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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

Donald R Raats

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 467th Bomb Group
  • Service Numbers: 39950822
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant (RAF)
  • Role/Job: Aerial Gunner

Lewis C Rice

  • 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

Dennis G Schaffner

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group
  • Service Numbers: 59462580
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
  • Role/Job: B-17G Tail Gunner

Dwight Arnold Scrivner

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35803789
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Andrew J Uhrain

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Aircraft

43-38106

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Starduster
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron

43-38160

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Day and Night
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron 615th Bomb Squadron

43-38317

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Flak Evader
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron

43-38330

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Gambler's Choice
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
A B-17 Flying Fortress of the 401st Bomb Group, airborne in spite of the flak hole ripped into its left wing. Printed caption on reverse: '56751 AC- BERLIN DAMAGE- Flak over Berlin, March 18 1945, during the more than 1300 heavy bomber attack on rail and industrial targets in the capital city of the Reich, was responsible for the torn wing tip on the US Eight AF Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. Intense anti-aircraft fire made things hot for the heavy bombers over the target. US Air Force Photo.'

43-38425

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron

Related videos and documents

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Document 53788

  • Media Type: Document
  • Object Number: Document 53788
  • Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 211, 21 Feb 1945, Nurnberg, Germany. Group briefing took place at 0345 hours. Pilots were warned of obstructions and...

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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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