8th Air Force 930
6 April 1945
Removed associated people who are not depicted in the image. Associations are made in the aircraft record.
Object Number - UPL 49563 - B17G-43-38958 Crash Site Photo, 6 April 1945, Germany
Mission Details
EISENLEBEN
Description: BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY
GERA
Description: INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
HALLE
Description: MARSHALLING YARDS
HALLE
Description: MARSHALLING YARDS
Notes: A mix of 201 P-47s and P-51s provide escort. Mix not given in available data.
LEIPZIG
Description: MARSHALLING YARDS
Notes: 3 B-24s fly CARPETBAGGER missions.
Connections
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-522720
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot / Co-Pilot / Commander
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-779085
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot, Passenger
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39473149
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-777097
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-712131
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Radar Navigator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Stand By aka Goin' My Way
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron 412th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Go Getter
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron 335th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Purdy Baby/Miss Cue/Sister Kate/Rick-O-Shay IV
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 571st 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
- Nicknames: Lilly Belle
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 331st Bomb Squadron 398th Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
Revisions
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'.