8th Air Force

20 June 1944

Mission Details

Description: CARPETBAGGER MISSION

801st Bomb Group

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

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: NA

Description: SCOUTING MISSION

Notes: DH98

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: NA

Description: WEATHER RECONNAISSANCE MISSION

Notes: DH98

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: NA

ATLANTIC OCEAN

Description: WEATHER RECONNAISSANCE MISSION

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: NA

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People

Air Force officer pinning award or ribbon on uniform of SSG Beeks

Charles H Beeks

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 20441207
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
Lt. Ernest Anders Erickson receives the Distinguished Flying Cross

Ernest Anders Erickson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-693852
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Douglas E Pierce

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 856th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14098584
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Revisions

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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'.