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11 August 1944
UPL 72024
UPL 72024
384th Bomb Group Lead Crews / 11 August 1944/Brest Peninsula, Fr (Tactical).
Back L-R: 1st Lt. Harland Peck (P), 1st Lt. James Moody (B), Capt. Roy Vinnedge (CA/CP), 1st Lt. Don Mickle (OBS/TG), TSGt. Ralph Knowles (FG).
Front L-R: 2nd Lt. John Giles (N), TSgt. George Hunter (TT), TSgt. Max Algase (RO), 1st Lt. Lawrence Van Etten (MN).
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Back L-R: 1st Lt. Harland Peck (P), 1st Lt. James Moody (B), Capt. Roy Vinnedge (CA/CP), 1st Lt. Don Mickle (OBS/TG), TSGt. Ralph Knowles (FG).
Front L-R: 2nd Lt. John Giles (N), TSgt. George Hunter (TT), TSgt. Max Algase (RO), 1st Lt. Lawrence Van Etten (MN).
The Quentin Bland Collection. https://photos.384thbombgroup.com/picture.php?/35716/category/LeadCrews
Mission Details
BREST
Description: ARSENAL AREAS, BARRACKS, ARTILLERY
Notes: The bombers attack 23 different targets. 1st Bomb Division was made up of 91st Bomb Group, 92nd BG, 303rd BG, 305th BG, 306th BG,351st BG, 379th BG, 381st BG, 384th BG, 389th BG, 401st BG, 457th BG.
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 868.50
Connections
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
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- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34149834
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Bombardier, Gunner, Enlisted
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
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- Service Numbers: 13114417
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Flight Engineer; Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
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- Service Numbers: 38228914
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
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- Nationality: American
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- Service Numbers: 0720009
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Hells Angels Out Of Chute 13, Grossly Inadequate
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Chute The Works
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Aw Come On
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Madame queen
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Twan-n-g-g-g
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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'.