8th Air Force 906
22 March 1945
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Object Number - UPL 19247 - Strike Photo - Kitzingen Airfield - 22 March 1945 466th BG
Mission Details
Description: ESCORT MISSION
Notes: 19 of 22 P-51s escort 19 of 22 F-5s on a photo recon mission over Germany and claim 11-1-3 Luftwaffe aircraft
AHLHORN
Description: AIRFIELD
Notes: This is a continuation of preparations for the Rhine River crossing.
Description: TROOP CONCENTRATIONS
BOTTROP
Description: TROOP CONCENTRATIONS
DORSTEN
Description: TROOP CONCENTRATIONS
FELDHAUSEN NORTH
Description: TROOP CONCENTRATIONS
FELDHAUSEN SOUTH
Description: TROOP CONCENTRATIONS
FRANKFURT/RHEIN MAIN
Description: AIRFIELD
GERESHEIM
Description: TROOP CONCENTRATIONS
GIEBELSTADT
Description: AIRFIELD
HINSBECK
Description: TROOP CONCENTRATIONS
KITZINGEN
Description: AIRFIELD
MULHEIM
Description: TROOP CONCENTRATIONS
OLDENBURG
Description: INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
RATINGEN
Description: TROOP CONCENTRATIONS
SCHWAB HALL
Description: AIRFIELD
WESTERHOLT
Description: TROOP CONCENTRATIONS
WURZBURG
Description: BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY
Connections
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator, Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 487th Bomb Group 839th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot/Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-2073028
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator, Commanding Officer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 487th Bomb Group 839th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator; Waist Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Pretty Baby
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Miss Aldaflak Section 8
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron 615th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Cover Girl
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th 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
Revisions
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'.