8th Air Force 240

29 February 1944

Description

A combined force of 226 B-17s from 3rd Air Division: 94BG; 95BG; 96BG; 100BG; 385BG; 388BG; 390BG; 447BG; and 452BG are despatched to bomb the German aircraft factoried at Brunswick, Germany. 218 are effective on the target. 1 aircraft Failed to Return (FTR) - 4KIA 6POW. 54 aircraft are damaged. 4 airmen in returning aircraft are WIA. There are no other losses, claims or casualties.

Mission Details

Brunswick, Germany

Description: AIRCRAFT FACTORIES

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress

Notes: The aircraft factories at Brunswick, Germany are the focus of the 3rd Bomb Division formation.

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 450.86
  • People killed in action: 4
  • People wounded in action: 4
  • Prisoners of war: 6
  • Aircraft sent: 223
  • Aircraft effective: 215
  • Aircraft missing in action: 1
  • Aircraft damaged: 54

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People

Stephen William Mitrick

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron 562nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-694393
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Edwin William Pfanner

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12190042
  • Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Richard Henry Read

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-804505
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Thomas John Reilly

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 418th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-797609
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Ralph Raymond Rice

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15096917
  • Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Aircraft

42-32019

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron

42-3291

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Miss Mac
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron

42-37876

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Struggle Bunny : Batchas Patches : Miss Raps-O-D
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-37882) of the 95th Bomb Group landing at Colorado in October 1943. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'B-17G-15-DL Denver, Colorada, October 1943.'

42-37882

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Hard Time : A-Good-Bett : Blues in the Reich
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron

42-37889

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Pride of Vhelhalis
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron

Revisions

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources

Lee Cunningham 11-Feb-2016. Added Mission Narrative based on "The Mighty Eighth War Diary", Roger A. Freeman.

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'.