350
11 May 1944
Timothy Motz, from Pictorial History of the 447th Bombardment Group (H) https://www.americanairmuseum.com/media/41056
Object Number - UPL 44299 - 8th Air Force mission 350; May 11, 1944; Malines, Belgium railroad yard. 447th Bomb Group strike photo
Mission Details
Description: MARSHALLING YARDS
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 19 T HE
BELFORT (Primary)
Description: MARSHALLING YARDS
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 82.5 T HE
CAEN (Opportunistic)
Description: AIRFIELD
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 2.5 T HE
CHAUMONT (Opportunistic)
Description: MARSHALLING YARDS
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 60 T HE
CHAUMONT (Primary)
Description: MARSHALLING YARDS
Notes: Faulty navigation causes 92nd Combat Bombardment Wing to not find target.
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 0.00
EPINAL (Primary)
Description: MARSHALLING YARDS
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 168 T HE
Description: AIRFIELD
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 6 T HE
MULHOUSE (Primary)
Description: MARSHALLING YARDS
Notes: The single B-24 MIA was from the 487th Bomb Group and was piloted by LT COL Beirne LAY, Jr., a prominent Hollywood screen writer. LT COL Lay managed to evade capture. After the war he returned to Hollywood and wrote the screenplay for the famous movie "Twelve O'Clock High" starring Gregory Peck. 2nd Bomb Division was made up of 44th Bomb Group, 93rd Bomb Group, 389th Bomb Group, 392nd Bomb Group, 445th Bomb Group, 446th Bomb Group, 447th Bomb Group, 453rd Bomb Group, 458th Bomb Group, 466th Bomb Group, 467th Bomb Group, 492nd Bomb Group, 486th Bomb Group, 487th Bomb Group. The 492nd Bomb Group flies its first mission.
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 337 T HE
ORLEANS/BRICY (Opportunistic)
Description: AIRFIELD
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 39 T HE
Connections
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-526631
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 467th Bomb Group 492nd Bomb Group 788th Bomb Squadron 859th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-810948
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 487th Bomb Group 838th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36008263 and O-724355
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 856th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-811444
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 734th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: AO 748 823 / 6862108
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot/co-pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: The Cat's Ass
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 752nd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Shack Rat
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 506th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Able Mabel
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Trips Daily
- Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 577th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: San Antonio Rose
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
Revisions
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'.