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: 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: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-1313268
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 600th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-799424
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39698250
- Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
- Role/Job: Flight Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-823433
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- 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: Lorraine
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th 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: Flak Evader
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th 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'.