8th Air Force 984 Operation Chowhound

7 May 1945

Official Description

220-plus B-17’s drop food near Schiphol Airfield, Vogelenzang, Hilversum, and Utrecht

Mission Details

Description: FOOD DROP

Description: FOOD DROP

Description: FOOD DROP

Notes: An aircraft from the 95th Bomb Group (Serial number 44-8540) becomes the last aircraft lost on an 8th Air Force mission, crashing at sea. No MACR was issued but 11 KILLED IN ACTION (KIA), and 2 rescued.

Description: FOOD DROP

Description: FOOD DROP

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43-38257

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Tyson's Tramps
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group 391st Bomb Squadron
A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 43-38288) of the 95th Bomb Group, that has crash-landed at Horham. Image by Roland E "Lefty" Nairn of the 95th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'I took this at Horham, Eng A.B., 7th Mar 1945. R.E. "Lefty" Nairn, 336 Sqdn, 95 BG.'

43-38288

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Goin' My Way : V for Victory
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron

43-38317

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

43-38346

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Excelsior
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron 335th Bomb Squadron

43-38375

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Kwitcherbitchin, The Hellion
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 571st Bomb Squadron

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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'.