805
22 January 1945IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Mission Details
Description: BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY
DINSLAKEN
Description: INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
HEIDEN
Description: INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
OSNABRUCK
Description: INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
RHEINE
Description: MARSHALLING YARDS
ST.VITH-KARLSRUHE-DARMASTADT-KOBLENZ
Description: FIGTHER-BOMBER MISSION
STERKRADE/HOLTEN
Description: OIL REFINERY
Notes: A mix of 85 P-47s and P-51s provide escort. Mix not given in available data.
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People
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Tremblin Gremlin II
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Alex
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Lorraine
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Happy Valley Express
- Unit: 323rd Bomb Squadron 91st Bomb Group
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Mary Makers
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
Revisions
Associated Media based on images associated with mission in Freeman, 'The Mighty Eighth War Diary'.
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'.