8th Air Force 957
17 April 1945452nd BG - 731st BS
Photo taken on mission to Dresden 17 April 1945.
This a/c survived the war and returned to the U.S. 466th Bomb Group collection
Chris Brassfield
Mission Details
AUSSIG
Description: RAIL JUNCTION
AUSSIG
Description: RAIL STATION
BEROUN
Description: MARSHALLING YARDS
DRESDEN
Description: BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY
DRESDEN
Description: MARSHALLING YARDS
Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
DRESDEN
Description: RAIL CENTER
Notes: 50 Luftwaffe fighters are encountered, mostly jets. 4 Jets are shot down. These raids on the city of Dresden were some of the most controversial of the war. Many civilians were killed in the resulting firestorm.
FALKENAU
Description: RAIL JUNCTION
FISCHERN
Description: RAIL JUNCTION
KLADNO
Description: RAIL JUNCTION
ROUNDNICE
Description: MARSHALLING YARDS
ROUNDNICE
Description: OIL DEPOT
Connections
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-820772
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-1313268
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-2077891
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Towering Titan, Organized Confusion
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th 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: Excelsior
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron 335th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Miss Hell
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Bottle Baby
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron 615th Bomb Squadron
Related media
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53402
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 251, 17 Apr 1945, Dresden, Germany
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'.