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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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Aircraft

42-97630

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Peg O My heart, Geraldine
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron 324th Bomb Squadron

42-97760

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
Nine men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of a military airplane. Five men standing to the rear and four men kneeling in front. Men are wearing cold-weather flying gear. There are canvas duffle bags on the ground in front of the men.

42-97960

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
Ten men in Air Force combat flying gear posed in front of a military airplane. Five men standing to the rear and four men kneeling in front. Large canvas bags are laying in front of kneeling men

42-97986

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 544th Bomb Squadron 547th Bomb Squadron 305th Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron

43-37717

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The Pro-Kid
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th 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'.