8th Air Force 915
26 March 1945Mission Details
MARKT ERLBACH
Description: BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY
MEININGEN
Description: BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY
OELSNITZ
Description: BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY
PLAUEN/VOMAG
Description: TANK FACTORY
WURZBURG
Description: BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY
ZEITZ
Description: OIL REFINERY
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-1313268
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19094252 at enlistment, then 0-737629
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 59462580
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
- Role/Job: B-17G Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 510th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37680099
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner / Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-786366
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Sweet Chariot
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Eileen's Kindergarten
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
Revisions
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
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'.