8th Air Force 975 Operation Chowhound
2 May 1945
Object Number - UPL 46239 - 8th Air Corp., 390th Bomb Group, 571 Squadron - 1943-45 "Cabin In The Sky" crew: Leonard B. Welton Jr. (pilot), Lt. Meyer Rothchild (B), Lt. Walter...
Official Description
Almost 400 B-17’s drop food supplies in populated areas in the Netherlands, mostly at Schiphol and Alkmaar A/Fs, Vogelenzang, Hilversum, and Utrecht.
Mission Details
Description: FOOD DROP
ALKMAAR
Description: FOOD DROP
HILVERSUM
Description: FOOD DROP
SCHIPOL
Description: FOOD DROP
Notes: A total of 767.1 tons of food is dropped. Bombers from the 385rh BG draw 20mm AA fire which ceases as soon as a green flare is fired.
UTRECHT
Description: FOOD DROP
VOGELENZNAG
Description: FOOD DROP
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 391st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37480721 and 0-784131
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 7th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-780560
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14190692
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Armorer Gunner (612) / Rt. Waist Gunner / Togglier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 391st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18162274
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 7th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Senior Master Sergeant
- Role/Job: Gunner (tail)
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: N/a
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Round Tripper
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Dirty Duchess ; Snafu
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Queen Mary ; Melvin’s Moonshiners
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th 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'.
