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6 August 1944
media-19801.jpeg UPL 19801 B-17 Mother ship [L] follows within transmission range of Aphrodite drone B-17 flying bomb [R].

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Object Number - UPL 19801 - B-17 Mother ship [L] follows within transmission range of Aphrodite drone B-17 flying bomb [R].

Mission Details

WATTEN

Description: Target: V-2 missile site Watten, France.

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress

Notes: APHRODITE mission.

The insignia of the 388th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 45
  • People returned to duty: 6
  • Aircraft sent: 3
  • Aircraft missing in action: 3

Connections

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People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 6962724
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group 18th Bomb Squadron 4th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38546773
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Flight Eng/Autopilot Eng
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Flight Eng / Autopilot Eng

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Quarterback
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
Airmen of the 388th Bomb Group climb aboard their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30793) nicknamed "Tom Paine" before a mission. Written on slide casing: 'Tom Paine.'
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Tom Paine
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 389th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Aphrodite
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 388th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 9th Bomb Group
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Daniels
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group 94th Bomb Group 18th Bomb Squadron 332nd Bomb Squadron 4th Bomb Squadron

Revisions

Date
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
Sources

Liberator: The Consolidated B-24 by Graham Simons

Date
ContributorAAM
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'.

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