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: 390th Bomb Group 571st Bomb Squadron
- Role/Job: co-pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 571st Bomb Squadron
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12083654, later 094-146426
- Highest Rank: Master Sergeant
- Role/Job: AAF Gunnery Instructor
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15108182 / O-65581
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot / Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Round Tripper
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Satisfaction Guaranteed
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 748th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Carrie B IV
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
Related media
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53401
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 252, 18 Apr 1945, Traunstein, Germany
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'.