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1 February 1945Mission Details
Description: BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY
BARTH
Description: BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY
KREFELD
Description: MARSHALLING YARDS
LUDWIGSHAVEN
Description: MARSHALLING YARDS
MANNHEIM
Description: MARSHALLING YARDS
MANNHEIM
Description: RAIL and HIGHWAY BRIDGES
PFORZHEIM
Description: INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
WESEL
Description: RAIL BRIDGE
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39849255
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot on B-17
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 383599659
- Highest Rank: Technician Fourth Grade
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39146514
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-712131
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Radar Navigator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Betty J.
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Fancy Nancy IV
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Morning Star, Tail End Charlie
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron 615th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Mary Alice
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Shark Tooth
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
Revisions
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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'.