727

27 November 1944

Mission Details

Description: BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY

Description: FIGHTER-BOMBER MISSION

Notes: A mix of 460 P-47s and P-51s fly a fighter-bomber mission against oil targets in North and Central Germany. A swarm of 750 Luftwaffe fighters attack in the Magdeburg-Munster-Hannover areas when they mistake the fighter formation for a heavy bomber formation. This is the largest apposing Luftwaffe fighter force sighted to date. The 489th Bomb Group departs the UK for the US on this date. They will be re-equipped with B29s in 1945 and sent to the Pacific Theater.

BINGEN

Description: MARSHALLING YARDS

FREIBURG

Description: INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX

OFFENBURG

Description: MARSHALLING YARDS

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Aircraft

43-38062

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Pleasure Bent
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron

43-38501

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Sweet Chariot
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
The insignia of the 546th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group.

43-38548

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron

43-38616

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 546th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group

43-38673

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron

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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'.