8th Air Force

7 May 1944

Mission Details

CARPETBAGGER OPERATIONS

Description: CARPETBAGGER MISSIONS

Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator

Notes: 14 B-24s are dispatched on CARPETBAGGER missions without loss.

801st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: NA
  • Aircraft sent: 14

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People

William Paul Clements

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-699985
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

William P Norman

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 832nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17032307
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator Gunner

Revisions

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Sources

http://permanent.access.gpo.gov/lps51153/airforcehistory/usaaf/chron/in…

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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'.