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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 787th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot/Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15327540 / O-700574
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-389151
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-711277
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

The mission board of the 457th Bomb Group. Official caption printed on image: '(GM-299-2-457)(16/5/45)(Op's Board's).'
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Lady Vivian
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Heavenly Body
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Satan's Chillen
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
A B-17 Flying Fortress (DT-J, serial number 43-37971) of the 545th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group at Grafton Underwood, January 1945. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Jan, 1945. 384BG, 545BS. Source - Gus Radloff, Grafton Underwood, B-17. P11 March Flypast. P. 4.'
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th 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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