683

19 October 1944
media-7370.jpeg UPL 7370 Lt. Clyde Shrum
Co-PIlot - Crew #409
PIlot - Crew #557

466th BG Historian

Object Number - UPL 7370 - Lt. Clyde Shrum Co-PIlot - Crew #409 PIlot - Crew #557

Mission Details

Description: BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY

BAD KREUZNACH

Description: INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX

GUSTAVSBURG

Description: DIESEL ENGINE FACTORY

Notes: A mix of 195 P-47s and P-51s provide escort. Mix not given in available data.

KARLSRUHE

Description: INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX

KREUZNACH

Description: INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX

MAINZ

Description: MARSHALLING YARDS

MANNHEIM

Description: ARTILLERY TRACTOR PLANT

Notes: A mix of 226 P-47 and P-51s provide escort. Mix not given in available data.

MANNHEIM

Description: INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX

MANNHEIM

Description: INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX

Notes: A mix of 286 P-47s and P-51s provide escort. Mix not given in available data.

RUSESHEIM

Description: INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX

Steyr, Austria

Description: INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX

Connections

See how this entry relates to other items in the archive by exploring the connections below.

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 466th Bomb Group 93rd Bomb Group 752nd Bomb Squadron 784th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-747205
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot/Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-767993
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron 786th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34116224 / O-747210
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Chris Crate II
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 491st Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron 853rd Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 786th Bomb Squadron 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Mairsy Doats
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron 546th Bomb Squadron 547th Bomb Squadron
Ground personnel of the 401st Bomb Group stand with a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-31662) nicknamed "Fancy Nancy IV" after fixing her engines. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Another famous Fort and her crew.'
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Fancy Nancy IV
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Morning Star, Tail End Charlie
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron 615th Bomb Squadron

Revisions

Date
Contributor466thHistorian
Changes
Sources

466th BG Formation Sheet - NARA - found by Brad Sullivan

Date
Contributormarshaferraro
Changes
Sources

Personal list of 30 missions Lloyd C. Kenagy participated in with the 401st Bomb Group 613th Squadron between Aug 1, 1944 and April 11, 1945.

Date
Contributor466thHistorian
Changes
Sources

466th BG Historian

Date
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources

Changed 'STEYER' to 'Steyr, Austria'.

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'.

683: Gallery (2 items)