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8 March 1945

Mission Details

DORTMUND

Description: MARSHALLING YARDS

Notes: Night mission. 4 of 7 B-24 fly CARPETBAGGER missions.

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Aircraft

A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-97105) of the 388th Bomb Group.

42-97105

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Paper Doll
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron

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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'.