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2 January 1945Mission Details
Description: BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY
Description: PHOTOGRAPHIC RECONNAISSANCE MISSION
Notes: 23 P-51s escort 6 F-5s and a Spitfire on a photo recon mission.
Description: SCREENING MISSION
BAD KREUZNACH
Description: MARSHALLING YARDS
BAD KREUZNACH
Description: RAIL JUNCTION
BITBURG
Description: COMMUNICATIONS CENTER
DAUN
Description: COMMUNICATIONS CENTER
EHRANG
Description: MARSHALLING YARDS
ENGERS
Description: RAIL BRIDGE
GEROLSTEIN
Description: MARSHALLING YARDS
IRLICH
Description: RAIL BRIDGE
KAISERSLAUTERN
Description: RAIL BRIDGE
KOBLENZ/GULS
Description: RAIL BRIDGE
KOBLENZ/LUTZEL
Description: RAIL BRIDGE
Notes: A mix of 215 P-47s and P-51s provide escort. Mix not given in available data.
KYLLBURG
Description: COMMUNICATIONS CENTER
LEBACH
Description: TANK CONCENTRATION
MAYEN
Description: COMMUNICATIONS CENTER
PRUM
Description: COMMUNICATIONS CENTER
REMAGEN BRIDGE
Description: RAIL BRIDGE
ST WENDEL
Description: MARSHALLING YARDS
TRIER
Description: MARSHALLING YARDS
Connections
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 445th Bomb Group 701st Bomb Squadron 703rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33507972 / O-2064220
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 729th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-716373
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 729th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-555966
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot/Observer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13152196 on enlisting
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 486th Bomb Group 833rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-2009072
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Worry Bird/Miss Bea Haven
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Dark Angel
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Go Getter
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron 335th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Worry Bird : Voan : Snuffy
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron 711th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Hell's Messenger
- Unit: 2nd Strategic Air Depot 364th Fighter Group 544th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group 547th 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'.