8th Air Force 957

17 April 1945
media-16251.jpeg UPL 16251 B-17G-100-BO #43-38917 "Not Today Cleo" Code: B+
452nd BG - 731st BS

Photo taken on mission to Dresden 17 April 1945.
This a/c survived the war and returned to the U.S. 466th Bomb Group collection

Chris Brassfield

Object Number - UPL 16251 - B-17G-100-BO #43-38917 "Not Today Cleo" Code: B+ 452nd BG - 731st BS Photo taken on mission to Dresden 17 April 1945. This a/c survived the war...

Mission Details

AUSSIG

Description: RAIL JUNCTION

AUSSIG

Description: RAIL STATION

BEROUN

Description: MARSHALLING YARDS

DRESDEN

Description: BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY

DRESDEN

Description: MARSHALLING YARDS

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress

DRESDEN

Description: RAIL CENTER

Notes: 50 Luftwaffe fighters are encountered, mostly jets. 4 Jets are shot down. These raids on the city of Dresden were some of the most controversial of the war. Many civilians were killed in the resulting firestorm.

FALKENAU

Description: RAIL JUNCTION

FISCHERN

Description: RAIL JUNCTION

KLADNO

Description: RAIL JUNCTION

ROUNDNICE

Description: MARSHALLING YARDS

ROUNDNICE

Description: OIL DEPOT

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People

Robert W Kamper

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Noel Robert Kloter

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-820772
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Lawrence H Maschhoff

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-1313268
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Desire Labby Massicotte

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-2077891
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Frank C McCue

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Aircraft

A B-17 Flying Fortress (XK-L, serial number 43-38085) nicknamed "Towering Titan" of the 305th Bomb Group drops her bombs over the target. Image via J Collins. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Towering Titan.'

43-38085

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Towering Titan, Organized Confusion
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th 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

43-38346

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Excelsior
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron 335th Bomb Squadron

43-38441

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Miss Hell
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron

43-38458

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Bottle Baby
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron 615th 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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