8th Air Force 915

26 March 1945

Mission 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
Military airplane in flight.  Plane is silver with the letter SD and D painted on the side.  A triangle containing the letter P is painted on the tail.  There are two other planes in the background.
  • 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

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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'.