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: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37679193
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 571st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33721705
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner / Flight Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 571st Bomb Squadron
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 467th Bomb Group
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: H2X Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 571st Bomb Squadron
- Role/Job: Bombardier / Togglier
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Hap Hazard : Trouble Buggy
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron 336th Bomb Squadron 412th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Swamp Angel
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron 547th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: The Pro-Kid
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Pauline
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th 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'.