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14 September 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

HEMMINGSTEDT (Primary)

Description: OIL REFINERY

Notes: An APHRODITE mission (388th BG) of 2 B-17s controlling 2 B-17 CASTOR drones. The target is missed

The insignia of the 388th Bomb Group.

388th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

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Aircraft

42-30363

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Ruth L III
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron

42-39827

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: VIII Air Force Service Command 306th Bomb Group

Revisions

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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'.

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