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28 February 1945

Mission Details

FREIBERG

Description: RAIL DEPOT

Notes: This is a night mission.

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People

Louis E Abdallah

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner / Togglier

Jean P Elissalde

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 0781263
  • Highest Rank: Major
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Aircraft

42-97093

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

43-37904

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Princess Pat, Hannah’s Children
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 569th Bomb Squadron

43-38393

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 569th 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'.