8th Air Force 984 Operation Chowhound
7 May 1945Official 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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- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 569th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Miss Hell
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Raincheck
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Baby Buggy II
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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'.