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21 September 1944

Mission Details

Description: BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 31.5 T

Description: BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 6 T

KOBLENZ (Primary)

Description: MARSHALLING YARDS

Notes: 2nd Bomb Division -is 92nd BG, 392nd BG, 445th BG, 448th BG, 453rd BG.

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 374.7 T

LUDWIGSHAFEN/OPAU (Primary)

Description: OIL REFINERY

Notes: 3rd Bomb Division was made up of 96th Bomb Group, 388th BG, 452nd BG, 486th BG, 490th BG

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 412.3 T

MAINZ (Primary)

Description: MARSHALLING YARDS

Notes: 1st Bomb Division was made up of 91st Bomb Group, 303rd BG, 379th BG, 381st BG, 384th BG,

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 405.5 T

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People

Clayton Robert Christiansen

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37308723
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Kenneth H Dellow

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 446th Bomb Group 705th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-819974
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

John E Everhart

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 729th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-555966
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot/Observer

Thomas F Flemming

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13152196 on enlisting
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Robert E Goletz

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 446th Bomb Group 705th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-823355
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-102661

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Big Dog
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron

42-102933

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Gremlins Hotel : Queenie
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron

42-102953

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Sky Ann
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron

42-107057

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Spirit of 96
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-10706) nicknamed "Miss Bea Havin'" of the 388th Bomb Group flies over countryside. Image via Mark Brown, AFA. Written on slide casing: 'Miss Bea Havin 2107062 M, 562 BS.'

42-107062

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Worry Bird/Miss Bea Haven
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron

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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'.