8th Air Force 882

11 March 1945

Mission Details

Description: UNKNOWN NUMBER OF LEAFLETS DROPPED

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People

Howard Martin Berger

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 729th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 2069916
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator / Mickey operator, B-17

John F Bookout

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-777097
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Sabatine J Branco

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 487th Bomb Group 839th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator; Waist Gunner

Jean P Elissalde

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 0781263
  • Highest Rank: Major
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Michael J. Halaiko, 1st Lieutenant, Navigator/Bombardier with 813th Bomb Squadron 482nd Bomber Group

Michael John Halaiko

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 482nd Bomb Group 813th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 0-731507
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator/Bombardier on B-17G

Aircraft

44-6509

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 748th Bomb Squadron

Revisions

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources

Lee Cunningham 23-Feb-2016. Corrected mission date from 1944 to 1945.

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
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'.