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28 September 1944Mission Details
Description: BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 21 T
Description: BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 4 T
Description: BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 85.8 T
KASSEL/HENSCHEL (Primary)
Description: MOTOR VEHICLE FACTORY
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 fly TRUCKIN mission
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 700.8 T
MAGDEBURG CITY (Secondary)
Description: INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 918.2 T
MAGDEBURG/ROTHENSEE(Primary)
Description: OIL REFINERY
Notes: AA resistance is heavy against this mission. The Germans are desperately trying to protect their oil processing centers. 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: 57.5 T
MERSEBURG/LEUNA (Primary)
Description: OIL REFINERY
Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Notes: 3rd Bomb Division was made up of B-17s is34th BG, 44th BG, 95bg 100th BG, 385th BG, 388th BG, 390th BG, 447th BG, 452nd BG, 486th BG, 490th BG. 96th Bomb Group & 493rd Bomb Group stand down The Eighth Air Force lost 1,280 airmen over Merseburg. Only 28 of the 37 B-17’s in LT. Bernard Kellenyi's (388th BG) formation returned home.
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 772.8 T
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15171461 / O-815242
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38293103
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner / Flight Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 510th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-818241
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot/Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-389151
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-768760
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: HotNuts
- Unit: Base Air Depot 1 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Southern Comfort III
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 506th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Ill Get By
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Paper Doll
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Miss Umbriago
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
Revisions
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'.