 547th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Julie Mae
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Snuffy
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Lady Margaret
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
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'.