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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

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People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-758719
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron 786th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-700540
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32885973
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Airplane Armorer-Gunner

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Shade Ruff #2
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
Factory fresh B-17s
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Aw Come On
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
Ground personnel of the 401st Bomb Group attend to a crashed B-17 (SC-S, serial number 42-97938) nicknamed "Twan-n-g-g" piloted by Lieutenant Donald M. Schliemann. Printed caption on reverse: '65727 AC- When Lt Donald M Schliemann was landing the Boeing B-17 "Twan-n-g-g" after the mission over Munster, Germany, the landing gear buckled and the plane careened off the runway coming to a stop on the perimeter. Here 401st Bomb Group inspect the damage to the plane 28 October 1944. (Aircraft no. 42-97938). US
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Twan-n-g-g-g
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Fightin' Hebe
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron

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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