776

2 January 1945

Mission 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

See how this entry relates to other items in the archive by exploring the connections below.

People

Robert D Harris

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33568980
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Albert W Helsley

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-817438
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Daniel S Mayka

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron 324th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 0 774 903
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot/Co Pilot

Donald Eugene McKinney

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron 412th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16019686
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner/Waist Gunner/Togglier

Allen R McMurran

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19162021
  • Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner B-17

Aircraft

42-38013

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Nevada Avenger
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron 547th Bomb Squadron

42-39888

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: HotNuts
  • Unit: Base Air Depot 1 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
A B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-95183) nicknamed "Briney Marlin" of the 458th Bomb Group flies low over countryside.

42-95183

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Briney Marlin
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron

42-97093

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Ill Get By
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron

42-97251

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Snuffy
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron

Revisions

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
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'.