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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).
On

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

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People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35709304
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39924401
  • Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron 786th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-700540
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • 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

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Kimmie Kar For 9
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron 336th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Flak Evader
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th 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.'
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th 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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