Robert Atkins
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 453rd Bomb Group
Robert Atkins served as a tail gunner with the 733rd Bomb Squadron of the 453rd Bomb Group, flying missions out of Old Buckenham, England.
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4 November 1944
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Mission list kept by 2nd Lt. Donald Muckerman of the 8th Airforce, 305th Bomb Group, 422nd Squadron (back)
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Overall Missions Map for the 493rd BG - USAAF Station 152 -Debach, UK noting missions flown by the Lt Bernard E Vaughan Crew
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BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY
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2. BOTTROP/WELHUN
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OIL REFINERY
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3. GELSENKIRCHEN/NORDSTERN
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OIL REFINERY
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4. HAMBURG/HARBURG
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OIL REFINERY
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5. HAMBURG/RHENANIA
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OIL REFINERY
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6. HAMM
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MARSHALLING YARDS
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7. HANNOVER/MISBURG
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OIL REFINERY
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A mix of 371 P-47 and P-51s provide escort. Mix not given in available data.
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8. NEUNKIRCHEN
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MARSHALLING YARDS
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9. NEUNKIRCHEN
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OIL REFINERY
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The 9th AF provides 76 of 77 P-47s and 50 P-51s as escort for this mission. No losses, no claims.
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10. NORDHOLZ
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AIRCRAFT FACTORIES
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11. SAARBRUCKEN
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MARSHALLING YARDS
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Service
People
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Heath Carriker
Military | Captain | Pilot | 466th Bomb Group
Dec 23, 44 on mission to Blatchen, ger. flack disabled aileron and rudder control with resulting loss of altitude from 23,000 to 8,000 ft. With elevator controls and all engines we made it back to Base 1:30 late. This was a close call! ... -
James Carter
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 466th Bomb Group
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Chester Cox
Military | Colonel | Group Commanding Officer | 388th Bomb Group
Retired from the USAF with the rank of Brigadier General -
Fred Eisert
Military | Captain | Pilot | 458th Bomb Group
1Lt Fred J. Eisert and his crew arrived at Horsham St. Faith on September 11, 1944, just as the group was coming off of combat operations for a month in order to ferry gasoline to Patton’s army in France. The crew flew their first mission on October 5... -
Alan Finch
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 34th Bomb Group
35 missions from June 1944 to Decmber 1944 DFC -
Robert Harris
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 385th Bomb Group
completed 33 missions on B-17 'Sugar Jo' Air Medal w 4/Oak Leaf Cluster -
Max Huffman
Military | Staff Sergeant | Armorer Gunner | 93rd Bomb Group
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Bernard Kellenyi
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 388th Bomb Group
After enlisting in the Army Air Force and earning his degree in Architecture from Catholic University he was accepted at Flight School. Flight training was completed at bases in Florida, Ohio and Arkansas. He received orders to pilot a B-17 across... -
Fred Knapp
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 466th Bomb Group
Completed a 30 mission tour, 27 of which were with the 466th BG
Aircraft
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42-38013 "NEVADA AVENGER"
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 26/11/43; New Castle 10/12/43; Presque Is 15/12/43; Assigned 547BS/384BG [SO-C] Grafton Underwood 21/1/44; sal battle damaged 27/4/44. NEVADA AVENGER. ... -
43-37775 OH! Hard Luck
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 20/5/44; Kearney 1/6/44; Grenier 18/6/44; Assigned 339BS/96BG [QJ-E] Snetterton 19/6/44 HELL'S CHARIOT; landing accident at base with Neal Keys 23/5/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 9/7/45; with Bill Evans to Scott Fd, IlL 10/7/45;...
Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 27 September 2014 18:43:08 | AAM | AAM ingest |
| 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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