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11 October 1944

Description

Black Week

Mission Details

KOBLENZ (Secondary)

Description: MARSHALLING YARDS

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 211.50

WESSELING (Primary)

Description: OIL REFINERY

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 169.00

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People

Aircraft

Ten men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of a military airplane parked on grass. Six men standing to the rear and four men kneeling in front. Large canvas bags are on the ground.

42-98027

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Swamp Angel
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron 547th Bomb Squadron

43-31060

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Poque Ma Hone
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron

43-37703

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Tremblin Gremlin II
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron

43-37717

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The Pro-Kid
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron

43-37843

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Alex
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron

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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'.