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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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43-37703

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Tremblin Gremlin II
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron

43-37717

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The Pro-Kid
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron

43-37917

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Pauline
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
A B-17 Flying Fortress (DT-J, serial number 43-37971) of the 545th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group at Grafton Underwood, January 1945. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Jan, 1945. 384BG, 545BS. Source - Gus Radloff, Grafton Underwood, B-17. P11 March Flypast. P. 4.'

43-37971

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron

43-38016

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Lorraine
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron

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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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