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| This page identifies data included in this this web site. The data is intertwined with each other and appears on multiple pages (especially the sortie data). Links are provided to easily navigate through all of it.
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Missions 315 of 315 missions are represented. Mission information includes date, target (country and city), number of aircraft scheduled, sent, aborted, and lost. Also a sortie list (aircraft, crew, formation position, outcome) is provided for each mission. Some mission descriptions (from Ed Huntizinger's '388th At War') are provided. In the future, we plan to provide photos of the mission maps showing flak locations on the continent.
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Aircraft Over 400 B-17 aircraft are represented with sortie information for all 315 missions. Aircraft information includes serial number, name, squadron, first and last mission, MACR (if any). The sortie information includes mission number, crew and aborts. About 35 photos are provided and others will be added as they are received. In the future, we plan to provide short aircraft narratives .
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Crews Approximately 520 crews are represented with sortie information from all 315 missions. Crew information includes name, squadron, first and last mission, MACR (if any) and number of missions. The sortie information is for all missions the crew was assigned to fly (including the aborts) and includes the mission number and aircraft. About 60 crew photos are provided and others will be added as they are received. When known the crewman are identified in the photos.
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Crewman Approximately 4,500 crewmen of the 5,200 crewmen are represented. Crewman information includes name, crew, position, and fate. The crewman information appears on the crew pages.
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Sorties Over 9,500 sorties are represented. Sortie information includes aircraft serial number, crew, mission number, planned and actual position in formation, outcome (completed, aborted, lost)
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Crashes 186 of 186 crashes are represented. Crash information includes aircraft serial number, crew, mission number, cause, MACR (if any), date, number of men KIA, MIA, POW, returned, interned. Not all crashes occured over enemy territory and only those crashes where men were missing received a MACR
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