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23 December 1944
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FRE 7342
The nose art of a B-26 Marauder (serial number 42-95865) nicknamed "Sky Hag" of the 391st Bomb Group.
Roger Freeman Collection
Roger Freeman Photo
Mission Details
Description: BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY
AHRWEILER
Description: COMMUNICATIONS CENTER
BONN
Description: FIGHTER SWEEPS
Notes: A mix of 163 P-47s and P-51s fly fighter sweeps in the Bonn area.
DAHLEM
Description: COMMUNICATIONS CENTER
EHRANG
Description: MARSHALLING YARDS
HOMBURG
Description: MARSHALLING YARDS
HOMBURG
Description: RAIL JUNCTION
JUNKERATH
Description: COMMUNICATIONS CENTER
KAISERSLAUTERN
Description: MARSHALLING YARDS
Connections
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 391st Bomb Group 574th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18123496
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Armourer / Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 391st Bomb Group 574th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18015066 / O-424095
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Bomber pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 391st Bomb Group 574th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17151527
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 391st Bomb Group 574th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12037426
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Engineer / Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 25th Bomb Group 466th Bomb Group 653rd Bomb Squadron 787th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-699647
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Unit: 391st Bomb Group 574th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Unit: 391st Bomb Group 573rd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Mairsy Doats
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron 546th Bomb Squadron 547th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: The Lead Banana
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Unit: 391st Bomb Group 574th Bomb Squadron
Revisions
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Changes
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'.