893

17 March 1945

Mission Details

Description: UNKNOWN NUMBER OF LEAFLETS DROPPED

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People

Louis E Abdallah

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner / Togglier

Robert Lindsay Crabb

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 355th Fighter Group 389th Bomb Group 354th Fighter Squadron 564th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17072666 / O-710450
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bomber pilot / Fighter pilot

Donald R Raats

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 467th Bomb Group
  • Service Numbers: 39950822
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant (RAF)
  • Role/Job: Aerial Gunner

Aircraft

43-39123

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Possible Straight
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th 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'.