8th Air Force 928
5 April 1945
384thbombgroup.com
Object Number - UPL 12949 - 44-8430 SO-, RECALL, 547th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group. Landed at Airfield A-87 (Charleroi, Belgium) after substantial damage from mid-air...
Mission Details
Description: MARSHALLING YARDS
Description: MUNITIONS DUMP
Description: AIRCRAFT FACTORY
Description: AMMUNITION DUMP
Description: AIRFIELD
Description: MUNITIONS DUMP
Description: MUNITIONS DUMP
Description: MUNITIONS PLANT
Description: BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY
Description: MARSHALLING YARDS
Description: MARSHALLING YARDS
Description: MARSHALLING YARDS
Notes: A mix of 280 P-47s and P-51s provide escort. Mix not given in available data.
Description: BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY
Connections
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: O-860321
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 351st Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12127868 / O-829752
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 467th Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 39950822
- Highest Rank: Sergeant (RAF)
- Role/Job: Aerial Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-833591
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Tyson's Tramps
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 391st Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Missbehavin Raven
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 4th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Flying Dutchmen
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Goin' My Way : V for Victory
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Roger's Dodgers
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 391st Bomb Squadron
Revisions
Virginia a Wise, eldest child of Lester Allen Wise, who flew as pilot on this mission with Jack Q. Means as co-pilot.
Virginia Wise, eldest child of Lester Allen Wise, B-17 (43-39056) pilot 8thAir Force, 385th Bomb Group, who flew on mission from Great Ashfield, England to Unterschlauterbach, 5 Apr 1945
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'.