8th Air Force 973 Operation Chowhound
1 May 1945Official Description
Almost 400 B-17’s drop food supplies in The Hague and Rotterdam areas.
Mission Details
Description: FOOD DROP
Notes: A total of 777.1 tons of food are dropped.
Description: FOOD DROP
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- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Gentleman Jim
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Princess Pat, Hannah’s Children
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 569th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Joyride : Big Chief Illiniwek
- Unit: 412th Bomb Squadron 95th Bomb Group
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Starduster
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
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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'.