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21 February 1945
media-43424.png UPL 43424 Johnny L Fisher (tail gunner) - WWII - Staff Seargent - 34th Bomb Group H - 8th Army Air Force - 22 missions successfully flown

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Object Number - UPL 43424 - Johnny L Fisher (tail gunner) - WWII - Staff Seargent - 34th Bomb Group H - 8th Army Air Force - 22 missions successfully flown

Mission Details

Description: ESCORT MISSION

Notes: 98 of 101 P-51s form 8th AF escort Ninth AF B-26s.

Description: SCOUTING MISSION

MEININGEN-COBURB-NURNBERG

Description: FIGTHER SWEEPS

NURNBERG

Description: BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY

NURNBERG

Description: MARSHALLING YARDS

Notes: A tank plant, railroad station, marshalling yards and locomotive shops at Nurnberg are all targets.

NURNBERG

Description: RAILROAD STATION

Notes: A mix of 175 P-47s and P-51s provide escort. Mix not given in available data.

SPEYER

Description: BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY

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People

Gabriel Joseph Chapra

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12120011
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Chester Charles Cox

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group Headquarters (388th Bomb Group)
  • Service Numbers: O-396383
  • Highest Rank: Brigadier General
  • Role/Job: Group Commanding Officer

Arl Benjamin Cross

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 383599659
  • Highest Rank: Technician Fourth Grade
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

John W Dugan

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Blackwell C Dunnam

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 467th Bomb Group 492nd Bomb Group 788th Bomb Squadron 859th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-701913
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-107113

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Miss Aldaflak Section 8
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron 615th Bomb Squadron

42-31591

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Homesick Angel
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
Ground personnel of the 401st Bomb Group stand with a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-31662) nicknamed "Fancy Nancy IV" after fixing her engines. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Another famous Fort and her crew.'

42-31662

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Fancy Nancy IV
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron

42-31730

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Morning Star, Tail End Charlie
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron 615th Bomb Squadron

42-31867

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Go Getter
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron 335th Bomb Squadron

Revisions

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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'.

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