Narrative - Official Air Force Mission Description
| Mission 716: 402 fighters (47 P-47s and 355 P-51s) are dispatched to strafe oil storage depots in the Hanau and Ulm areas, airfields at Leipheim and Lechfeld, and miscellaneous ground targets in Germany; 374 actually attack; about 70 Luftwaffe fighters are encountered and the AAF claims 26-2-6 in the air and 69-0-41 on the ground; 2 P-47s and 5 P-51s are lost (pilots MIA) and 2 P-51s are damaged beyond repair.
Mission 717: 4 B-24s and 6 B-17s drop leaflets in Belgium, the Netherlands and France during the night.
HQ 92d Combat Bombardment Wing (Heavy) moves from Sudbury to Bury St Edmunds, England. | |
| Source: THE ARMY AIR FORCES IN WORLD WAR II: COMBAT CHRONOLOGY, 1941-1945 by Carter / Mueller, the Office of Air Force History, |
Mission Reports
Carpetbagger Casualty Report
Henry E Salmons , ASN# 0-717148, Navigator; of Winston-Salem, NC: Non-combat death - 18 Nov 44, crash in UK, no MR Leslie C Cazzell , ASN# 38380728, Engineer; of Amarillo, TX: Non-combat death - 18 November 1944 Frederick C Bofink , ASN# 0-822921, Co-Pilot; of Jackson, MI: Non-combat death - 18 November 1944 - No MR, crashed in UK Frederick Lemke , ASN# 0-696381, Pilot; of Cedarburg, WI: Non-combat death - 18 November 1944 - No MR, crashed in UK | source: The Carpetbaggers http://www.801492.org/ |
Non-Combat Accident Reports
Aircraft: B-17G (#42-37945).
Organization: 365BS / 305BG of Chelveston, Northamptonshire.
Pilot: Smith, Joseph J.
Notes: taxiing accident.
Location: RAF Harwell England.
Damage (0-5 increasing damage): 4
source: Aviation Archaeology http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/ | Aircraft: B-17G (#42-97528).
Organization: 563BS / 388BG of Knettishall, Suffolk.
Pilot: Holt, Gerald F.
Notes: taxiing accident.
Location: RAF Colerne England.
Damage (0-5 increasing damage): 3
source: Aviation Archaeology http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/ | Aircraft: B-17G (#44-8268).
Organization: 366BS / 305BG of Chelveston, Northamptonshire.
Pilot: Weaver, Don A Jr.
Notes: taxiing accident.
Location: RAF Harwell England.
Damage (0-5 increasing damage): 3
source: Aviation Archaeology http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/ | Aircraft: B-24H (#42-94775).
Organization: 406BS / 305BG of Cheddington, Buckinghamshire.
Pilot: Lemke, Frederick (NMI).
Notes: killed in a crash.
Location: RAF Oulton 2 England.
Damage (0-5 increasing damage): 4
source: Aviation Archaeology http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/ | Aircraft: B-24J (#42-99937).
Organization: 328BS / 93BG of Hardwick, Norfolk.
Pilot: Buckner, Malcolm W.
Notes: taxiing accident.
Location: RAF Blackbush England.
Damage (0-5 increasing damage): 3
source: Aviation Archaeology http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/ | Aircraft: B-24J (#44-40484).
Organization: 652BS / 25BG of .
Pilot: Marshall, Benjamin C.
Notes: forced landing out of gas.
Location: Portela Apt (Lisbon) Portugal.
Damage (0-5 increasing damage):
source: Aviation Archaeology http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/ | Aircraft: P-47D (#43-25514).
Organization: 61FS / 56FG of Boxted, Essex.
Pilot: Carmichael, Thomas I.
Notes: take off accident.
Location: Boxted, Essex England.
Damage (0-5 increasing damage): 3
source: Aviation Archaeology http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/ | Aircraft: P-47D (#44-19935).
Organization: 62FS / 56FG of Boxted, Essex.
Pilot: Polansky, Frederick A.
Notes: unknown.
Location: Boxted, Essex England.
Damage (0-5 increasing damage): 2
source: Aviation Archaeology http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/ | Aircraft: P-51D (#44-13702).
Organization: 55FS / 20FG of Kings Cliffe, Northamptonshire.
Pilot: Chrissinger, Donald E.
Notes: killed in landing accident.
Location: Kings Cliffe, Northamptonshire England.
Damage (0-5 increasing damage): 4
source: Aviation Archaeology http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/ | Aircraft: P-51D (#44-14238).
Organization: 79FS / 20FG of Kings Cliffe, Northamptonshire.
Pilot: Bradford, Irving T.
Notes: landing accident.
Location: Kings Cliffe, Northamptonshire England.
Damage (0-5 increasing damage): 4
source: Aviation Archaeology http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/ |
Mission "8th AF 716"
Fighter sweeps
November 18, 1944Primary source for mission statistics: Mighty Eighth War Diary by Roger A. Freeman | | | Aircraft
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KIA-WIA-MIA | Notes | | 402 | 374 | 0.0 | 26-2-6 | 69-0-41 | 7-2-0 | 0-0-7 | 339FG crashes France
479FG crashes near Grave, France | | Mission Targets Click blue links for maps, photos and other documents. This will open a new tab in your browser | |
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KIA-WIA-MIA | Notes | | 62 | 62 | 0.0 | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 | | | Mission Targets Click blue links for maps, photos and other documents. This will open a new tab in your browser | | CONTINENT / UK - - Reconnaissance | weather | 2 A/C | | | GERMANY - - Reconnaissance | photo | 3 A/C | | | - - Air Sea Rescue | | 12 A/C | | | - - Communications | radio-relay | 18 A/C | | | - - Communications | radio countermeasures | 1 A/C | | | AZORES/ATLANTIC/UK - - Reconnaissance | weather | 26 A/C | |
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