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2 October 1944
media-22506.jpeg UPL 22506 Pauline Crew

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Object Number - UPL 22506 - Pauline Crew

Mission Details

Description: BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 2.5 T

Description: BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 40.3 T

COLOGNE

Description: MOTOR VEHICLE FACTORY

Notes: 41CBW is 303rd BG, 379th Bomb Group & 384th BG.

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 272.5 T

FRITZLAR AIRFIELD (Opportunistic)

Description: AIRFIELD

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 30 T

GESECKE

Description: INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 21.5 T

KASSEL (Opportunistic)

Description: INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX - William Craig Hunter notes from mission: No. 1500 Lb Henschel & Son Tank Factory France, Belgium, Germany, England

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 271.8 T

KASSEL/BETTENHAUSEN (Primary)

Description: ORDNANCE FACTORY

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

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 319.4 T

KASSEL/HENSCHEL (Primary)

Description: MOTOR VEHICLE FACTORY

Notes: 3rd Bomb Division was made up of B-17s is34th BG, 44th BG, 94th BG, 95th Bomb Group, 96th Bomb Group, 100th BG, 385th BG, 388th BG, 390th BG, 447th BG, 452nd BG, 486th BG, 487th BG, 490th Bomb Group 493rd BG.

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 970.6 T

WEISBADEN (Opportunistic)

Description: INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 75.3 T

Connections

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People

Willard James Lawrence

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 708th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Bombardier / Pilot / Comptroller

Charles Paul Majeske

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-758470
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Marion Henry Makarewicz

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Frank Salvatore Marcera

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32550448
  • Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

George L Marks

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Aircraft

42-38208

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Lilly Belle
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 331st Bomb Squadron 398th Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron

42-39888

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: HotNuts
  • Unit: Base Air Depot 1 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron

42-97194

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Good Pickin
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron 336th Bomb Squadron

42-97215

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Scooter
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron

42-97251

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

Revisions

Date
ContributorBlessed Event
Changes
Sources

Matt Webster

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
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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