8th Air Force 906
22 March 1945
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Object Number - UPL 19247 - Strike Photo - Kitzingen Airfield - 22 March 1945 466th BG
Mission Details
Description: ESCORT MISSION
Notes: 19 of 22 P-51s escort 19 of 22 F-5s on a photo recon mission over Germany and claim 11-1-3 Luftwaffe aircraft
AHLHORN
Description: AIRFIELD
Notes: This is a continuation of preparations for the Rhine River crossing.
Description: TROOP CONCENTRATIONS
BOTTROP
Description: TROOP CONCENTRATIONS
DORSTEN
Description: TROOP CONCENTRATIONS
FELDHAUSEN NORTH
Description: TROOP CONCENTRATIONS
FELDHAUSEN SOUTH
Description: TROOP CONCENTRATIONS
FRANKFURT/RHEIN MAIN
Description: AIRFIELD
GERESHEIM
Description: TROOP CONCENTRATIONS
GIEBELSTADT
Description: AIRFIELD
HINSBECK
Description: TROOP CONCENTRATIONS
KITZINGEN
Description: AIRFIELD
MULHEIM
Description: TROOP CONCENTRATIONS
OLDENBURG
Description: INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
RATINGEN
Description: TROOP CONCENTRATIONS
SCHWAB HALL
Description: AIRFIELD
WESTERHOLT
Description: TROOP CONCENTRATIONS
WURZBURG
Description: BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY
Connections
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36637720
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 730th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-760834
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot/Element Leader (WWII); Pilot (Transport Command)
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-828170
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-2015293
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Mister Completely, Home James
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Aunt Callie's Baby aka She Fox aka Lucky Lady
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron 412th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Chute The Works
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Shade Ruff #2
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 422nd Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron 547th Bomb Squadron
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'.