8th Air Force 930

6 April 1945
media-49563.jpeg UPL 49563 B17G-43-38958 Crash Site Photo, 6 April 1945, Germany

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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.

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People

John M Newton

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 491st Bomb Group 855th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-831252
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Anthony Pereira

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 571st Bomb Squadron
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
Ralph Fred Ridgeway - Bombardier 367th Bomb Squadron

Ralph Fred Ridgeway

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-785510
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Joseph L Scott

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 571st Bomb Squadron
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Walter Roy Seifried

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 1121996
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator, waist gunner

Aircraft

A B-17 Flying Fortress (DT-J, serial number 43-37971) of the 545th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group at Grafton Underwood, January 1945. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Jan, 1945. 384BG, 545BS. Source - Gus Radloff, Grafton Underwood, B-17. P11 March Flypast. P. 4.'

43-37971

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron

43-38062

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Pleasure Bent
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron

43-38106

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Starduster
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron

43-38281

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Kimmie Kar For 9
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 43-38288) of the 95th Bomb Group, that has crash-landed at Horham. Image by Roland E "Lefty" Nairn of the 95th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'I took this at Horham, Eng A.B., 7th Mar 1945. R.E. "Lefty" Nairn, 336 Sqdn, 95 BG.'

43-38288

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Goin' My Way : V for Victory
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron

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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'.

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