648

26 September 1944

Object Number - UPL 19098 - MACR 9401 complete crew list.

Mission Details

Description: BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY

Mission Statistics

Tonnage Dropped: 1.5 T

Description: BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY

Mission Statistics

Tonnage Dropped: 8.5 T

Bremen, Germany

Description: ARMORED VEHICLE FACTORY

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

3rd Bomb Division

Unit Hierarchy: Division
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Combat organisation

Mission Statistics

Tonnage Dropped: 1026.5 T

BREMERHAVEN (Opportunistic)

Description: INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX

Mission Statistics

Tonnage Dropped: 30 T

HAMM (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

2nd Bomb Division

Unit Hierarchy: Division
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Combat organisation

Mission Statistics

Tonnage Dropped: 821.8 T

Description: AIRFIELD

Mission Statistics

Tonnage Dropped: 7.5 T

Description: INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX

Mission Statistics

Tonnage Dropped: 3 T

OSNABRUCK (Primary)

Description: MARSHALLING YARDS

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

1st Bomb Division

Unit Hierarchy: Division
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

Mission Statistics

Tonnage Dropped: 948.5 T

RHEINE (Opportunistic)

Description: AIRFIELD

Mission Statistics

Tonnage Dropped: 25 T

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People

Harold Peter Adams

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 36743988
Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
Role/Job: MOS 757 - Radio Operator / Mechanic / Gunner, AAF

Charles H Aiken

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-760521
Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
Role/Job: Pilot

Russell H Albert

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Sergeant
Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Lewis L Allen

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
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

Aircraft

42-102398

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Dynamite John
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron

42-102427

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron

42-102450

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Paisano
Unit: 95th Bomb Group 96th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron 336th Bomb Squadron

42-102468

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Farmer's Daughter
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron 615th Bomb Squadron

42-102659

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

Revisions

Date27 Sep 2014 18:43:08

ContributorAAM

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'.