1st Bomb Division
Division
The groups under the command of the 1st Bomb Wing came under the command of the 1st Bomb Division in August 1943. In December 1944, the Division was redesginated the 1st Air Division.
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5 October 1944
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Crew #664 Elmo Maiden Crew 466th BG - 786th BS Standing Left to Right: Bernard M. Atkins (TG), Vernon R. Hayden (WG), William R. Hoopes (B), Gustave J. Roussel (E), Guerino G. Petti (N), Herbert Rosenkoff (CP), William A. Thomason (TT), Elmo Maiden (P), Kenneth W. Chester (NG), Joseph R. Zebrowski (R/O) B-24J-5-DT #42-51532 Code: U8-W Photo taken on 27 December 1944 after crash landing at an airfield in Belgium.
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Mission list kept by 2nd Lt. Donald Muckerman of the 8th Airforce, 305th Bomb Group, 422nd Squadron (front)
Official description
Not yet known
Description
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Mission details
1.
Description
BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY
Aircraft type
Not yet known
Notes
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Mission Statistics
| Tonnage dropped | 5.7 T |
2. BRECHTEN (Opportunistic)
Description
INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
Aircraft type
Not yet known
Notes
Not yet known
Mission Statistics
| Tonnage dropped | 79.8 T |
3. COBLENZ (Opportunistic)
Description
INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
Aircraft type
Not yet known
Notes
Not yet known
Mission Statistics
| Tonnage dropped | 33 T |
4. COLOGNE (Opportunistic)
Description
INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
Aircraft type
Not yet known
Notes
1st Bomb Division was made up of 92nd BG, 303rd BG, 305th BG, 306th BG, 351st BG, 379th BG, 381st BG, 384th BG, 398th BG, 457th BG. 91st Bomb Group & 401st Bomb Group stand down.
Units
Mission Statistics
| Tonnage dropped | 726.7 T |
5. DORTMUND/UNNA (Opportunistic)
Description
OIL REFINERY
Aircraft type
Not yet known
Notes
Not yet known
Mission Statistics
| Tonnage dropped | 41.5 T |
6. HERFORD (Opportunistic)
Description
MARSHALLING YARDS
Aircraft type
Not yet known
Notes
Not yet known
Mission Statistics
| Tonnage dropped | 21 T |
7. LIPPERODE (Opportunistic)
Description
AIRFIELD
Aircraft type
Not yet known
Notes
Not yet known
Mission Statistics
| Tonnage dropped | 4 T |
8. LIPPSTADT (Primary)
Description
AIRFIELD
Aircraft type
Not yet known
Notes
2nd Bomb Division was made up of 44th BG, 93rd BG, 389th BG, 392nd BG, 445th BG, 446th BG, 453rd BG, 458th BG, 466th BG, 467th BG, 489th BG, 491st Bomb Group, 492nd BG. 448th Bomb Group stands down.
Units
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2nd Bomb Division
Division
The groups under the command of the 2nd Bomb Wing came under the command of the 2nd Bomb Division in August 1943. In December 1944, the Division was redesginated the 2nd Air Division.
Mission Statistics
| Tonnage dropped | 491 T |
9. MUNSTER/HANDORF (Primary)
Description
AIRFIELD
Aircraft type
Not yet known
Notes
Not yet known
Mission Statistics
| Tonnage dropped | 122.3 T |
10. MUNSTER/LODDENHEIDE (Primary)
Description
AIRFIELD
Aircraft type
Not yet known
Notes
3rd Bomb Division was made up of 34th BG, 94th BG, 95th Bomb Group, 96th Bomb Group, 100th Bomb Group 385th BG, 390th BG, 447th BG, 452nd BG, 486th BG, 490GB, 493rd BG. 388th Bomb Group & 487th Bomb Group stand down.
Units
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3rd Bomb Division
Division
The 3rd Bomb Division was Constituted in August 1943. In December 1944, the Division was redesginated the 3rd Air Division.
Mission Statistics
| Tonnage dropped | 644.7 T |
11. PADERBORNE (Primary)
Description
AIRFIELD
Aircraft type
Not yet known
Notes
Not yet known
Mission Statistics
| Tonnage dropped | 81.3 T |
12. RHEINE (Opportunistic)
Description
MARSHALLING YARDS in center of city. Total destruction of yards ans most of city.
Plane: Hollywood and Vine
Bomb load: 12-500 pounders
Time: 5 hours
Aircraft type
B-24 Liberator
Notes
The above information is from my Fathers War Journal. lml
Mission Statistics
| Tonnage dropped | 27.5 T |
13. RHEINE (Primary)
Description
MARSHALLING YARDS
Aircraft type
Not yet known
Notes
Not yet known
Mission Statistics
| Tonnage dropped | 168.1 T |
Service
People
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Benjamin Adams
Military | Staff Sergeant | Togglier | 384th Bomb Group
Assigned to the 384th Bomb Group, 545th Bomb Squadron on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #148 dated 26 July 1944, William R. Kinnaird Crew. 9 combat missions. ... -
Robert Applin
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 466th Bomb Group
Our pilot, Bob Applin, was a natural leader and an excellent pilot. - Barky Hovsepian, R/O Complete a 35 mission tour -
Robert Atkins
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 453rd Bomb Group
Robert Atkins served as a tail gunner with the 733rd Bomb Squadron of the 453rd Bomb Group, flying missions out of Old Buckenham, England. -
Richard Baynes
Military | Colonel | Pilot | 466th Bomb Group
35 missions. 6 gas hauling missions flying gas to Patton's army. Author of Replacement Crew in library. Air Medal w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster/ DFC -
Robert Birckhead
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 384th Bomb Group
Assigned to the 384th BG 545th BS on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #72 dated 16 April 1944, as crew pilot. 31 combat missions. ... -
Jackie Bishop
Military | First Lieutenant | Bombardier | 466th Bomb Group
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Robert Boyd
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 466th Bomb Group
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Rolland Bushner
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 25th Bomb Group
Missions: 1944 - Aug 9 Saarbrucken; 12 Mourmelon sur Marne; 14 Dole/Tauaux/ 16 Madgeburg; 24 Hanover; 26 Dulmen; 30 Mainz; Sep 9 Mainz; 10 Ulm; 11 Madgeburg; Oct 5 Lippstadt; 7 Madgeburg; 9 Koblenz; 22 Hamm; 26 Bottrop; 30 Hamburg; Nov 5 Karlsruhe; 10... -
Arthur Christian
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 384th Bomb Group
Assigned to the 384th BG, 545th BS on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #132 dated 8 July 1944, R Farra Crew. 20 combat missions. ... -
Norman Crosson
Military | Major | Air Inspector - Command Pilot | 392nd Bomb Group
Served a combat tour as a B-24 pilot with the 90th BG - 321st BS in the South Pacific. Survived a bailout and 12 day trek to be rescued in the outback of Australia. Served as Air Inspector and Command Pilot with the 466th BG at Attlebridge.
Aircraft
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42-102430 Spam-O-Liner
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 2/3/44; Gr Island 13/3/44; Grenier 2/4/44; Assigned 545BS/384BG [JD-O] Grafton Underwood 15/4/44; transferred to 3rd Strategic Air Depot Langford Lodge training 4/3/45; transferred with the 384th Bomb Group to Istres for passenger... -
43-38501 SWEET CHARIOT
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 10/8/44; Kearney 21/8/44; Grenier 7/9/44; Assigned 546th Bomb ... -
44-10545 Bottle Butt's Buggy
B-24 Liberator
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42-95021 San Antonio Rose
B-24 Liberator
Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 23 September 2016 23:59:05 | 466thHistorian | Changes to person associations and aircraft associations |
| Sources | ||
"Attlebridge Diaries" - John Woolnough |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 13 November 2014 00:14:57 | Lisa | Changes to event |
| Sources | ||
My information is from my Fathers War Journal. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:43:08 | AAM | AAM ingest |
| 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'. |
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