8th Air Force 295
10 April 1944
Timothy Motz, from Pictorial History of the 447th Bombardment Group (H) https://www.americanairmuseum.com/media/41056
Object Number - UPL 44162 - 8th Air Force mission 295; Arnimswalde, Germany; April 11, 1944. 447th Bomb Group strike photo
Mission Details
BEAUMONT-SUR-OISE (Opportunistic)
Description: AIRFIELD
BERGEN OP ZOOM (Opportunistic)
Description: INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
BOURGES (Primary)
Description: AIRFIELD and AIRCRAFT FACTORIES
Notes: 2nd Bomb Division was made up of 93rd Bomb Group, 389th Bomb Group, 392nd Bomb Group, 445th Bomb Group, 446th Bomb Group, 448th Bomb Group, 453rd Bomb Group, 458th Bomb Group, 466th Bomb Group, 467th Bomb Group. The 467th Bomb Group flies its first mission.
- Unit Hierarchy: Division
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Combat organisation
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 490T HE 143T IB
BRUSSELS (Primary)
Description: AIRCRAFT FACTORIES
BRUSSELS/MELSBROEK (Primary)
Description: AIRFIELD
Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Notes: 457th BG MISSION NO. 24 - BRUSSELS-MIELSBROEK, BELGIUM 10 APRIL, 1944 The target was the Melsbroek Airdrome. It was situated on the northeast section of Brussels and was the home base of a Ju-88 bomber group. The 457th supplied eighteen aircraft flying the Wing's high box. Air Commander was Major Leroy Watson, with Lt. Belcher as pilot. Over Belgium and the target area, visibility was impededby a haze. Two 360 degree turns were made before bombs were dropped. The results were very good with three direct hits on Hangar No. 1, the Main Point of Impact (MPI). Flak was moderate but accurate, with all eighteen craft sustaining varying degrees of damage.
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Description: AIRFIELD
DIEST/SCHAFFEN (Secondary)
Description: AIRFIELD
EVERE (Primary)
Description: AIRFIELD and AIRCRAFT FACTORIES
Notes: 1st Bomb Division was made up of 91st Bomb Group, 92nd Bomb Group, 303rd Bomb Group, 305th Bomb Group, 306th Bomb Group, 351st Bomb Group, 379th Bomb Group, 381st Bomb Group, 401st Bomb Group, 457th Bomb Group.
- Unit Hierarchy: Division
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 330.5T HE 199.5T IB
FLORENNES/JUZAINE (Secondary)
Description: AIRFIELD
Description: AIRFIELD
Notes: 3rd Bomb Division was made up of 94th Bomb Group, 95th Bomb Group, 96th Bomb Group, 100th Bomb Group, 385th Bomb Group, 388th Bomb Group, 390th Bomb Group, 447th Bomb Group, 452nd Bomb Group,
![Three B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 94th Bomb Group are attacked by a Nazi Fighter aircraft during a mission. Printed caption on reverse of print: 'A-62641 USAF: Nazi fighter plane attacking Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortresses" during a bomb run over enemy installations somewhere in Europe, 10 September 1944. 100th[sic] Bomb Group, 3rd Bomb Division. U.S. Air Force Photo.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-408505.jpg.webp?itok=zJwHCUjh)
- Unit Hierarchy: Division
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Combat organisation
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 310T HE 217T IB
Marquise / Mimoyecques, France
Description: V-1 MISSILE SITES
ORLEANS/BRICY (Secondary)
Description: AIRFIELD
ROMARANTIN (Secondary)
Description: AIRFIELD
Connections
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 6962724
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 446th Bomb Group 93rd Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: O-434690
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot / Operations Officer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 328th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-752975 T42 43 A
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Navigator, bombardier, nose gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32686782
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade)
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 466th Bomb Group 489th Bomb Group 492nd Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: - Little Sheppard
- Unit: 448th Bomb Group 712th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: My Wild Irish Rose
- Unit: 467th Bomb Group 790th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Tenny Belle
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
![A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-31235) nicknamed 'Goin' Dog' of the 384th Bomb Group takes off for a mission. A censor has obscured the triangle P and serial number on the aircraft's tail. Image stamped on reverse: 'Sport and General.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 24 April 1944.' [stamp] and '313357.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'Back from Berlin. Crews of US Fortress Station returning from the Berlin raid which took place recently. 34320. A Fortress takes off- destination Berlin](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-380089.jpg.webp?itok=4ixJ1-Ec)
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Goin Dog
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
Revisions
8th AF Database
Mission detail added courtesy of Diane Reese - http://www.457thbombgroup.org/Narratives/MA24.HTML
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'.
