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
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39924401
- Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 751st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 825283
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 571st Bomb Squadron
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron 615th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 486th Bomb Group 832nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Commanding Officer
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: The As-Te-Risk
- Unit: 1st Strategic Air Depot 390th Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron 570th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Lady Fortune : Carmen's Folly
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Lady Jeannette
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 729th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Madame queen
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th 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'.