647

25 September 1944
media-13815.jpeg UPL 13815 42-107057 BK-T, SPIRIT OF 96, 546th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group. Shot down on mission #647, 25 September 1944.

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Object Number - UPL 13815 - 42-107057 BK-T, SPIRIT OF 96, 546th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group. Shot down on mission #647, 25 September 1944.

Mission Details

Description: BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY

Description: BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 6 T

FRANKFURT (Secondary)

Description: INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX

Notes: 1st Bomb Division was made up of 91st Bomb Group, 92nd BG, 305th BG, 306th BG, 351st BG, 379th BG, 381st BG, 384th BG, 385th BG,389th BG, 401st BG, 457th BG, 486th BG. 303rd Bomb Group stands down.

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 1149.8 T

KOBLENZ/MOSEL (Primary)

Description: MARSHALLING YARDS

Notes: 2nd Bomb Division was made up of 44th BG, 92nd BG, 93rd BG, 385th BG, 389th BG, 445th BG, 446th BG, 453rd BG, 489th BG, 491 BG, 492nd BG. 458th BG, 466th BG, 467th Bomb Group stand down

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 673.5 T

Description: MARSHALLING YARDS

LUDWIGSHAFEN (Primary)

Description: MARSHALLING YARDS

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 128 T

LUDWIGSHAFEN/OPAU (Primary)

Description: OIL REFINERY

Notes: 3rd Bomb Division was made up of B-17s is34th BG, 44th BG, 96th Bomb Group, 100th BG, 385th BG, 388th BG, 390th BG, 447th BG, 452nd BG, 486th BG, 490th BG, 493rd BG. 95th Bomb Group stands down.

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 1133.5 T

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People

Man in Air Force uniform posed standing outdoors in front of wooden buildings.

Gerald Lee Anderson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37479451
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Leroy Andrews

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Lowell J Ankrom

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Togglier

Byron Laverne Atkins

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35146697
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Gunner/Togglier

Robert F Atkins

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 733rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11085503
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Aircraft

42-102659

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Hard Seventeen, Hard Luck
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 447th Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron

42-102661

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Big Dog
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron

42-102933

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Gremlins Hotel : Queenie
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron

42-102953

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Sky Ann
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron

42-107009

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Lady Jane
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron

Revisions

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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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