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29 June 1944
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Object Number - UPL 40592 - Harold A Greenwell, Enigineer & Top Gunner 379th Bomb Group, 1st Air Division, 8th Air Force
Mission Details
Description: BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 5 T
Description: BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 86 T
ASCHERSLEBEN (Primary)
Description: INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 148 T
BERNBURG (Primary)
Description: INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 144 T
Böhlen, Germany
Description: SYNTHETIC OIL REFINERY
Notes: 3rd Bomb Division was made up of B-17 is 94th Bomb Group, 95th Bomb Group, 96th Bomb Group, 100th Bomb Group, 385th Bomb Group, 388th Bomb Group, 390th Bomb Group, 447th Bomb Group, 452nd Bomb Group, 486th Bomb Group, 487th Bomb Group, 493rd Bomb Group.
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 177 T
Burg, Germany
Description: AIRFIELD
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 115 T
Fallersleben, Wolfsburg, Germany
Description: AIRCRAFT FACTORY
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 106 T
GARDELEGEN (Secondary)
Description: AIRFIELD
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 23 T
LEIPZIG CITY (Primary)
Description: INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Notes: 457th BG - MISSION NO. 79 - LEIPZIG, GERMANY 29 JUNE, 1944 The target was the aero-engine factory located five miles northeast of Leipzig, one of the sources of production for Ju 88s, Ju-1 88s and He-ills. Many of the targets designated by the Eighth Air Force for this mission had been previously bombed, but fully repaired. The 457th led the 1st Division and furnished the lead and low boxes of the 94th Combat Wing, a total of thirty-six aircraft. Col. Luper served as Air Commander, in the lead box, with Captain Russell M. Selwyn as pilot, and Major Peresich was Commander, with Lt. Lady as pilot, of the low box. Due to weather related difficulties, only twenty-one of' the total number of ships dispatched attacked targets. The lead box made a 360 degree turn over the target. On the circle back to the IP, six 410s made a pass at the lead box and damaged one plane. Escorting P-51s intervened and drove them away. Bombing results were considered good. Flak had tracked the low box all the way to the target and scored a direct hit on the aircraft piloted by Lt. Albert Gumuslauskas. It went into a steep dive, the crew bailed out and the craft exploded. Four of the aircraft bombed the primary target. Eight craft of the low box bombed a target of opportunity, the railroad marshaling yards at Wittenberge, with good results. The craft piloted by Lt. Norman Breit encountered considerable flak. Thinking the craft was going down, three of the crew bailed out. Intense and accurate flak was encountered and fifteen craft sustained damage. June ended with the Group having flown 23 missions for the month. A letter received through Supreme Headquarters, American Expeditionary Forces, brought a message of gratitude to all personnel from His Majesty, King George V. The crew of Lt Albert Gumuslauskas was lost on this date.
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 47 T
LEIPZIG/HEITERBLICK (Primary)
Description: AIRFIELD
Notes: 1st Bomb Division was made up of 91st Bomb Group, 92nd Bomb Group, 303rd Bomb Group, 305th Bomb Group,306th Bomb Group, 351st Bomb Group, 379th Bomb Group, 381st Bomb Group, 384th Bomb Group, 401st Bomb Group, 457th Bomb Group.
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 95 T
LEIPZIG/TAUCHA (Primary)
Description: AIRFIELD
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 73 T
Description: MARSHALLING YARDS
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 11 T
Description: INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 35 T
MAGDEBURG (Primary)
Description: INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
Notes: 2nd Bomb Division was made up of 44th Bomb Group, 92nd Bomb Group, 93rd Bomb Group, 389th Bomb Group, 392nd Bomb Group, 445th Bomb Group, 446th Bomb Group, 448th Bomb Group, 453rd Bomb Group, 458th Bomb Group, 466th Bomb Group, 467th Bomb Group, 489th Bomb Group, 491st Bomb Group. 3rd Bomb Division was made up of B24 is 34th Bomb Group, 493rd Bomb Group.
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 221 T
Description: INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 21 T
OSCHERSLEBEN (Primary)
Description: INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 203 T
Description: INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 25 T
STENDAL (Secondary)
Description: AIRFIELD
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 66 T
Wittenburg, Germany
Description: INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 20 T
Description: AIRCRAFT FACTORY
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 133 T
ZERBST (Opportunistic)
Description: AIRFIELD
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 21 T
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32540511
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
- Role/Job: Flight Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 862nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38424702
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11062335 on enlisting
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier / Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 862nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-693976
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 862nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39297646
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Nose Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Pride of New Mexico : Uncle
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 407th Bomb Squadron 92nd Bomb Group
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Spook Six
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron 412th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Spam Can : Black Magic : Shady Lady
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron 336th Bomb Squadron 535th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Pride of Vhelhalis
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
Revisions
Mission details added courtesy of Diane Elizabeth Reese from 457th Bomb Group Mission Documents. http://www.457thbombgroup.org/
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'.