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.
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: 3rd Air Division 13th Combat Bomb Wing 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 365th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-2068073
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12120011
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 20641069
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Togglier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 365th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37582987
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: D-Day Dottie
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Pretty Baby
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Worry Bird/Miss Bea Haven
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Doasy Doats
- Unit: Base Air Depot 1 398th Bomb Group 603rd Bomb Squadron 491st Bomb Group 600th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Cover Girl
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th 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'.