B-17G Aircraft 43-38062 Was Assigned To 92 Missions Manned by 384th BG Personnel,
Earning Combat Credit For 83 Of Them
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Date |
Target |
Results |
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| 178⇗ | 12 August 1944 | Target: "Landing Ground"
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: La Perthe, France | Completed Mission | Lead group.
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| 179⇗ | 13 August 1944 | Target: Tactical: Road Network
Type: Transportation
Location: Beaumont-le-Roger (area), France | Completed Mission | High group.
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| 180⇗ | 14 August 1944 | Target: Echterdingen Airdrome
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Stuttgart, Germany | Completed Mission | Low group.
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| 181⇗ | 16 August 1944 | Target: Delitzsch Air Field and Air Equipment Depot
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Delitzsch, Germany | Completed Mission |
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| 182⇗ | 18 August 1944 | Target: Tactical: Bridge
Type: Transportation
Location: Vise, Belgium | Completed Mission | Lead group.
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| 183⇗ | 24 August 1944 | Target: Synthetic Oil & Chemical Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Merseburg, Germany | Completed Mission | Low Squadron deputy, high group.
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| 186⇗ | 30 August 1944 | Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Crepieul, France | Completed Mission |
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| -- | 1 September 1944 | Ludwigshaven, Germany, RECALLED | Mission Recalled |
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| 187⇗ | 3 September 1944 | Target: I. G. Farben Chemical Works
Type: Industry
Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany | Completed Mission |
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| 188⇗ | 5 September 1944 | Target: I. G. Farben Chemical Works
Type: Industry
Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany | Completed Mission | Returned with #1 feathered.
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| 189⇗ | 8 September 1944 | Target: I. G. Farben Chemical Works
Type: Industry
Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany | Returned Early | Lost formation because he was following element lead (who was aborting); returned bombs to base.
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| 190⇗ | 9 September 1944 | Target: I. G. Farben Chemical Works
Type: Industry
Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany | Completed Mission |
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| 191⇗ | 10 September 1944 | Target: BMW Motor Component Parts Plant
Type: Industry
Location: Sindelfingen, Germany | Completed Mission | Low Squadron. Returned with #4 feathered.
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| 192⇗ | 11 September 1944 | Target: Oil Refinery
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Lützkendorf & Merseburg, Germany | Completed Mission | 41A Group.
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| 195⇗ | 17 September 1944 | Target: Tank and Gun Concentrations, Tactical
Type: Military
Location: Eindhoven & 's‑Hertogenbosch (den Bosch), The Netherlands | Completed Mission | B Squadron.
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| 196⇗ | 19 September 1944 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Hamm, Germany | Completed Mission | Lead Squadron.
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| 197⇗ | 21 September 1944 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Mainz, Germany | Completed Mission |
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| 198⇗ | 25 September 1944 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany | Completed Mission | C Wing, lead group. Hot camera ship.
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| 199⇗ | 26 September 1944 | Target: Steelworks
Type: Industry
Location: Osnabrück, Germany | Completed Mission |
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| 200⇗ | 27 September 1944 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards (PFF Aiming Points)
Type: Transportation
Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany | Completed Mission |
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| 201⇗ | 28 September 1944 | Target: Steelworks
Type: Industry
Location: Magdeburg, Germany | Completed Mission |
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| 202⇗ | 30 September 1944 | Target: Handorf Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Münster, Germany | Completed Mission |
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| 204⇗ | 3 October 1944 | Target: Synthetic Oil Refinery
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Wesseling, Germany | Completed Mission |
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| 205⇗ | 5 October 1944 | Type: Industry
Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany | Completed Mission | High Squadron. Dropped out of formation after bombs away, but returned OK to base.
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| 208⇗ | 9 October 1944 | Target: Ball-Bearing Plant
Type: Bearings Industry
Location: Schweinfurt, Germany | Completed Mission | Low Squadron hot camera ship.
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| 209⇗ | 11 October 1944 | Target: Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Wesseling, Germany | Completed Mission | Third Squadron.
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| 210⇗ | 14 October 1944 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Saarbrücken, Germany | Completed Mission |
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| 211⇗ | 15 October 1944 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany | Completed Mission | Low Squadron.
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| 212⇗ | 17 October 1944 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany | Completed Mission |
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| 213⇗ | 18 October 1944 | Target: Ford Motor Works
Type: Industry
Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany | Completed Mission |
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| 214⇗ | 19 October 1944 | Target: Heinrich Lanz Tank Factory
Type: Industry
Location: Mannheim, Germany | Completed Mission | Lead Squadron.
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| 215⇗ | 25 October 1944 | Target: Nordstern Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany | Completed Mission | Fourth Squadron hot camera ship.
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| 216⇗ | 30 October 1944 | Target: Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany | Completed Mission |
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| 217⇗ | 1 November 1944 | Target: Nordstern Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany | Completed Mission |
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| 218⇗ | 2 November 1944 | Target: Ruhr-Chemie A.G. Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Sterkrade (Holten), Germany | Completed Mission | High Squadron.
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| 221⇗ | 6 November 1944 | Target: Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Bottrop (Welheim), Germany | Completed Mission | Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑37822.
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| 222⇗ | 8 November 1944 | Target: Leuna Synthetic Oil Plant (visual aim point)
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Merseburg, Germany | Completed Mission |
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| 223⇗ | 9 November 1944 | Target: Ground Installations
Type: Military
Location: Ouvrages de Sorbey (Metz), France | Completed Mission | Lead Squadron hot camera ship.
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| 224⇗ | 10 November 1944 | Target: Ostheim Airfield & Butzweilerhof Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany | Completed Mission | 41D Squadron.
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| 225⇗ | 11 November 1944 | Target: Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany | Completed Mission |
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| 226⇗ | 16 November 1944 | Target: Tactical - Artillery Positions
Type: Military
Location: Eschweiler, Germany | Completed Mission | Landed away at Stratford, due to weather.
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| 227⇗ | 20 November 1944 | Target: Buer Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany | Completed Mission |
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| 228⇗ | 23 November 1944 | Target: Nordstern Coking Plant at Gelsenkirchener Bergwerks-A.G.
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany | Completed Mission | Hot camera ship.
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| 229⇗ | 25 November 1944 | Target: Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Lützkendorf, Germany | Completed Mission | Hot camera ship; landed away at Harwell, due to weather.
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| 231⇗ | 27 November 1944 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Offenburg, Germany | Completed Mission |
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| 232⇗ | 29 November 1944 | Target: Oil Refinery
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Misburg, Germany | Aborted Mission After Taking Off. | Hot camera ship. Aborted due to mechanical failure; landed away at Halesworth; jettisoned bombs in Channel.
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| 237⇗ | 9 December 1944 | Target: Airfield and Daimler Factory
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Böblingen (Stuttgart area), Germany | Completed Mission |
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| 240⇗ | 18 December 1944 | Target: Road Junction
Type: Transportation
Location: Gemünd, Germany | Completed Mission | High Squadron hot camera ship.
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| 243⇗ | 24 December 1944 | Target: Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Kirch Göns, Germany | Completed Mission | 41C Group.
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| 244⇗ | 27 December 1944 | Target: Bridge (Tactical)
Type: Transportation
Location: Altenahr, Germany | Completed Mission | Low Squadron hot camera ship.
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| 245⇗ | 28 December 1944 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Brühl, Germany | Completed Mission | High Squadron hot camera ship.
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| 246⇗ | 30 December 1944 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Limburg, Germany | Completed Mission |
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| 247⇗ | 31 December 1944 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Neuss, Germany | Completed Mission |
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| 248⇗ | 1 January 1945 | Target: Oil Storage Depot
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Derben, Germany | Completed Mission | Low Squadron hot camera ship.
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| 249⇗ | 2 January 1945 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Gerolstein, Germany | Spare, Completed Mission | Flying spare; joined formation.
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| 250⇗ | 3 January 1945 | Target: Enemy Strong Point & Transportation Hub
Type: Military
Location: St Vith, Belgium | Completed Mission |
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| 251⇗ | 5 January 1945 | Target: Landing Ground
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Neiderbreisig, Germany | Completed Mission |
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| 252⇗ | 7 January 1945 | Target: Enemy Strong Point
Type: Military
Location: Blankenheim, Germany | Spare, Completed Mission | Low Squadron flying spare; joined formation.
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| 255⇗ | 15 January 1945 | Target: Neuburg Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Neuburg an der Donau, Germany | Completed Mission |
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| 256⇗ | 17 January 1945 | Target: Railroad Viaduct
Type: Transportation
Location: Bielefeld, Germany | Completed Mission | Low Squadron hot camera ship.
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| 257⇗ | 20 January 1945 | Target: Rail and Road Bridges
Type: Transportation
Location: Mannheim, Germany | Completed Mission | High Squadron hot camera ship. Landed away at RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire.
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| 260⇗ | 23 January 1945 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Neuss, Germany | Completed Mission | Low Squadron hot camera ship. Landed away at North Pickenham Airfield, AAF Station 143.
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| -- | 7 February 1945 | Essen/Bottrop, Germany, RECALLED | Mission Recalled |
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| 265⇗ | 9 February 1945 | Target: Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Lützkendorf, Germany | Completed Mission | Low Squadron.
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| 267⇗ | 15 February 1945 | Target: Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Bohlen, Germany | Did Not Take Off | This aircraft was originally assigned to Hoppen Crew; replaced 43‑38800 for the Smisek Crew. Did not take off because bad weather halted flight operations.
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| -- | 17 February 1945 | Mannheim, Germany, RECALLED | Mission Recalled |
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| 269⇗ | 20 February 1945 | Target: Main Railroad Station
Type: Transportation
Location: Nuremberg / Nürnberg, Germany | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
| 270⇗ | 21 February 1945 | Target: Tank Factory
Type: Industry
Location: Nuremberg / Nürnberg, Germany | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
| 272⇗ | 23 February 1945 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Plauen, Germany | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
| 273⇗ | 24 February 1945 | Target: Submarine Construction Shipyard
Type: Shipyards
Location: Hamburg, Germany | Completed Mission |
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| 274⇗ | 25 February 1945 | Target: Tank & Submarine Engine Factory
Type: Industry
Location: Friedrichshafen, Germany | Completed Mission | High Squadron.
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| 275⇗ | 26 February 1945 | Target: Schlesicher Railroad Station (Bahnhof)
Type: Transportation
Location: Berlin, Germany | Completed Mission |
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| 277⇗ | 28 February 1945 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Hagen, Germany | Completed Mission | Low Squadron.
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| 278⇗ | 1 March 1945 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Bruchsal, Germany | Completed Mission |
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| 279⇗ | 2 March 1945 | Target: Low Temperature Carbonization Plant and Refinery of Deutsche Petroleum A.G.
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Rositz, Germany | Completed Mission |
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| 282⇗ | 7 March 1945 | Target: Oil Refinery
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Bochum, Germany | Completed Mission | High Squadron hot camera ship.
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| 283⇗ | 8 March 1945 | Target: Oil Refinery - 'Benzol Plant'
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Essen, Germany | Completed Mission |
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| 284⇗ | 9 March 1945 | Target: Henschel Tank and Locomotive Works
Type: Industry
Location: Kassel, Germany | Completed Mission | High Squadron deputy and hot camera ship.
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| 285⇗ | 10 March 1945 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Schwerte, Germany | Completed Mission |
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| 286⇗ | 11 March 1945 | Target: Vacuum Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Bremen, Germany | Completed Mission |
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| 287⇗ | 12 March 1945 | Target: Railway Center
Type: Transportation
Location: Betzdorf, Germany | Completed Mission | Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 44‑8608.
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| 289⇗ | 15 March 1945 | Target: Army HQ
Type: Military
Location: Zossen, Germany | Completed Mission | Lead Squadron.
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| 290⇗ | 17 March 1945 | Target: Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Bohlen (Leipzig), Germany | Completed Mission |
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| 291⇗ | 18 March 1945 | Target: Schlesischer Railway Station
Type: Transportation
Location: Berlin, Germany | Completed Mission | High Squadron hot camera ship.
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| 292⇗ | 19 March 1945 | Target: Braunkohle-Benzin Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Bohlen, Germany | Aborted Mission After Taking Off. | 41D Squadron, Hot Camera ship. Turned back due to engine failure and landed away on the Continent, at A-70, Laon/Courvon, France, with bomb load.
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| 301⇗ | 31 March 1945 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Lützkendorf, Germany | Completed Mission |
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| 302⇗ | 3 April 1945 | Target: Underground Oil Storage Depot
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Kiel, Germany | Completed Mission |
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| 303⇗ | 4 April 1945 | Target: Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Fassberg, Germany | Completed Mission | Lead Squadron. Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 43‑39019.
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| 304⇗ | 5 April 1945 | Target: Ordnance Depot
Type: Military
Location: Ingolstadt, Germany | Completed Mission |
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| 305⇗ | 6 April 1945 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards (Visual Primary)
Type: Transportation
Location: Leipzig, Germany | Completed Mission |
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| 306⇗ | 7 April 1945 | Target: Underground Oil Storage Plant
Type: Military
Location: Hitzacker, Germany | Completed Mission |
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| 307⇗ | 9 April 1945 | Target: Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany | Aborted Mission After Taking Off. | Turned back prior to target when #2 engine started smoking. Peeled off. made 180° turn and headed back for England. The aircraft was under control and apparently landed somewhere in allied territory.
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