769
29 December 1944
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Object Number - FRE 1700 - B-17s of the 398th Bomb Group bombing the railyard at Bingen, 29 December 1944. Printed caption on reverse: '57548 AC- With bomb bay doors open, the...
Mission Details
Description: BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY
ASCHAFFENBURG
Description: MARSHALLING YARDS
BINGEN
Description: MARSHALLING YARDS
Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Notes: According to loss report their primary mission was in France but it was obscured by weather so they diverted to the secondary target, Bingen on the Rhine to hit River Port and Railroad yards.
BULLAY
Description: RAIL BRIDGE
DIDKIRCH
Description: BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY
Prüm
Description: COMMUNICATIONS CENTER
Mission Statistics
- Aircraft effective: 10
DUPPACH
Description: BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY
Description: BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY
FRANKFURT
Description: MARSHALLING YARDS
GEROLSTEIN
Description: MARSHALLING YARDS
GROSSLITTGEN
Description: BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY
IRLICH
Description: RAIL BRIDGE
LUNEBACH
Description: COMMUNICATIONS CENTER
REMAGEN BRIDGE
Description: RAIL BRIDGE
SCHLEIDEN
Description: COMMUNICATIONS CENTER
STADTKYLL
Description: COMMUNICATIONS CENTER
TELM
Description: MARSHALLING YARDS
WITTLICH
Description: COMMUNICATIONS CENTER
ZULPICH
Description: COMMUNICATIONS CENTER
Connections
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 78th Fighter Group 82nd Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-708700
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38541137
- Highest Rank: Technician Fourth Grade
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32941838
- Highest Rank: Technician Fourth Grade
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 571st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33721705
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner / Flight Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-775992
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Starduster
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Mary Makers
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 336th Bomb Squadron 95th Bomb Group
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron 336th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Goin' My Way : V for Victory
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
Revisions
Linked Lt Childs and Capt Lamb to mission - Lamb ditched in channel on return, Childs, his wingman directed ASR to his location.
Clarification to previous edit. Location of Prum target corrected. See:
http://www.8thafhs.com/maps.php?lat=50.2073&lon=6.42471&target_name=PRU…
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'.