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19 September 1944Original map now in the collection of the Museum of the US Air Force, Dayton, Ohio. 447th Bomb Group collection
Timothy Motz
Mission Details
Description: BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 18 T
DARMSTADT (Opportunistic)
Description: MARSHALLING YARDS
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 60.2 T
DILLENBURG (Opportunistic)
Description: MARSHALLING YARDS
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 32 T
DILLENBURG (Opportunistic)
Description: MARSHALLING YARDS
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 97.5 T
DORTMUND/UNNA (Primary)
Description: RAIL DEPOT
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 180.3 T
Description: MARSHALLING YARDS
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 20.5 T
HAMM (Primary)
Description: MARSHALLING YARDS
Notes: 1st Bomb Division was made up of 91st Bomb Group, 92nd BG, 303rd BG, 305th BG, 306th BG, 351st BG, 379th BG,381st BG, 384th BG, 385th BG,389th BG, 401st BG, 457th BG, 486th BG.
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 460.1 T
HAMM CITY (Opportunistic)
Description: INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 15 T
KOBLENZ (Opportunistic)
Description: BRIDGE
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 75 T
KOBLENZ (Opportunistic)
Description: MARSHALLING YARDS
Notes: 3rd Bomb Division was made up of B-17s is34th BG, 44th BG, 95th Bomb Group 96th Bomb Group, 385th BG, 388th BG, 447th BG, 452nd BG, 486th BG, 490th BG, 493rd BG. 95th Bomb Group, 100th Bomb Group and 390th Bomb Group stand down.
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 244.5 T
KOBLENZ (Opportunistic)
Description: RAILROAD LINE
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 39 T
KOBLENZ (Opportunistic)
Description: RHINE RIVER BRIDGE
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 36 T
LIMBURG (Opportunistic)
Description: BRIDGE
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 82 T
LIMBURG (Opportunistic)
Description: MARSHALLING YARDS
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 101.5 T
MUNSTER (Opportunistic)
Description: MARSHALLING YARDS
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 8.8 T
OSNABRUCK (Opportunistic)
Description: MARSHALLING YARDS
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 2 T
RAESFELD (Opportunistic)
Description: MARSHALLING YARDS
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 33 T
RHEINE (Opportunistic)
Description: MARSHALLING YARDS
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 18 T
Description: MARSHALLING YARDS
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 95.2 T
WEISBADEN (Opportunistic)
Description: AIRFIELD
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 82.5 T
WEISBADEN (Opportunistic)
Description: RHINE RIVER BRIDGE
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 109.5 T
WESEL (Opportunistic)
Description: MARSHALLING YARDS
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 26.2 T
WETZLAR (Opportunistic)
Description: RHINE RIVER BRIDGE
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 40.5 T
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 486th Bomb Group 832nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Commanding Officer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 708th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 708th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 708th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
- Role/Job: Engineer
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Little America II
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron 546th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: HotNuts
- Unit: Base Air Depot 1 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Hells Angels Out Of Chute 13, Grossly Inadequate
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Snuffy
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Rebel
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th 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'.