595
1 September 1944
Original map now in the collection of the Museum of the US Air Force, Dayton, Ohio. 447th Bomb Group collection
Timothy Motz
Object Number - UPL 25891 - Map for 8th Air Force mission #595 to Mainz on September 1, 1944. From the estate of Harold Motz, navigator on the Westrope crew, 708th squadron,...
Mission Details
Description: INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 0.00
Description: INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 0.00
Description: INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 0.00
Description: INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 3 T
LUDWIGSHAFEN (Primary)
Description: INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
Notes: Mission is recalled because of cloud cover over France. A mix of 508 P-38s and P-51s provide escort. 3rd Bomb Division was made up of 94th BG, 95th Bomb Group, 96th Bomb Group, 100th BG, 390th Bomb Group & 490th Bomb Group get credit for the mission.
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 0.00
MAINZ (Primary)
Description: INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 0.00
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Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Goin' My Way : V for Victory
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Flak Evader
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Excelsior
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron 335th Bomb Squadron
Revisions
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'.