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31 December 1944
Michael P Faley-100th BG Historian
Object Number - FRE 5921 - A B-17 Flying Fortress (XR-A serial number42 31987 nicknamed "Shilaylee" of the 100th Bomb Group at Thorpe Abbotts
Mission Details
Description: BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY
BINGEN
Description: MARSHALLING YARDS
BLUMENTHAL
Description: COMMUNICATIONS TARGET
Description: COMMUNICATIONS TARGET
EHRANG/KORDEL
Description: RAILROAD
ENGERS
Description: RAIL BRIDGE
EUSKIRCHEN
Description: RAIL BRIDGE
HAMBURG
Description: INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
HAMBURG
Description: OIL REFINERY
Notes: A mix of 316 P-47s and P-51s provide escort. Mix not given in available data.
HAMBURG/GRASSBRUK
Description: OIL REFINERY
HAMBURG/WILHWMSBURG
Description: OIL REFINERY
HELIGOLAND ISLAND
Description: RADAR INSTALLATION
IRLICH
Description: RAIL BRIDGE
KOBLENZ/GUS
Description: RAIL BRIDGE
KOBLENZ/LUTZWEILER
Description: HIGHWAY BRIDGE
KREFELD-URDINGEN
Description: MARSHALLING YARDS
MISBURG
Description: OIL REFINERY
MONCHEN-GLADBACH
Description: INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
NEUSS
Description: MARSHALLING YARDS
NORDHOLZ
Description: AIRFIELD
PRUM
Description: COMMUNICATIONS TARGET
REMAGEN BRIDGE
Description: RAIL BRIDGE
STADE
Description: AIRFIELD
WENZENDORF
Description: INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
Connections
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
- 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: 359th Fighter Group 368th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12051870 / O-796642
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12075354 / O-2000346
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-522720
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot / Co-Pilot / Commander
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Wolves Inc.
- Unit: 467th Bomb Group 789th Bomb Squadron 791st Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Spam-O-Liner
- Unit: 545th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group
- 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: Damn Yankee
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Ol' Faithful
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
Revisions
Added 'Piggyback' B-17 crews.
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'.
