615th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Object Number - FRE 5166 - The insignia of the 615th Bomb Squadron, 401st Bomb Group.
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Unit stations
| Station | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|
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Based |
Deenethorpe |
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19151298 / O-770601
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron 615th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-808038
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Carolina Queen
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Omar The Dent Maker | The Devil's Daughter
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Dry Run
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Belle of the Barbary Coast
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
Related media
- Media Type: Video
- Collection Name: Rob Edwards collection
- Object Number: UPL 33906
- Description: Video of the memorials to the service and sacrifice of the USAAF 401st BG(H) based at Deenethorpe, station 128. The video covers two locations: the...
- Media Type: Document
- Collection Name: Charles Lewis Collection
- Object Number: Document 37339
- Description: Charles M. Lewis's report of Mission : Solingen, Germany Dec 1/2, 1943.
- Media Type: Document
- Collection Name: Charles Lewis Collection
- Object Number: Document 37340
- Description: 410st Bomb Group - Combat Crew Commendation - Mission 382 31 May 1944
- Media Type: Document
- Collection Name: Charles Lewis Collection
- Object Number: Document 37344
- Description: Charles M. Lewis's report of Mission : Oschersleben, Germany, January 11 1944
- Media Type: Document
- Collection Name: Unit histories
- Object Number: Document 51137
- Description: 401st Bomb Group Unit History, complete copy Many of the 8th Air Force Groups produced an unofficial unit history in the months after the war ended...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 52909
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No 1, 26 Nov 1943, Bremen, Germany. 0908 hours - Twenty aircraft off okay. Four of the briefed crews didn't manage to get...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 52910
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No 2, 1 Dec 1943, Solingen, Germany. The Group flew the low position in the 1st Combat Wing, and this was the third wing...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 52934
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 3, 5 Dec 1943, Paris, France. Aircraft 42-39825 crashed on take-off into the village of Deenethorpe. It was believed a...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 52935
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 4, 11 Dec 1943, Emden, Germany. 1521 hours - All aircraft down except 42-31098 (IW-B - "Penny's Thunderhead") which...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 52936
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 5, 13 Dec 1943, Kiel, Germany. Eighteen aircraft attacked the primary target, the bombing having been carried out by PFF...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 52937
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 6, 20 Dec 1943, Bremen, Germany. Fifteen of the dispatched aircraft hit the primary target, with 14 of the Group's...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 52938
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 7, 22 Dec 1943, Osnabruck, Germany. The Group flew the lead box position in the Wing formation. After starting the bomb...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 52941
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 8, 24 December 1943, Gorenflos, Germany. For some time, through photographic reconnaisance and reports from the French...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 52943
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 9, 30 Dec 1943, Ludwigshaven, Germany. This was the longest mission yet flown by the Group with ten hours engine time...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 52944
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 10, 31 Dec 1943, Cognac, France. The primary target (Bordeaux) was obscured by cloud so the Wing Leader (Major Seawell)...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 52974
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 12, 5 Jan 1944, Tours, France. All aircraft returned from mission by 1452 hours. Colonel Rogner expressed his pleasure...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 52975
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 13, 7 Jan 1944, Ludwigshaven, Germany. Chemical works of Farbenindustrie. Nineteen aircraft were off by 0900; one later...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 52976
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 14, 11 Jan 1944, Oschersleben, Germany. This was one of the greatest air battles of World War II. The Group put up the...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 52978
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 16, 21 Jan 1944, Pas De Calais. 23 operational aircraft were off by 1230. All planes returned safely by 1554 hours....
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 52979
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 17, 29 Jan 1944, Frankfurt, Germany. 35 aircraft were airborne by 0849 but five aborted the mission and returned. Air...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 52980
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 18, 30 Jan 1944, Brunswick, Germany. All aircraft returned by 1547 except # 856, shot down over the target. Lt. Col...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 52981
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 19, 3 Feb 1944, Wilhelmshaven, Germany. Over 1,100 fighters and bombers participated in the attack on the great port and...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 52982
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 20, 4 Feb 1944, Frankfurt, Germany. 31 aircraft off on operations by 0901 hours. All but one of the operational aircraft...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 52983
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 21, 5 Feb 1944, Chateauroux, France. The results of bombing Chateauroux Airfield were excellent. Pictures of 401st...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53001
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 23, 11 Feb 1944, Frankfurt, Germany. Captain Donald McCree led the Group to Frankfurt, the site of important aircraft...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53002
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 24, 20 Feb 1944, Leipzig, Germany. All 41 aircraft were airborne by 0955, constituting two complete boxes of 18 aircraft...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53003
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 25, 21 Feb 1944, Lippstadt, Germany
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53004
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 26, 22 Feb 1944, Oschersleben, Germany. 32 aircraft were airborne by 0935. 29 operational aircraft had returned by 1755...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53005
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 27, 24 Feb 1944, Schweinfurt, Germany
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53016
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 28, 25th Feb 1944, Augsburg, Germany
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53028
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 29, 2 Mar 1944, Frankfurt, Germany
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53029
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 30, 3 Mar 1944, Wilhelmshaven, Germany
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53030
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 31, 4 Mar 1944, Cologne, Germany
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53033
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 33, 8 Mar 1944, Berlin, Germany
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53036
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 34, 9 Mar 1944, Berlin
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53037
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 35, 11 Mar 1944, Munster, Germany
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53039
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 37, 16 Mar 1944, Augsburg, Germany
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53040
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 36, 13th Mar 1944, Gorenflos, France
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53044
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 38, 18 Mar 1944, Landsberg, Germany
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53046
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 39, 19 Mar 1944, Watten, France
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53048
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 40, 20 Mar 1944, Frankfurt, Germany
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53050
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 41, 22 Mar 1944, Berlin
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53052
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 42, 23 Mar 1944, Ahlen, Germany
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53055
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 43, 24 Mar 1944, Schweinfurt, Germany
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53057
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No 44, 26th Mar 1944, Watten, France
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53058
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 45, 27 Mar 1944, Tours, France
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53059
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 46, 29 Mar 1944, Brunswick, Germany
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53060
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 47, 9 Apr 1944, Marienburg, Germany
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53061
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 48, 10 Apr 1944, Brussels, Belgium
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53062
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 49, 11 Apr 1944, Politz, Germany
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53063
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 50, 13 Apr 1944, Schweinfurt, Germany
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53064
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 51, 18 Apr 1944, Oranienburg
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53066
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No 52, 19 Apr 1944, Kassel, Germany
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53067
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 53, 20 Apr 1944, Pas De Calais
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53068
- Description: 401st Bomb, Mission No 54, 22 Apr 1944, Hamm
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53069
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No 55, 24 Apr 1944, Erding
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53074
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No 56, 25 Apr 1944, Nancy/Essey
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53076
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No 57, 26 Apr 1944, Brunswick, Germany
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53077
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No 58, 27 April 1944, Le Grismont
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53078
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No 60, 29 Apr 1944, Berlin
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53080
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No 59, 29 Apr 1944, Nancy/Essey
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53081
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No 61, 30 Apr 1944, Lyon
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53082
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No 62, 1 May 1944, Siracourt, France
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53096
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No 63, 4 May 1944, Alkmar
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53097
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No 64, 7 May 1944, Berlin
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53098
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No 65, 8 May 1944, Berlin
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53099
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 66, 9 May 1944, Luxembourg
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53102
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 68, 12 May 1944, Merseburg, Germany
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53107
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 69, 13 May 1944, Stettin, Germany
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53109
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 70, 19 May 1944, Kiel, Germany
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53111
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 72, 22 May 1944, Kiel, Germany
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53112
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 73, 23 May 1944, Bayon
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53114
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 74, 24 may 1944, Berlin
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53115
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 75, 25 May 1944, Fecamp/Metz
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53117
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 76, 27 May 1944, Ludwigshaven
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53118
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 77, 28 May 1944, Dessau
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53132
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 78, 29 May 1944, Sorau
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53134
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 80, 31 May 1944, Luxeuil
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53138
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No.22, 6 Feb 1944, Caen. Colonel Bowman led the Group on a mission originally scheduled to attack a target at Dijon, France...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53149
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 81, 2 Jun 1944, Equihen
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53150
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 82, 3 Jun 1944, Neufchatel
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53151
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 83, 4 Jun 1944, Massey
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53154
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 84, 6 Jun 1944, Ver-Sur-Mere
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53155
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 86, 7 Jun 1944, Falaise
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53158
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 88, 11 Jun 1944, Bernay/St. Martin
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53174
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 89, 12 Jun 1944, Vitry-en-Artois
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53175
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 90, 14 Jun 1944, Le Bourget. For the 401st Bomb Group, this was the most important mission to date. The Group put up 60...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53399
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 254, 20 Apr 1945, Brandenburg, Germany
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53401
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 252, 18 Apr 1945, Traunstein, Germany
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53402
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 251, 17 Apr 1945, Dresden, Germany
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53403
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 250, 16 Apr 1945, Regensburg, Germany
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53481
- Description: 301st Bomb Group, Mission No. 248, 14 Apr 1945, Royan, France Briefing took place at 0430 hours. While taxying toward the takeoff runway a problem...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53483
- Description: 301st Bomb Group, Mission No. 247, 11 Apr 1945, Freiham, Germany. Briefing took place at 0500 hours, with Assembly ordered over Buncher Y in France at...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53484
- Description: 301st Bomb Group, Mission No. 246, 10 Apr 1945, Oranienburg, Germany. On this mission the three squadrons of the 401st made up the 94th Combat Wing "B...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53486
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 245, 9 Apr 1945, Furstenfeldbruck, Germany. Briefing took place at the relatively civilized hour of 0500. However SNAFU...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53488
- Description: 301st Bomb Group, Mission No. 244, 8 Apr 1945, Halberstadt, Germany. Briefing again took place in the middle of the night--0240 hours. All operational...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53492
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 243, 7 Apr 1945, Luneburg, Germany. Briefing was again held at an early hour--0230 hours. Pilots were briefed for a...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53512
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 242, 5 Apr 1945, Ingolstadt, Germany. Briefing times continued to be scheduled very early-- at 0215 hours this day. With...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53514
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 241, 4 Apr 1945, Unterlüss, Germany. Briefing was again scheduled for the early hour of 0250. All operational aircraft...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53529
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 240, 31 Mar 1945, Weimar, Germany. Briefing took place at the early hour of 0200. The aircraft were each loaded with six...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53530
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 239, 30 Mar 1945, Bremen, Germany. Briefing took place at 0720 hours for this mission. Aircraft were loaded with twelve...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53531
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 238, 28 Mar 1945, Berlin, Germany. Briefing took place at 0400 hours. Aircraft loading was six 500 pound GP's plus four...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53558
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 236, 24 Mar 1945, Rheine/Salzbergen, Germany. The Group was briefed at 0300 hours for the first of the day's two...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53559
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 235, 23 Mar 1945, Gladbeck, Germany. Briefing took place at 0615 hours. The Group was informed that the Eighth Air Force...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53562
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 234, 22 Mar 1945, Barmingholten. Briefing took place at 0400 hours, with Lead and Low Squadron ships being loaded with...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53563
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 233, 21 Mar 1945, Hopsten, Germany. Briefing at 0330 hours. The ships of the Lead Squadron were loaded with twelve 500...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53564
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 232, 19 Mar 1945, Plauen, Germany. At briefing, which took place at 0445 hours, the Group was briefed on two alternate...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53565
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 231, 18 Mar 1945, Berlin, Germany. Briefing took place at 0315 hours. The ships were loaded with twelve 100 pound GP's...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53566
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 230, 17 Mar 1945, Molbis, Germany. The Group was briefed at 0400 hours, and all aircraft were airborne by 0824. Flying...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53567
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 229, 15 Mar 1945, Zossen, Germany. Briefing took place at 0636 hours. The ships were loaded with six 500 pound GP's plus...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53597
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 228, 14 Mar 1945, Lohne, Germany. Briefing took place at 0745 hours. All aircraft were loaded with 34 100 pound GP's...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53598
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 227, 12 March 1945, Swinemunde, Germany. Briefing took place at 0440 hours, pilots being briefed for low visibility take...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53600
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 226, 11 Mar 1945, Bremen, Germany. Briefing took place at 0630 hours. Aircraft were loaded with 42 M-47 IB's. All...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53601
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 225, 10 Mar 1945, Hagen, Germany. The Group was briefed at 0615 hours. Aircraft were loaded with thirty-four 100 pound...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53602
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 224, 8 Mar 1945, Essen, Germany. Briefing took place at 0800 hours. The aircraft were loaded with twelve 500 pound GP's...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53603
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 223, 7 Mar 1945, Siegen, Germany. Briefing took place at 0430 hours. The aircraft were loaded with twelve 500 pound GP's...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53618
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 222, 4 Mar 1945, Schwab-Munchen. Breakfast for flight crews was at 0200 hours and briefing at 0300 hours--another long...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53619
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 221, 3 Mar 1945, Chemnitz, Germany.
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53620
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 219, 1 Mar 1945, Heilbronn, Germany. Briefing took place at 0710 hours, and all operational aircraft were airborne by...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53621
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 220, 2 Mar 1945, Chemnitz, Germany. The Group was briefed for a long mission at the early hour of 0300. By 0707 hours...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53661
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 218, 28 Feb 1945, Soest, Germany. The 401st provided the 94th Combat Wing "B" Group on this mission. As the target was...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53662
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 217, 27 Feb 1945, Leipzig, Germany. Briefing took place at 0700 hours, and all operational aircraft were airborne by...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53663
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 216, 26 Feb 1945, Berlin, Germany. Briefing took place at 0500 hours, and by 0841 hours all 20 aircraft were off on the...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53704
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 215, 25 Feb 1945, Munich, Berlin. Briefing took place at 0330 hours. Aircraft loading was six 500 pound RDX's plus 6 M17...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53705
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 213, 23 Feb 1945, Ottingen, Germany. Another early briefing-- at 0345 hours. Aircraft loading was twelve 500 pound G.P...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53706
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 212, 22 Feb 1945, Ludwigslust, Germany. Briefing took place at 0445 hours, and all operational aircraft were off by 0905...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53788
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 211, 21 Feb 1945, Nurnberg, Germany. Group briefing took place at 0345 hours. Pilots were warned of obstructions and...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53791
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 210, 20 Feb 1945, Nurnberg, Germany. Group briefing took place at 0500 hours. Aircraft loading was eighteen 250 pound G...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53792
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 209, 16 Feb 1945, Gelsenkirchen, Germany. The Group was briefed at 0700 hours. Aircraft loading was twelve 500 pound G...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53803
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 208, 15 Feb 1945, Dresden, Germany. The Group was briefed at 0400 hours. Aircraft loading was eighteen 250 pound G.P.'s...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53806
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 207, 14 Feb 1945, Dresden, Germany. Briefing took place at 0400 hours, as the mission was to be a long one. Pilots were...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53807
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 206, 10 Feb 1945, Dulmen, Germany. Briefing took place at 0445 hours. Aircraft loading was six 1,000 pound G.P.'s. and...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53808
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 205, 9 Feb 1945, Lutzkendorf (Primary) Eisenach (T.O.) Germany. The Group was briefed at 0530 hours. Aircraft loading...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53809
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 204, 6 Feb 1945, Giessen (T.O.) Eisfeld (T.O.) Germany. Briefing took place at 0415 hours. Aircraft loading was ten...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53810
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 203, 3 Feb 1945, Berlin, Germany. Briefing took place at 0300 hours. Aircraft loading was ten 500 pound GP's and 2,780...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53811
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 202, 1Feb 1945, Ludwigshaven, Germany. Briefing took place at 0515 hours. Loading was twelve 500 pound GP's and two...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53812
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 201, 29 Jan 1945, Bad Kreuznach, Germany During the night a total of 16 RAF Halifax bombers landed at Deenethorpe and...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53813
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 200, 28 Jan 1945, Cologne, Germany. Briefing took place at 0500 hours, and all operational aircraft were airborne by...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53814
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 199, 22 Jan 1945, Sterkrade, Germany. The Group was briefed at 0630, but starting times were delayed several times and...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53862
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 198, 21 Jan 1945, Aschaffenburg, Germany. Briefing was conducted at the relatively early hour of 0400. Aircraft were...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53865
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 197, 17 Jan 1945, Paderborn, Germany. Group briefing took place at 0600 hours. Aircraft were loaded with six 1,000...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53866
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 196, 14 Jan 1945, Cologne, Germany. Briefing was held at 0600 hours. Twelve of the fifteen 401st aircraft were assigned...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53867
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 195, 13 Jan 1945, Maximiliansau, Germany. Briefing took place at 0530 hours. Loading was six 1,000 pound bombs and 2...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53869
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 194, 10 Jan 1945, Euskirchen, Germany. Briefing took place at 0600 hours. Deenethorpe had been snowed in the previous...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53870
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 193, 7 Jan 1945, Bitburg, Germany. Briefing took place at 0500 hours. By 0921 all aircraft were airborne, although four...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53876
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 192, 6 Jan 1945, Kempernich, Germany. Briefing was at 0430 hours, and all aircraft were airborne by 0913. One ship...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53879
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 191, 5 Jan 1945, Koblenz, Germany. Briefing took place at 0500 hours. All but one aircraft, which had lost hydraulic...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53880
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 190, 3 Jan 1945, Hermulheim, Germany. Briefing took place at 0430 hours, and all 39 aircraft were off by 0822 "Good...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53881
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 189, 1 Jan 1945, Kassel, Germany. Briefing took place at 0450 hours, and by 0834 hours all operational aircraft were...
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Units in the UK from ETOUSA Station List, as transcribed by Lt. Col. Philip Grinton (US Army, Retired) and extracted by IWM; air division data from L.D. Underwood, based on the 8th Air Force Strength Report of 6th August 1944, as published in 'The 8th Air Force Yearbook' by Lt. Col. John H Woolnough (1980)
