8th Air Force 658FE

2 October 1944
media-32766.jpeg UPL 32766 October 2, 1944 - Mission: Kassel, Germany - 95th Bomb Group over France on way to Kassel with P 51(note above is wrong) escorts from 353 fighter group (above). First mission for co-pilot William Craig Hunter. From notes he wrote on bomb tag - No. 1 500 Lb Kassel, Germany Oct. 2, 1944 Henschel & Son Tank Factory France, Belgium, Germany, England. Photo taken from Berlin Bessie/I Dood It.

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Object Number - UPL 32766 - October 2, 1944 - Mission: Kassel, Germany - 95th Bomb Group over France on way to Kassel with P 51(note above is wrong) escorts from 353 fighter...

Description

Cologne Bombed: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) formed the 41st CBW "A" Group for today's mission. Weather and equipment failures forced a decision to drop bombs on the center of the city.

Mission Details

Description: FIGHTER ESCORT

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.'

3rd Bomb Division

  • Unit Hierarchy: Division
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Combat organisation

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: NA

COLOGNE

Description: FIGHTER ESCORT

Brigadier-General Frank Alton Armstrong Jr. during a visit to the 305th Bomb Group Official caption on image: "(GPR-83-9305) (18-6-43) (Brig. Gen. Armstrong..."

1st Bomb Division

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

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: NA

KASSEL

Description: FIGHTER ESCORT

Notes: All fighter groups participate. Specific units not correlated in source data. 353rd Fighter Group uses P-51s for first time.

Brigadier-General Frank Alton Armstrong Jr. during a visit to the 305th Bomb Group Official caption on image: "(GPR-83-9305) (18-6-43) (Brig. Gen. Armstrong..."

1st Bomb Division

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

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: NA

Connections

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Aircraft

42-28831

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 56th Fighter Group 61st Fighter Squadron

44-13715

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Little Lady
  • Unit: 20th Fighter Group 55th Fighter Squadron

Revisions

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Changes
Sources

http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/SortieReport.php?SortieKey=67…

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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Object number: UPL 32766 - October 2, 1944 - Mission: Kassel, Germany - 95th...