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4 August 1944
Associated mission & group
Object Number - FRE 10488 - B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 305th Bomb Group fly in formation during bombing raid on German rocket research center at Peenemünde in 1944. Bombs...
Mission Details
Description: BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 14 T
Description: BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 3 T
ANKLAM (Primary)
Description: AIRCRAFT FACTORY
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 173.8 T
ANKLAM (Primary)
Description: AIRFIELD
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 255.5 T
Bremen, Germany
Description: OIL REFINERY
Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Notes: 447th Bomb Group Specifically briefed for targets at Ostend. 15 ME109 fighters attacked
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 130.8 T
Description: INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 31.1 T
HAMBURG (Primary)
Description: OIL REFINERY
Notes: 3rd Bomb Division was made up of B-17s is 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: 464.1 T
Description: OIL REFINERY
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 115.8 T
HUSUM (Opportunistic)
Description: AIRFIELD
Notes: 3rd Bomb Division was made up of B-24s is 34th Bomb Group, 486th Bomb Group, 487th Bomb Group, 490th Bomb Group, 491st Bomb Group, 493rd Bomb Group.
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 110.8 T
KIEL (Primary)
Description: HARBOUR INSTALLATION
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 252.3 T
Description: AIRFIELD
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 65.5 T
OSTEND (Primary)
Description: COASTAL BATTERIES
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 65 T
Description: EXPERIMENTAL STATION
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, 398th Bomb Group, 401st Bomb Group, 457th Bomb Group. Bomb Division was made up of B-17s is 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: 522 T
ROSTOCK (Primary)
Description: AIRCRAFT FACTORY
Notes: 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, 448th Bomb Group, 453rd Bomb Group, 458th Bomb Group, 466th Bomb Group, 467th Bomb Group, 489th Bomb Group, 491 Bomb Group, 492nd Bomb Group.
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 370.3 T
Description: INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 31.2 T
SCHWERIN (Primary)
Description: AIRCRAFT FACTORY
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 212.1 T
Description: INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 27.5 T
WISMAR (Primary)
Description: AIRCRAFT FACTORY
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 179.3 T
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 7th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34012903
- Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-752847
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35151793
- Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19115783 / O-761936
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13065716 / O-814319
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: White Angel
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 547th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Miss Aldaflak Section 8
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron 615th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Kentucky Colonel aka Helena II
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Cover Girl
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
Revisions
Personal list of 30 missions Lloyd C. Kenagy participated in with the 401st Bomb Group 613th Squadron between Aug 1, 1944 and April 11, 1945.
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'.