Cecil Adkisson
Military | Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 401st Bomb Group
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8th Air Force 932
8 April 1945
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Two airmen of the 398th Bomb Group examine the damaged tail of a B-17 Flying Fortress. Damaged received while on the April 8,1945 mission to Derben, Germany. Just after bombs-away a direct hit by flak completely tore the tail gunner position away and disabled the rudder controls. The tail gunner, S/Sgt. Wallace E. Kasch, was carried away without his chute, his remains were never found. It took the skill of the two pilots, Lt. Col. Edwin B. Daily and 1st Lt. John L. Hahn, to get the aircraft back to base using the engines for directional control. MACR 13869
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44-63204
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44-63204
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44-63204
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44-63204 accident report 1
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44-63204 accident report 2
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44-63204 accident report 3
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8th Air Force mission 932; April 8, 1945; Plauen, Germany. 447th Bomb Group strike photo
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445th BG, Furth Air Field (jet), 8th AF #932
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445th BG, Furth Air Field (jet), 8th AF #932
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Mission details
1. BAYREUTH
Description
MUNITIONS PLANT
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Notes
A mix of 245 P-47s and P-51s provide escort. Mix not given in available data.
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2. DERBEN
Description
OIL DEPOT
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3. EGER
Description
MARSHALLING YARDS
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4. FURTH/BLUMENTHAL
Description
JET AIRCRAFT PLANT
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5. FURTH/ROTH
Description
AIRFIELD
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6. FURTH/UNTERSCHLAUERBACH
Description
AIRFIELD
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7. GRAFENWOHR
Description
ORDNANCE DEPOT
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8. HALBERSTADT
Description
MARSHALLING YARDS
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9. HOF
Description
MARSHALLING YARDS
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10. PLAUEN
Description
MARSHALLING YARDS
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11. SCHAFSTADT
Description
AIRFIELD
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12. STENDAL
Description
MARSHALLING YARDS
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Service
People
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Harry Ahlers
Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot | 401st Bomb Group
Assigned to 612BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 21 x combat missions. Awards: AM (2OLC), WWII Victory, EAME. -
John Anderson
Military | Sergeant | Waist gunner | 401st Bomb Group
Assigned to 612BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 21 x combat missions. Harry Ahlers crew. Awards: AM (2OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (1 x Battle Star). -
Gerard Asmus
Military | Lieutenant | Navigator | 385th Bomb Group
Gerard J. Asmus of Brooklyn, NY was a B-17 navigator in the service from 30 September 1944 to 8 December 1945. He received a Purple Heart for a mission on 8 April 1945 as part of the 385th Bombardment Group, 550th Squad as Clambake George, B Squadron... -
Clarence Bailey
Military | Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 401st Bomb Group
Member of Ford's Crew. Sgt Clarence Bailey flew 10 missions, from 04/04/1945, mission #241, to 04/20/1945, mission #254. He served as a Tail Gunner. -
Marvin Berg
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator/bombardier | 491st Bomb Group
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Howard Berger
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator / Mickey operator, B-17 | 452nd Bomb Group
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Keith Bryant
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator/Gunner | 351st Bomb Group
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John Burk
Military | First Lieutenant | Navigator | 447th Bomb Group
John McKale Burk was born 30 November 1924 in Ventnor, Atlantic County, NJ to Frederick Grater Burk (20 April 1891 Philadelphia, PA -19 June 1948 Philadelphia, PA) and Mary Cunningham McKale Burk (21 February 1895 Philadelphia, PA - 20 October 1990... -
William Cassidy
Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars
Assigned to 322BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) bombing mission to Stendahl, Germany in B-17G 'Wee Willie' 42-31333, killed in explosion or crash Nr Stendahl 8-Apr-45. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 13881. Awards: AM (2 OLC), PH.
Aircraft
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42-102393 Diana Queen Of The Chase
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 27/2/44; Hunter 22/3/44; Grenier 2/4/44; Assigned 612BS/401BG [SC-R] Deenethorpe 16/4/44; 111m, Returned to the USA Bradley 8/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 12/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal... -
42-102398 Dynamite John
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 29/2/44; Gr Island 22/3/44; Grenier 20/4/44; Assigned 612BS/401BG [SC-H] Deenethorpe 13/5/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 6/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 8/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in... -
42-102504 Times A-Wastin'
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 9/3/44; Gr Island 31/3/44; Grenier 6/4/44; Assigned 401BS/91BG [LL-D] Bassingbourn 11/5/44. ... -
42-107062 Worry Bird/Miss Bea Haven
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Denver 9/2/44; Rapid City 2/3/44; Dow Fd 3/4/44; Assigned 398BG Nuthampstead 25/4/44; no ops, transferred 562BS/388BG Knettishall 29/4/44 WORRY BIRD; Returned to the USA Bradley 8/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 29/11/45;... -
42-107151 Cover Girl
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Tulsa 7/3/44; Kearney 22/3/44; Grenier 7/4/44; Assigned 614BS/401BG [IW-B] Deenethorpe 15/4/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 8/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 12/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA)... -
42-31333 'Wee Willie'
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 22/10/43; Gr Island 3/11/43; Memphis 9/11/43; Assigned 322BS/91BG [LG-W] Bassingbourn 20/12/43; Missing in Action 129m Stendahl 8/4/45 with 1Lt Robert E Fuller (POW), 2Lt Woodrow A Lien, T/Sgt Francis McCarthy, S/Sgt Richard D... -
42-31591 Homesick Angel
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 26/11/43; Wendover 9/12/43; Grenier 20/1/44; Assigned 457BG Glatton 25/1/44; transferred 613BS/401BG [IN-J] Deenethorpe 11/3/44; Missing in Action Pas de Calais 19/3/44, force landed continent; Salvaged 1 SAD Troston 22/4/44; mission... -
42-31891 The Shape
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 31/12/43; Kearney 12/1/44; Assigned 612BS/401BG [SC-P] Deenethorpe 15/2/44; Returned to the USA 121 BU Bradley 1/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 8/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA)... -
42-37788 HELL'S MESSENGER
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Denver 28/8/43; Scott 16/9/43; Assigned 544BS/384BG Grafton Underwood 7/11/43; transferred 547BS [SO-N]; transferred to 364FG Leiston, Sfk, UK. 11/43; Returned to the USA Bradley 14/7/45; 4185 BU Independence 17/7/45; Reconstruction Finance... -
42-39993 'Hells Angels Out Of Chute 13', 'Grossly Inadequate'
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Long Beach 26/10/43; Assigned 612BS/401BG [SC-C] Deenethorpe 1/1/44; 118m landing accident at base with Jim Nolan 7/5/45; sal 2 SAD Watton, Nfk 8/5/45. HELL’S ANGELS OUT OF CHUTE 13 aka GROSSLY INADEQUATE. ...
Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 01 July 2017 18:55:41 | Virginiawise50 | Changes to person associations and aircraft associations |
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Virginia Wise, eldest child of Lester Allen Wise, pilot of B-17 (43-39056), 8th Air Force, 385th Bomb Group, who flew from Great Ashfield, England to Hof on this mission, 8 Apr 1945 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 May 2015 16:11:47 | jdossetter | Changes to event |
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https://www.google.com/maps/place/52%C2%B025'34.0%22N+12%C2%B000'05.0%22E/@52.4261,12.0014,4z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0?hl=en |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:43:13 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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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'. |
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