834
17 February 1945
Change to crew picture caption.
Object Number - UPL 46239 - 8th Air Corp., 390th Bomb Group, 571 Squadron - 1943-45 "Cabin In The Sky" crew: Leonard B. Welton Jr. (pilot), Lt. Meyer Rothchild (B), Lt. Walter...
Mission Details
Description: BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY
Description: OIL REFINERY
Notes: 895 bombers and 183 fighters are despatched to hit synthetic oil plants in Germany and the Frankfurt marshalling yard; deteriorating weather forces the recall of 261 B-17s and 288 B-24s; the weather was so bad that some aircraft controls froze and several had to jettison their bombs during assembly.
ASCHAFFENBURG
Description: BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY
FRANKFURT
Description: MARSHALLING YARDS
GIESSEN
Description: MARSHALLING YARDS
HANAU
Description: BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY
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People
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Cadet Nurse ; Yankee Wolf
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Sweetheart of Seattle
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group
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'.