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27 December 1944Elmo Maiden Crew
466th BG - 786th BS
Standing Left to Right: Bernard M. Atkins (TG), Vernon R. Hayden (WG), William R. Hoopes (B), Gustave J. Roussel (E), Guerino G. Petti (N), Herbert Rosenkoff (CP), William A. Thomason (TT), Elmo Maiden (P), Kenneth W. Chester (NG), Joseph R. Zebrowski (R/O)
B-24J-5-DT #42-51532 Code: U8-W
Photo taken on 27 December 1944 after crash landing at an airfield in Belgium.
Attlebridge Arsenal - Brassfield & Wassom
Mission Details
Description: BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY
Description: FIGHTER SWEEPS
Notes: A mix of 163 P-47s and P-51s fly at fighter sweep.
ALTENAHR
Description: RAIL BRIDGE
ANDERNACH
Description: MARSHALLING YARDS
BULLAY
Description: RAIL BRIDGE
ECKFELD
Description: BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY
ENKENBACH
Description: RAIL JUNCTION
EUSKIRCHEN
Description: MARSHALLING YARDS
FULDA
Description: MARSHALLING YARDS
GEROLSTEIN
Description: RAIL JUNCTION
HILLESHEIM
Description: BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY
HOMBURG
Description: MARSHALLING YARDS
KAISERSLAUTERN
Description: MARSHALLING YARDS
KAISERSLAUTERN
Description: RAIL BRIDGE
NEUNKIRCHEN
Description: MARSHALLING YARDS
NEUWIED
Description: RAIL BRIDGE
ST WENDEL
Description: MARSHALLING YARDS
Connections
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-26027
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-823677
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33653313
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
- Role/Job: Togglier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron 785th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-822091
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11088680
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Chute The Works
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 422nd Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron 547th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Group 91st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Aw Come On
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Lady Fortune : Carmen's Folly
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 412th 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'.