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8 May 1944

Mission Details

BRUSSELS/SCHERBECK (Primary)

Description: MARSHALLING YARDS

Notes: 3rd Bomb Division was made up of 486th Bomb Group & 487th Bomb Group.

Mission Statistics

Tonnage Dropped: 163.5 T HE

LA GLACERIE (Primary)

Description: V-1 MISSILE SITES

Notes: 3rd Bomb Division was made up of 95th Bomb Group, 96th Bomb Group, 100th Bomb Group, 388th Bomb Group, 390th Bomb Group, 452nd Bomb Group.

Mission Statistics

Tonnage Dropped: 238 T HE

SOTTEVAST (Primary)

Description: V-1 MISSILE SITES

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

Connections

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People

Daniel F McNamara

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 31341484
Highest Rank: Sergeant
Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Thomas McNulty

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 3xxx0500
Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.

Fernando A Montez

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 39283867
Highest Rank: Sergeant
Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Jack Cameron Nagel

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-734967
Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
Role/Job: Bombardier

Walter E Owens

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-818923
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Aircraft

42-97215

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Scooter
Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron

Ten men in Air Force uniform posed in front of a military airplane. Five men standing to the rear, five men kneeling in front. The men are wearing combat flying gear. Large canvas bags are laying in front of kneeling men

42-97367

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Umbragio
Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron

42-97449

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Sweetheart
Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron

42-97521

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: The Saint
Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron

Revisions

Date27 Sep 2014 18:43:06

ContributorAAM

Changes

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'.