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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

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People

David Glen Redfern

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 491st Bomb Group
  • Service Numbers: 35393626
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Elmer Victor Schindler

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 565th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15133937 / O-?
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Roland Francis Stancl

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16139297 / O-824974
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Fred Thomas

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37414163
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner/Tail Gunner

Thomas P Thompson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 748th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 0829104
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

Ten men in Air Force combat flying gear posed in front of a military airplane. Five men standing to the rear and four men kneeling in front. Large canvas bags are laying in front of kneeling men

42-97986

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 544th Bomb Squadron 547th Bomb Squadron 305th Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron

42-97992

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Hap Hazard : Trouble Buggy
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron 336th Bomb Squadron 412th Bomb Squadron

42-98000

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Fightin' Hebe
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
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

43-37703

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