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25 August 1944
media-23948.jpeg UPL 23948 Sheldon Weiner, taken at Horsham St. Faith, 1944. Susan Weiner

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Object Number - UPL 23948 - Sheldon Weiner, taken at Horsham St. Faith, 1944.

Mission Details

Description: BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 3 T

HENIN LITTARD

Description: CHEMICAL PLANT

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 89 T

LA LOUVIERE (Primary)

Description: AMMONIA PLANT

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 30 T

Description: AIRFIELD

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 12 T

Description: AMMONIA PLANT

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 41.5 T

Description: AMMONIA PLANT

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 36 T

Description: LIQUID OXYGEN PLANT

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 54 T

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Aircraft

43-38159

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Wolf Pack
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron

44-40287

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Bachelor's Bedlam : Bachelor's Club
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 753rd Bomb Squadron

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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'.

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