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31 May 1944

Mission Details

GUTERSLOH (Primary)

Description: AIRFIELD

Notes: 78 of 81 P-47s attack this target using 500 lb and 100 lb bombs. They claim 5-1-3 Luftwaffe aircraft on the ground. Fighter Groups not identified in source data.

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 31.3 T

Description: AIRFIELD

Notes: 35 P-38s attack this airfield using DROOPSNOOT methods. They claim 5-0-0 Luftwaffe aircraft on the ground. FIGHTER GROUPS not identified in source data

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 19 T

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People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 446th Bomb Group 707th Bomb Squadron
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-755018
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier / Navigator / Bombardier Instructor
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34645538
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

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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'.