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4 March 1945
Ten men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of a military airplane. Five men standing to the rear and five men kneeling in front. The men are wearing cold-weather flying gear and parachutes. UPL 66730 UPL 66730 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews/4 March 1945 Ulm (Ordnance Depot).
Back row L-R: 2nd Lt. Phillo Tozer (TG), 2nd Lt. William McKay Jr. (P), 1st Lt. Frederick Blencowe (MN), Harry L. Roupe (TT), 1st Lt. Sanford Wakser (GHN).
Front Row L-R: Ralph L. Vickroy (RO), Sgt. Eldes Tidwell (FG), 1st Lt. Jack Shattuck (N), 1st Lt. George Smith (B), Maj. Arthur Bean Jr. (CP).

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Object Number - UPL 66730 - 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews/4 March 1945 Ulm (Ordnance Depot). Back row L-R: 2nd Lt. Phillo Tozer (TG), 2nd Lt. William McKay Jr. (P), 1st Lt....

Mission Details

Description: BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY

ASCHAFFENBURG

Description: INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX

Notes: A mix of 139 P-47s and P-51s provide escort. Mix not given in available data.

Description: BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY

Description: BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY

INGOLSTADT

Description: MARSHALLING YARDS

PFORZHEIM

Description: BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY

REUTLINGEN

Description: BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY

SCHWABMUNCHEN

Description: JET AIRCRAFT PLANT

SONAUESCHINGEN

Description: RAILROAD

STUTTGART

Description: MARSHALLING YARDS

STUTTGART

Description: RAILROAD

TUTTLINGEN

Description: BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY

ULM

Description: MARSHALLING YARDS

ULM

Description: MILITARY VEHICLE PLANT

Connections

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People

Charles J Burkhart

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: T-131707
  • Highest Rank: Flight Officer
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Frank J Calicura

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 3rd Air Division 13th Combat Bomb Wing 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Charles Peter Cappellino

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12166145
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Flight Engineer

James B Carter

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Arthur J Dyson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot/Pilot

Aircraft

42-31891

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The Shape
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron

42-37788

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Hell's Messenger
  • Unit: 2nd Strategic Air Depot 364th Fighter Group 544th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron

42-37822

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The Lead Banana
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
A bomber crew of the 458th Bomb Group with their B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-51110) nicknamed "Top O' the Mark.' The crew are: (back row, left to right) Carl Johnson - Nose Gunner, Chuck Frazer - Gunner, Charles Gretz - Top Turret Gunner, "Bubba" Monroe - Co-Pilot, (front row, left to right) Dick Eselgroth - Navigator, Al Miller - Bombardier, Billy Duke - Pilot "Luke" Lucas - Radio Operator, Baldamore Garcia - Engineer, "Pan" Panarese - Tail Gunner . Image via RM Eselgroth. Written on slide casing: '

42-51110

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Top O The Mark
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 752nd Bomb Squadron 754th Bomb Squadron

42-97257

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Knock-Out Baby!
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron

Revisions

Date
Contributor466thHistorian
Changes
Sources

466th BG Archives - 1 March 1945 mission formation plan

Date
Contributor466thHistorian
Changes
Sources

466th BG Historian

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
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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