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10 December 1944

Mission Details

Description: BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY

BINGEN

Description: MARSHALLING YARDS

Notes: A mix of 287 P-47s and P-51s provide escort. Mix not given in available data.

BINGEN/KOBLENZ

Description: FIGHTER SWEEPS

Notes: The P-51s conduct a fighter sweep EAST of the bomber targets.

KOBLENZ/LUTZEL

Description: MARSHALLING YARDS

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

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People

Arl Benjamin Cross

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 383599659
  • Highest Rank: Technician Fourth Grade
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Billy Paul Decherniss

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-712131
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Radar Navigator

Raymond William Detweiler

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12151230
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Flight Engineer

John W Dugan

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Paul L Facteau

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12177592 / O-2063389
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Aircraft

42-32066

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Silver Slipper
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
Painting on metal of a bespectacled uniformed airman standing next to a small building . Written on the building are the words, "A&G Fish Shoppe."

42-50684

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: A & G Fish Shoppe
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron
A B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-95183) nicknamed "Briney Marlin" of the 458th Bomb Group flies low over countryside.

42-95183

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Briney Marlin
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron

42-97093

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Ill Get By
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-97105) of the 388th Bomb Group.

42-97105

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Paper Doll
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st 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'.