745

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

Everett R Jones

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 458th Bomb Group 466th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron 784th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-813144
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Bernard Alexander Kellenyi

  • 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

Carl Kindelt

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19070162
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Noel Robert Kloter

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-820772
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Harold A Krumsiek

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 730th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Aircraft

43-38283

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron 336th Bomb Squadron
A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 43-38288) of the 95th Bomb Group, that has crash-landed at Horham. Image by Roland E "Lefty" Nairn of the 95th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'I took this at Horham, Eng A.B., 7th Mar 1945. R.E. "Lefty" Nairn, 336 Sqdn, 95 BG.'

43-38288

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Goin' My Way : V for Victory
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron

43-38317

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Flak Evader
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron

43-38333

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Heavy Date
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron

43-38393

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 569th 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'.