8th Air Force 959
18 April 1945
Passau, Germany
18 April 1945 466th Bomb Group collection
466th BG Historian
Object Number - UPL 7273 - Strike Photo Passau, Germany 18 April 1945
Mission Details
FREISING
Description: MARSHALLING YARDS
KOLLIN
Description: MARSHALLING YARDS
NEUBURG AN DER DONAU
Description: OIL DEPOT
Notes: Escort mission. 101 of 103 P-51s escort Ninth AF B-26s. They claim 1-0-2 aircraft.
PASSAU
Description: MARSHALLING YARDS
Notes: A mix of 240 P-47s and P-51s provide escort. Mix not given in available data. 29 466th BG attacked this target from 18,500 feet.
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 372.3
- Aircraft sent: 196
- Aircraft effective: 166
PASSAU
Description: RAIL JUNCTION
PILSEN
Description: MARSHALLING YARDS
ROSENHEIM
Description: ELECTRICAL TRANSFORMERS
STRAUBING
Description: MARSHALLING YARDS
TRAUNSTEIN
Description: ELECTRICAL TRANSFORMERS
TRAUNSTEIN
Description: MARSHALLING YARDS
Connections
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-2075620
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 7th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-835497
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 491st Bomb Group 852nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator / Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-777097
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: The Doodle Bug
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron 335th 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: Betty J.
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Homesick Angel
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Morning Star, Tail End Charlie
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron 615th 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'.