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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.

Mission Statistics

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

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Aircraft

44-40277

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Miss Used
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 753rd Bomb Squadron
The nose art of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 44-40283) nicknamed "Lassie Come Home" of the 458th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '44-40283- Lassie Come Home- Tracy Pilot.'

44-40283

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Lassie Come Home
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 753rd 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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