8th Air Force 973 Operation Chowhound

1 May 1945

Official Description

Almost 400 B-17’s drop food supplies in The Hague and Rotterdam areas.

Mission Details

HAGUE

Description: FOOD DROP

Notes: A total of 777.1 tons of food are dropped.

ROTTERDAM

Description: FOOD DROP

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Aircraft

43-39175

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 334th Bomb Squadron 95th Bomb Group

43-39177

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The Blessed Event
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron

44-6475

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Round Tripper
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group

44-6598

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Queen Mary ; Melvin’s Moonshiners
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron

44-6801

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Umbragio
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group

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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'.