8th Air Force 955

16 April 1945

Mission Details

POINT DE GRAVE

Description: TANK DITCH

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People

Louis E Abdallah

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
  • Role/Job: waist gunner, toggelier, B-17

Sabatine J Branco

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 487th Bomb Group 839th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator; Waist Gunner

John M Burk

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group
  • Service Numbers: 02-068357
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Gabriel Joseph Chapra

  • 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

Varsall Clair Cowley

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 487th Bomb Group 837th Bomb Squadron
  • Role/Job: Armorer Gunner

Aircraft

42-37788

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Hell's messenger
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron

43-38380

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Toni-7
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group 391st Bomb Squadron

44-6968

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Sonof-a-Blitz
  • Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 863rd Bomb Squadron

Revisions

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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'.