8th Air Force

30 August 1944

Description

End of Operation Overlord.

Mission Details

ATLANTIC OCEAN

Description: WEATHER RECONNAISSANCE MISSION

A B-26 Marauder of the 654th Bomb Squadron, 25th Bomb Group, parked on a runway. Handwritten on reverse: '654 BS.'

25th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Reconnaissance

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: NA

BREMEN

Description: WEATHER RECONNAISSANCE MISSION

Notes: DH98

A B-26 Marauder of the 654th Bomb Squadron, 25th Bomb Group, parked on a runway. Handwritten on reverse: '654 BS.'

25th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Reconnaissance

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: NA

BREST

Description: WEATHER RECONNAISSANCE MISSION

Notes: DH98

A B-26 Marauder of the 654th Bomb Squadron, 25th Bomb Group, parked on a runway. Handwritten on reverse: '654 BS.'

25th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Reconnaissance

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: NA

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People

Thomas M Plese

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 448th Bomb Group 489th Bomb Group 847th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: ASN 0-807044
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Revisions

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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'.