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19 October 1944
media-7370.jpeg UPL 7370 Lt. Clyde Shrum
Co-PIlot - Crew #409
PIlot - Crew #557

466th BG Historian

Object Number - UPL 7370 - Lt. Clyde Shrum Co-PIlot - Crew #409 PIlot - Crew #557

Mission Details

Description: BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY

BAD KREUZNACH

Description: INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX

GUSTAVSBURG

Description: DIESEL ENGINE FACTORY

Notes: A mix of 195 P-47s and P-51s provide escort. Mix not given in available data.

KARLSRUHE

Description: INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX

KREUZNACH

Description: INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX

MAINZ

Description: MARSHALLING YARDS

MANNHEIM

Description: ARTILLERY TRACTOR PLANT

Notes: A mix of 226 P-47 and P-51s provide escort. Mix not given in available data.

MANNHEIM

Description: INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX

MANNHEIM

Description: INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX

Notes: A mix of 286 P-47s and P-51s provide escort. Mix not given in available data.

RUSESHEIM

Description: INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX

Steyr, Austria

Description: INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX

Connections

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People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Master Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner / Flight Engineer
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-760521
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36703821
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Togglier, Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Diana Queen Of The Chase
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Dynamite John
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Spam-O-Liner
  • Unit: 545th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group
An airman of the 95th Bomb Group with a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-102447) nicknamed "El's Belles". First handwritten caption on reverse: 'F/L on last of 365's bases in Belgium other side "Angels Sister" [name struck-out and annotated 'No'] 365 FG C Johnson/icm/75' Second handwritten caption on reverse: 'BG-A 95 BG.'
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: El's Belles
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
Ten men in Air Force uniform posed in front of a military airplane.  Five men standing to the rear, five men kneeling in front.  The men are wearing combat flying gear.  Large canvas bags are laying in front of kneeling men
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Hale's Angels
  • Unit: 547th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group

Revisions

Date
Contributor466thHistorian
Changes
Sources

466th BG Formation Sheet - NARA - found by Brad Sullivan

Date
Contributormarshaferraro
Changes
Sources

Personal list of 30 missions Lloyd C. Kenagy participated in with the 401st Bomb Group 613th Squadron between Aug 1, 1944 and April 11, 1945.

Date
Contributor466thHistorian
Changes
Sources

466th BG Historian

Date
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources

Changed 'STEYER' to 'Steyr, Austria'.

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
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'.

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