707
9 November 1944
452nd Bomb Group Assoc.
Object Number - UPL 16264 - Lt. William E. Metzger
Mission Details
Notes: 2nd Lt. William E. Metzger, 729thBS/452ndBomb Group (Copilot) of B-17 42-97904 "Lady Jeanette" is awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his action on this mission. This is the fourteenth, and the last, CMOH awarded to a member of the 8th AF in World War II.
Description: BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY
FRANKFURT
Description: FIGHTER-BOMBER MISSION
Notes: A mix of 139 P-47s and P-51s fly a fighter-bomber mission. Mix not given in available data.
KOBLENZ
Description: INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
METZ
Description: SCREENING MISSION
METZ
Description: TRANSPORTATION TARGET
SAARBRUCKEN
Description: MARSHALLING YARDS
SAARBRUCKEN
Description: MARSHALLING YARDS
Notes: 1st Lt. Donald J Gott, 729thBS/452nd/Bomb Group (Pilot) flying B-17 42-97904 "Lady Jeannette" is awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his actions on this mission. This is the thirteenth CMOH awarded to a member of the 8th AF.
SAARLAUTERN
Description: BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY
THIONVILLE
Description: TRANSPORTATION TARGET
Connections
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12121223 / O-815498
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37726752
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39121886
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-820772
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 93rd Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- 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: Silver Queen
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron 547th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Good Pickin
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron 336th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Snuffy
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th 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'.