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: 457th Bomb Group 748th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 0829104
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 509th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16078382 / O-757350
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 490th Bomb Group Headquarters Squadron (490th Bomb Group) Headquarters (452nd Bomb Group)
- Service Numbers: O-22030
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Tu Yung Tu
- Unit: 410th Bomb Squadron 94th Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Ruth
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 544th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Devastating Lady
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
Revisions
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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'.