VIII Bomber Command 105 with RAF

27 September 1943

Description

5 B-17s from 305BG/422BS are despatched to join a night mission with the Royal Air Force to bombe the city of Hannover. 4 are effective on the target. One aircraft Failed to Return (FTR) 8KIA 3POW. There are no claims against enemy aircraft. The aircraft that failed to return was B-17 ‘Centaur’ 42-29555.

Mission Details

HANNOVER (Primary) W/RAF

Description: INDUSTRIAL AREA

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress

Notes: 5 B-17 of 305th Bomb Group/422SQD join RAF in night raid. One aircraft Missing in Action (MIA). Tonnage total includes 4 1,000lb Photoflash bombs.

Unofficial emblem, 305th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 102.00
  • People killed in action: 8
  • Prisoners of war: 3
  • Aircraft sent: 5
  • Aircraft effective: 4
  • Aircraft missing in action: 1

Revisions

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Info sourced via other entries on site

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 29-Jun-2015. Added Mission Narrative based on "The Mighty Eighth War Diary", Roger A. Freeman.

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ContributorAAM
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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'.