8th Air Force Field Order 320
29 April 1944
466th BG - 787th BS
Crash landed at Wilp/Twello, The Netherlands on 29 April 1944 by the Hitchcock Crew (Crew #719). All the crew survived. One evade and nine POW's.
466th Bomb Group collection
Attlebridge Diaries - John Woolnough
Object Number - UPL 16110 - B-24H-15-DT #41-28754 "Tell Me More" Code: 6L-N 466th BG - 787th BS Crash landed at Wilp/Twello, The Netherlands on 29 April 1944 by the...
Mission Details
BERLIN
Description: FIGHTER ESCORT
Notes: A mix of 814 fighters from 8th Air Force & 9th Air Force provide escort: 117 P-38s, 463 P-47s and 234 P-51s. IX Fighter Command contributes 173 aircraft to this total. Claims are bundled and include 6-1-5 on the ground. Only 8 AF losses are included in the table. IX Fighter Command loses 7 P-51s 354th Fighter Group - 3 and 363rd Fighter Group 4
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: NA
Connections
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-693852
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-672869
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron 787th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-661570
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
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'.
