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11 October 1944

Description

Black Week

Mission Details

KOBLENZ (Secondary)

Description: MARSHALLING YARDS

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 211.50

WESSELING (Primary)

Description: OIL REFINERY

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 169.00

Connections

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People

Leonard D Reed

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 41st Combat Bomb Wing 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 0720009
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Frank Renzi

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19181246
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Alf Riveland

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32885973
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Airplane Armorer-Gunner

Herman L Scheibman

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13081029 / O-772673
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

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

42-97150

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Silver Queen
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron 547th Bomb Squadron

42-97251

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

42-97282

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

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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'.