707
9 November 1944452nd Bomb Group Assoc.
Mission Details
Notes: 2nd Lt. William E. Metzger, 729thBS/452ndBomb Group (Copilot) of B-17 42-97904 "Lady Jeanette" is awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his action on this mission. This is the fourteenth, and the last, CMOH awarded to a member of the 8th AF in World War II.
Description: BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY
FRANKFURT
Description: FIGHTER-BOMBER MISSION
Notes: A mix of 139 P-47s and P-51s fly a fighter-bomber mission. Mix not given in available data.
KOBLENZ
Description: INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
METZ
Description: SCREENING MISSION
METZ
Description: TRANSPORTATION TARGET
SAARBRUCKEN
Description: MARSHALLING YARDS
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
SAARBRUCKEN
Description: MARSHALLING YARDS
Notes: 1st Lt. Donald J Gott, 729thBS/452nd/Bomb Group (Pilot) flying B-17 42-97904 "Lady Jeannette" is awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his actions on this mission. This is the thirteenth CMOH awarded to a member of the 8th AF.
SAARLAUTERN
Description: BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY
THIONVILLE
Description: TRANSPORTATION TARGET
Connections
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 18th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-824176
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 733rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11085503
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Wolves Inc.
- Unit: 467th Bomb Group 789th Bomb Squadron 791st Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Diana Queen Of The Chase
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Hale's Angels
- Unit: 547th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Little Kenny
- Unit: 544th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Gremlins Hotel : Queenie
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th 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'.