8th Air Force 930

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

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.

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People

Aircraft

43-38472

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Baby Buggy II

43-38584

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

43-38588

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Eileen's Kindergarten
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
Military airplane in flight. Plane is silver with the letter SD and D painted on the side. A triangle containing the letter P is painted on the tail. There are two other planes in the background.

43-38647

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron

43-38657

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Evasive Action
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron 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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