821
6 February 1945
Elmo Maiden Crew
466th BG - 786th BS
Standing Left to Right: Bernard M. Atkins (TG), Vernon R. Hayden (WG), William R. Hoopes (B), Gustave J. Roussel (E), Guerino G. Petti (N), Herbert Rosenkoff (CP), William A. Thomason (TT), Elmo Maiden (P), Kenneth W. Chester (NG), Joseph R. Zebrowski (R/O)
B-24J-5-DT #42-51532 Code: U8-W
Photo taken on 27 December 1944 after crash landing at an airfield in Belgium.
Attlebridge Arsenal - Brassfield & Wassom
Object Number - UPL 6521 - Crew #664 Elmo Maiden Crew 466th BG - 786th BS Standing Left to Right: Bernard M. Atkins (TG), Vernon R. Hayden (WG), William R. Hoopes (B),...
Mission Details
Description: BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY
CHEMNITZ
Description: MARSHALLING YARDS
Notes: 1,383 bombers and 904 fighters are despatched to attack oil targets in Germany; however the expected clear weather does not materialize so the bombers hit secondary targets.
DIRLOS
Description: BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY
EISENBACH
Description: BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY
EISFELD
Description: MARSHALLING YARDS
FRIEDRICHRODA
Description: BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY
GIESSEN
Description: INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
GOTHA
Description: MARSHALLING YARDS
GREIZ
Description: INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
MAGDEBURG
Description: MARSHALLING YARDS
MEPPEN
Description: BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY
MEPPEN
Description: BRIDGE
OHEDRUF
Description: INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
OSTHEIM
Description: BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY
QUACKENBRUCK
Description: BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY
REICHENBACH
Description: BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY
SAALFELD
Description: INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
SCHMALKADEN
Description: BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY
SCHMALKADEN
Description: INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
Germany
Description: BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY
Notes: STEINBACH
WALTERSHAUSEN
Description: BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY
ZWICKAU
Description: BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY
Connections
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 752nd Bomb Squadron 755th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-433086
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 0781263
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12177592 / O-2063389
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39616828
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
- Role/Job: Flight Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 730th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-760834
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot/Element Leader (WWII); Pilot (Transport Command)
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Top O The Mark
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 752nd Bomb Squadron 754th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Briney Marlin
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Paper Doll
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Mister Completely, Home James
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Shade Ruff #2
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th 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'.