438

24 June 1944

Mission Details

Description: AIRFIELD

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 77.5 T

Description: UNKNOWN

Notes: 490th Bomb Group, 493rd Bomb Group

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 0.00

Bremen, Germany

Description: OIL REFINERY

Notes: 1st Bomb Division was made up of 91st Bomb Group, 92nd Bomb Group, 303rd Bomb Group, 305th Bomb Group, 306th Bomb Group, 379th Bomb Group, 381st Bomb Group, 384th Bomb Group. 3rd Bomb Division was made up of 94th Bomb Group, 96th Bomb Group, 100th Bomb Group,388th Bomb Group, 390th Bomb Group, 452nd Bomb Group, 447th Bomb Group, 486th Bomb Group, 487th Bomb Group

The insignia of the 381st Bomb Group.

381st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.

384th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
Three B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 94th Bomb Group are attacked by a Nazi Fighter aircraft during a mission. Printed caption on reverse of print: 'A-62641 USAF: Nazi fighter plane attacking Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortresses" during a bomb run over enemy installations somewhere in Europe, 10 September 1944. 100th[sic] Bomb Group, 3rd Bomb Division. U.S. Air Force Photo.'

3rd Bomb Division

  • Unit Hierarchy: Division
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Combat organisation
Unofficial emblem of the 91st Bomb Group.

91st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
The insignia of the 92nd Bomb Group.

92nd Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 526.3 T

BREMEN CITY (Opportunistic)

Description: INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 114 T

CHATEAUDUN (Primary)

Description: AIRFIELD

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 111.8 T

CONCHES (Opportunistic)

Description: AIRFIELD

Notes: 2nd Bomb Division was made up of 93rd Bomb Group, 458th Bomb Group, 466th Bomb Group, 467th Bomb Group, 489th Bomb Group, 491st Bomb Group.3rd Bomb Division was made up of 34th Bomb Group, 385th Bomb Group, 490th Bomb Group, 493rd Bomb Group

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 188.6 T

DREUX (Opportunistic)

Description: AIRFIELD

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 19.2 T

ORLEANS/BRICY (Primary)

Description: AIRFIELD

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 89.6 T

PAS-DE-CALAIS

Description: V-1 MISSILE SITES

Notes: 12 Sites are targeted, but overcast masks the sites. 11 B-17s then divert to Rouen, France and bomb the industrial area. 1 B-17 is lost to AA fire. (See above)

Description: TRANSPORTATION TARGET

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 31.1 T

ROUEN (Opportunistic)

Description: INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX

Notes: Specific units not correlated with target in source data.

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 27.5T

SAUMUR (Primary)

Description: BRIDGE

Notes: 91st Bomb Group, 38th Bomb Group

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 197.5 T

TOURS/LA RICHE (Primary)

Description: AIRFIELD

Description: AIRFIELD

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 84.4 T

Description: AIRFIELD

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 27.9 t

WESERMUNDE (Opportunistic)

Description: AIRCRAFT FACTORY

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 127 T

Connections

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People

Charles Owen Beckham

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 422nd Bomb Squadron 546th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35733061
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Virgil Louis Brave

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group 18th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17160682
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Gunner

Edward J Bullitt

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 422nd Bomb Squadron 546th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-819669
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

James Harris Chandler

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14155942 / T-123924
  • Highest Rank: Flight Officer
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Clarence C Clandellyn

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 835th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16092205
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Aircraft

42-102459

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Little Kenny
  • Unit: 544th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group
42-102495

42-102495

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Short Straw : Piccadilly Special
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 325th Bomb Squadron

42-102501

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The Challenger
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron

42-102518

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Damn Yankee
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron

42-102566

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

Revisions

Date
Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
Changes
Sources

Associated Bomb Groups of 1st Bomb Division.

Date
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'.