8th Air Force CARPETBAGGER #1
4 January 1944Description
801BG/406BS conducts the first CARPETBAGGER operation with B-17s. Number despatched, bundles dropped and location(s) in France not in available. source data. During World War II, Operation Carpetbagger was a general term used for the aerial resupply of weapons and other matériel to resistance fighters in France, Italy and the Low Countries by the U.S. Army Air Forces that began on 4 January 1944. For more information see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Carpetbagger
Mission Details
France
Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
Notes: CARPETBAGGER
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 492nd Bomb Group (Heavy) 801st Bomb Group
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Revisions
Changed association to 406th BG to 406th Bomb Squadron
Lee Cunningham 18-Feb-2016. Edited title.
Lee Cunningham 18-Feb-2016. Added Mission Event details adding Unit info per "The Mighty Eighth War Dairy", Roger A. Freeman.
Lee Cunningham 9-Feb-2015. New Mission event added based on "The Mighty Eighth War Diary" Roger A. Freeman and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Carpetbagger