8th Air Force 977 Operation Chowhound
3 May 1945
https://95thbg.mmsw.eu/crew/59, owner of an original slide of photo.
Object Number - UPL 35151
Official Description
390-plus B-17’s drop food supplies at Schiphol and Alkmnar A/Fs, and near Vogelenzang,, Hilversum, and Utrecht
Mission Details
Description: FOOD DROP
Description: FOOD DROP
Description: FOOD DROP
Description: FOOD DROP
Notes: 739.1 tons of food are dropped.
Description: FOOD DROP
Description: FOOD DROP
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- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 569th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Miss Hell
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Raincheck
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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'.