342A
7 May 1944
7 May 1944
Osnabruck, Germany
Thirty 466th BG aircraft dropped 62 tons of bombs on the target 466th Bomb Group collection
466th BG Archives
Object Number - UPL 19355 - 466th BG MIssion Route Map 7 May 1944 Osnabruck, Germany Thirty 466th BG aircraft dropped 62 tons of bombs on the target
Mission Details
Description: BOMB TARGET OF OPPORTUNITY
Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Notes: 39 of 600 B-17s dispatched on a PFF attack on Berlin bomb targets of opportunity.
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 15.5 T HE
- Aircraft sent: 39
Description: BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 82.5 T HE
BERLIN (Primary)
Description: INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
Notes: 1st Bomb Division was made up of 91st Bomb Group, 92nd Bomb Group, 303rd Bomb Group, 305th Bomb Group, 306th Bomb Group, 351st Bomb Group, 379th Bomb Group, 381st Bomb Group, 384th Bomb Group, 388th Bomb Group, 401st Bomb Group, 457th Bomb Group. 457th BG - MISSION NO. 40 - BERLIN, GERMANY 7 MAY, 1944 The target was the same as Mission No. 39, the Friecfrjchstrasse railroad station. The Group supplied twenty- four planes to form the high box in the 94th Combat Wing. Major Theodore C. Hoffman was Air Commander, and Lt. Malcolm E. Johnson was pilot. The target area was completely covered with clouds, so bombing was done by PFF. Bombing results were not observed. Flak was moderate but accurate, and eleven aircraft received damage.
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 700.5 T HE
BERLIN (Primary)
Description: INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
Notes: 3rd Bomb Division was made up of 94th Bomb Group, 95th Bomb Group, 96th Bomb Group, 100th Bomb Group, 385th Bomb Group, 388th Bomb Group, 390th Bomb Group, 447th Bomb Group, 452nd Bomb Group.
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 546 T HE
Münster, Germany
Description: INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
Notes: 2nd Bomb Division was made up of 44, 93rd Bomb Group, 389th Bomb Group, 392nd Bomb Group, 445th Bomb Group, 446th Bomb Group, 448th Bomb Group, 453rd Bomb Group, 458th Bomb Group, 466th Bomb Group, 467th Bomb Group.
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 412 T HE
- Aircraft sent: 147
Osnabrück, Germany
Description: INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 446 T HE
- Aircraft sent: 165
- Aircraft missing in action: 1
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 3rd Bomb Division 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron 412th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-753912
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 2nd Bomb Division 20th Combat Bomb Wing 448th Bomb Group 712th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33424645
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner/Second Armorer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-747464
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 570th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39557480
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Heaven Can Wait, Boche Buster
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
![A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-31235) nicknamed 'Goin' Dog' of the 384th Bomb Group takes off for a mission. A censor has obscured the triangle P and serial number on the aircraft's tail. Image stamped on reverse: 'Sport and General.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 24 April 1944.' [stamp] and '313357.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'Back from Berlin. Crews of US Fortress Station returning from the Berlin raid which took place recently. 34320. A Fortress takes off- destination Berlin](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-380089.jpg.webp?itok=4ixJ1-Ec)
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Goin' Dog
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Winnie B
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Nuttal's Nut House
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Bomber's Angel
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
Revisions
Mission details added courtesy of Diane Elizabeth Reese from 457th Bomb Group Mission Documents. http://www.457thbombgroup.org/
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'.