8th Air Force 961
19 April 1945![Ground crew of the 25th Bomb Group spray foam onto the crashed Mosquito (serial number NS748) at Watton, 19 April 1945. Official caption printed on image: '(G-AD-[illegible])(19-4-45)(MOS.748CRASH)(REST.)'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/wysiwyg_x2/public/freeman/media-378760.jpg.webp?itok=gGyWHCf6)
Official caption printed on image: '(G-AD-[illegible])(19-4-45)(MOS.748CRASH)(REST.)' Roger Freeman Collection
Roger Freeman Photo.
Object Number - FRE 584 - Ground crew of the 25th Bomb Group spray foam onto the crashed Mosquito (serial number NS748) at Watton, 19 April 1945. The pilot was Lt John Merrill...
Mission Details
Description: ESCORT MISSION
Notes: 6 P-51s escort 7 F-5s on a photo recon mission.
AUSSIG
Description: MARSHALLING YARDS
ELSTERWERDA
Description: MARSHALLING YARDS
Notes: This is the last combat mission for the 306th Bomb Group. They have flown 342 missions in 9,614 sorties and dropped 22,575 tons of bombs. They report 171 aircraft MIA. They were stationed in England at one base (Thurleigh) longer than any other Bomb Group in 8th AF. They were the first Bomb Group to complete 300 missions from the UK. They remain the oldest operational Bomb Group in the 8th AF.
FALKENBERG
Description: ESCORT MISSION
FALKENBERG
Description: MARSHALLING YARDS
KARLSBAD
Description: RAIL BRIDGE
NORWAY
Description: CARPETBAGGER MISSION
Notes: 11 of 16 B-24s fly CARPETBAGGER missions to Norway
PIRNA
Description: RAIL BRIDGE
Connections
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 7th Bomb Squadron
- Role/Job: Gunner (tail)
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-820772
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11108137
- Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
- Role/Job: Nose Gunner / Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-2077891
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15383040
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner / Flight Engineer
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Pauline
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Lorraine
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Tagalong, Duke's Mixture
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Gambler's Choice
- 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'.