8th Air Force 938
10 April 1945Information provided by Patrick Terence McArron
Mission Details
Description: FREELANCE MISSION
Description: SCOUTING MISSION
BRANDENBURG/BRIEST
Description: AIRFIELD
BURG-BEI-MAGDEBURG
Description: AIRFIELD
NEURUPPIN
Description: AIRFIELD
ORANIENBURG
Description: AIRFIELD
ORANIENBURG
Description: MUNITIONS DEPOT
Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Notes: 1,315 bombers and 905 fighters are despatched to attack airfields known or suspected to be used by jet aircraft; about 60 jets and a few conventional fighters attack the formations. The munitions depot is that of German Army HQ.
PARCHIM
Description: AIRFIELD
RECHLIN
Description: AIRFIELD
RECHLIN/LARS
Description: AIRFIELD
STENDAL
Description: MARSHALLING YARDS
WITTENBURG
Description: MARSHALLING YARDS
ZERBST
Description: AIRFIELD
Connections
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 571st Bomb Squadron
- Role/Job: Bombardier / Togglier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35098072
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 491st Bomb Group 855th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-831252
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 486th Bomb Group 832nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: T-006740 / O-?
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 571st Bomb Squadron
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Tagalong, Duke's Mixture
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Day and Night
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron 615th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Kimmie Kar For 9
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Goin' My Way : V for Victory
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Flak Evader
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
Related media
- 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...
Revisions
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'.