667
6 October 1944
Elmo Maiden Crew
466th BG - 786th BS
Standing Left to Right: Bernard M. Atkins (TG), Vernon R. Hayden (WG), William R. Hoopes (B), Gustave J. Roussel (E), Guerino G. Petti (N), Herbert Rosenkoff (CP), William A. Thomason (TT), Elmo Maiden (P), Kenneth W. Chester (NG), Joseph R. Zebrowski (R/O)
B-24J-5-DT #42-51532 Code: U8-W
Photo taken on 27 December 1944 after crash landing at an airfield in Belgium.
Attlebridge Arsenal - Brassfield & Wassom
Object Number - UPL 6521 - Crew #664 Elmo Maiden Crew 466th BG - 786th BS Standing Left to Right: Bernard M. Atkins (TG), Vernon R. Hayden (WG), William R. Hoopes (B),...
Mission Details
Description: BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 2.50
Description: BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 22.60
BERLIN/SPANDAU (Primary)
Description: AIRCRAFT FACTORIES
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 574.90
BERLIN/SPANDAU (Primary)
Description: MUNITIONS DUMP
Notes: 3rd Bomb Division was made up of 34th BG, 94th BG, 95th Bomb Group, 96th Bomb Group, 100th Bomb Group 385th BG, 388th BG, 390th BG, 447th BG, 452nd BG, 486th BG, 487th BG, 490th BG. 493rd Bomb Group stands down. This is the first time that Berlin has been a target since 6 Aug 1944.
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 342.20
BERLIN/TEGEL (Primary)
Description: TANK FACTORY
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 156.80
BREMERVORDE (Opportunistic)
Description: BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 3.00
Description: INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 0.50
HAMBURG (Opportunistic)
Description: BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 24.00
HAMBURG/GLINDE (Primary)
Description: MUNITIONS DUMP
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 238.90
HAMBURG/KLOCKNER (Primary)
Description: AIRCRAFT FACTORIES
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 220.10
HAMBURG/RHENANIA (Primary)
Description: OIL REFINERY
Notes: 2nd Bomb Division was made up of 44th BG, 93rd BG, 389th BG, 392nd BG, 445th BG, 446th BG, 448th BG, 453rd BG, 458th BG, 466th BG, 467th BG, 489th BG, 491st Bomb Group, 492nd BG.
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 319.70
KAPPELN (Opportunistic)
Description: INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 3.50
NEUBRANDENBURG (Primary)
Description: AIRCRAFT FACTORIES
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 177.50
NORDHOLZ (Opportunistic)
Description: AIRFIELD
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 6.00
Description: BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 3.00
STADE (Opportunistic)
Description: AIRFIELD
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 79.30
Description: AIRFIELD
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, 398th BG, 401st BG, 457th BG.
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 493.00
STETTIN (Primary)
Description: AIRCRAFT FACTORIES
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 30.00
STRALSUND (Opportunistic)
Description: INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 367.30
Description: AIRCRAFT FACTORIES
Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 134.00
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-817438
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33427243
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-702206
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 508th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13114417
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Flight Engineer; Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Kentucky Colonel aka Helena II
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Cover Girl
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Heaven Can Wait, Boche Buster
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Berlin Bessie : I Dood It
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Old Ironsides
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
Revisions
James W Brice, son of
MAJ William R Brice, Bombadier
418th Heavy Bombardment Squadron
100th Bomb Group
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'.