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6 January 1945Mission Details
Description: BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY
ANNWEILER
Description: INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
BONN
Description: HIGHWAY BRIDGE/RHINE
COLOGNE/KALK
Description: MARSHALLING YARDS
COLOGNE/N HIGHWAY BRIDGE
Description: HIGHWAY BRIDGE
COLOGNE/S RAIL BRIDGE
Description: RAIL BRIDGE
KAISERSLAUTERN
Description: MARSHALLING YARDS
KEMPERNICH
Description: COMMUNICATIONS CENTER
KOBLENZ/MOSEL
Description: MARSHALLING YARDS
KUSEL
Description: MARSHALLING YARDS
LUDWIGSHAVEN
Description: MARSHALLING YARDS
SEIGEN
Description: MARSHALLING YARDS
Notes: 30 of 60 P-47s attack the marshalling yard at Siegen, Germany. No losses
WORMS
Description: MARSHALLING YARDS
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner/ Tail Gunner/ Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Miss Hell
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Diabolical Angel
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
Revisions
Official Website of 385th Bomb Group Association. Database-Missions
Virginia Wise, eldest child of Lester Allen Wise, B-17(44-6521) pilot, 8th Air Force, 385th Bomb Group flew on this mission from Great Ashfield, England to Worms, 6 Jan 1945.
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'.