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8 January 1945
media-5461.jpeg UPL 5461 St Margrets at Cliffe. Field in Nelson Park Victory Road. January 8,1945
Please note all of this"white" on the ground and the plane it's SNOW! This snow fell durning the night after this landing in the afternoon.

Millard Greer
109 Ellen Hand Circle
Cedartown,Georgia 30125

Object Number - UPL 5461 - St Margrets at Cliffe. Field in Nelson Park Victory Road. January 8,1945 Please note all of this"white" on the ground and the plane it's SNOW! This...

Mission Details

Description: BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY

ALZEY

Description: RAIL BRIDGE

BURGHREULAND

Description: COMMUNICATIONS CENTER

CLERF

Description: COMMUNICATIONS CENTER

DASBURG

Description: COMMUNICATIONS CENTER

FRANKFURT

Description: MARSHALLING YARDS

KOBLENZ

Description: MARSHALLING YARDS

KYLLBURG

Description: COMMUNICATIONS CENTER

LUNEBACH

Description: COMMUNICATIONS CENTER

Oudler 86, 4791 Burg-Reuland, Belgium

Description: COMMUNICATIONS CENTER

SCHWEICH

Description: COMMUNICATION CENTER

SPEICHER

Description: COMMUNICATIONS CENTER

SPEYER

Description: MARSHALLING YARDS

STADTKYLL

Description: COMMUNICATIONS CENTER

WAXWEILLER

Description: COMMUNICATIONS CENTER

WITTLICH

Description: COMMUNICATIONS CENTER

WUSSEMBOURG

Description: COMMUNICATIONS CENTER

Connections

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People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron 785th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-823677
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 832nd Bomb Squadron
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 491st Bomb Group
  • Service Numbers: 35393626
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron 785th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-822091
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 544th 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
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 544th Bomb Squadron 547th Bomb Squadron 305th Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Fightin' Hebe
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
Ten men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of a military airplane parked on grass.  Six men standing to the rear and four men kneeling in front.  Large canvas bags are on the ground.
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Swamp Angel
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Tremblin Gremlin II
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th 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'.

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