8th Air Force 938
10 April 1945
Information provided by Patrick Terence McArron
Object Number - UPL 33717 - Crew of B-17G "Budd's Dudds", 401st BG/613th BS (IN-F)
Mission Details
Description: FREELANCE MISSION
Description: SCOUTING MISSION
BRANDENBURG/BRIEST
Description: AIRFIELD
BURG-BEI-MAGDEBURG
Description: AIRFIELD
NEURUPPIN
Description: AIRFIELD
ORANIENBURG
Description: AIRFIELD
ORANIENBURG
Description: MUNITIONS DEPOT
Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Notes: 1,315 bombers and 905 fighters are despatched to attack airfields known or suspected to be used by jet aircraft; about 60 jets and a few conventional fighters attack the formations. The munitions depot is that of German Army HQ.
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
PARCHIM
Description: AIRFIELD
RECHLIN
Description: AIRFIELD
RECHLIN/LARS
Description: AIRFIELD
STENDAL
Description: MARSHALLING YARDS
WITTENBURG
Description: MARSHALLING YARDS
ZERBST
Description: AIRFIELD
Connections
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12120324 / O-835109
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36864214
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-2057209
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron 360th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14116557
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Diana Queen Of The Chase
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Little Kenny
- Unit: 544th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Farmer's Daughter
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron 615th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Damn Yankee
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Midge
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
Related videos and documents
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53484
- Description: 301st Bomb Group, Mission No. 246, 10 Apr 1945, Oranienburg, Germany. On this mission the three squadrons of the 401st made up the 94th Combat Wing "B...
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'.
