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30 November 1944
Object Number - UPL 34070 - STANDING: LEFT TO RIGHT John M....
Mission Details
Description: BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY
BOHLEN
Description: OIL REFINERY
FULDA
Description: BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY
GERA
Description: BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY
GOTHA
Description: AIRCRAFT FACTORY
HOMBURG
Description: MARSHALLING YARDS
Description: OIL REFINERY
MEERANE
Description: BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY
MERSEBURG/LEUNA
Description: OIL REFINERY
MERSEBURG/LEUNA
Description: OIL REFINERY
Notes: A mix of 452 P-47s and P-51s provide escort. Mix not given in available data.
NEUNKIRCHEN
Description: MARSHALLING YARDS
OHRDRUF
Description: BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY
RUDOLSTADT
Description: BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY
SAAFELD
Description: BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY
WEIISSENFELS
Description: BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY
ZEITZ/TROGLITZ
Description: OIL REFINERY
Connections
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron 786th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-716310
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-760521
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36563521
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade)
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: O-701560 T4344B
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Diana Queen Of The Chase
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Paisano
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 96th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron 336th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Lucky Lady aka Screaming Eagle
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: The Thomper
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Lucy
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
Revisions
"Attlebridge Diaries" - John Woolnough
page 144
466th BG Archives - Report on Mission No. 146, Neunkirchen, Germany - 30 November 1944
NARA Research provided by Brad Sullivan
466th BG Archives - Report on Mission No. 146, Neunkirchen, Germany - 30 Nov 1944
NARA Research provided by Brad Sullivan
466th BG Archives - Report on Mission No. 146, Neunkirchen, Germany - 30 Nov 1944
NARA Research provided by Brad Sullivan
Denise "Flynn" Frohm - John's daughter
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'.
