8th Air Force 240
29 February 1944Description
A combined force of 226 B-17s from 3rd Air Division: 94BG; 95BG; 96BG; 100BG; 385BG; 388BG; 390BG; 447BG; and 452BG are despatched to bomb the German aircraft factoried at Brunswick, Germany. 218 are effective on the target. 1 aircraft Failed to Return (FTR) - 4KIA 6POW. 54 aircraft are damaged. 4 airmen in returning aircraft are WIA. There are no other losses, claims or casualties.
Mission Details
Brunswick, Germany
Description: AIRCRAFT FACTORIES
Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Notes: The aircraft factories at Brunswick, Germany are the focus of the 3rd Bomb Division formation.
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 450.86
- People killed in action: 4
- People wounded in action: 4
- Prisoners of war: 6
- Aircraft sent: 223
- Aircraft effective: 215
- Aircraft missing in action: 1
- Aircraft damaged: 54
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People
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: ETO Happy : Pregnant Goose : Dollys Daughter
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron 336th Bomb Squadron 412th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Heaven Can Wait
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 11-Feb-2016. Added Mission Narrative based on "The Mighty Eighth War Diary", Roger A. Freeman.
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'.