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461st BG (H), Mission 51, City of Bucharest on Pathfinder - Related Files

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	461st BG (H), Mission 73, Prahova Oil Refinery 31 July 1944 Back to Bucharest for the last mission of the month with the usual results over that target area. The target was the Prahova Oil Refinery which is located near the railroad tracks in the northwest section of the City. The cloud coverage was five tenths. As usual there was moderate, inaccurate flak. Only 8.8 percent of the bombs were scored within a 1000 feet of the ...		05/16/2007	385
	461st BG (H), Mission 198, Graz Marshalling Yard 21 March 1945 Target: Graz Marshalling Yard, Austria For Mission No. 198 on 21 March the marshalling yard at Graz turned out to be the alternate target selected for pathfinder bombing. The primary target had been the Bruck Marshalling Yard, Austria, but Major Poole, the formation leader, abandoned it because of poor visibility. One thousand pound general purpose ...		11/21/2009	49
	461st BG (H), Mission 46, Szony Oil Storage 14 June 1944 The Air Force was still slaving away at German oil. The Group bombardiers were still hot. With CAVU weather, no enemy fighters, and only slight flak the 461st got 39 percent of its bombs within 1000 feet of the center of impact on the oil storage installations at Szony, Hungary.		05/14/2007	326
	461st BG (H), Mission 119, Isotta Fraschini Works, Milan, Italy 461st BG (H), Mission #119 20 October 1944 Target: Isotta Fraschini Works, Milan, Italy After having hammered away despite adverse weather conditions in Austria, Czechoslovakia, and Germany for three weeks in October, the Group was assigned on 20 October to attack the lightly defended Isotta Fraschini Works at Milan, Italy. Weather conditions on this mission were e...		06/29/2007	343
	Spanish fort in Bucharest? Next to the main ringroad of Bucharest, about to be swallowed by Progress, lies what seems a lot like the fortifications you also find in Holland (for example Naarden		07/08/2008	348
	The Triumphal Arch - Bucharest Raised in Bucharest to commemorate Romania's Great War heros, "Arcul de Triumf" stands about 25 meters high. The first monument, made of wood, was erected on the same spot in 1922, being replaced in 1935 by the actual arch, built in Deva granite, by Architect Petre Antonescu, who is also the father of the Bucharest City Hall. The Triumphal Arch is conceived in classical style, followi...		05/02/2006	330
	461st BG (H), Mission 35, Wels Aircraft Factory 30 May, 1944 At Wels, Austria, the Group had the new and pleasant experience of attacking an aircraft factory at which there was no flak. Neither were fighters seen on this mission. The lead navigator, Lt. Dusenberry, carefully kept the Group out of range of the heavily defended areas close to the target. The lead bombardier, Lt. Murphy, completely sprayed the target with incendi...		01/22/2009	514
	461st BG (H), Mission 37, Szolnok Marshalling Yard 2 June 1944 The month of June began auspiciously with an excellent mission against the Marshalling Yards at Szolnok, Hungary. Captain Dooley led the Group with Colonel Glantzberg leading the second section. Good weather, but little flak, no enemy fighters.		05/14/2007	366
	461st BG (H), Mission 55, Beziers Marshalling Yard 5 July 1944 The third target of the month was located in the third country in which the Group had bombed during the month of July. The target was the large Marshalling Yard at Beziers, France. The purpose in hitting this target was that of hampering the movement of two German divisions from Southwest France to the fighting front in Normandy. Photographs of this mission are most ...		05/14/2007	288
	461st BG (H), Mission 56, Aviano Oil Storage 6 July 1944 The target for Mission No. 56, which was approximately 600 feet square, was probably the smallest target ever assigned to this Group. It was an oil storage plant in open country near an airdrome at the Town of Aviano, Italy. Major Burke continued to be the fair-haired Group leader when a score of 48 percent was recorded for this mission. Then 1st Lt. Ausbon E. Aldred...		05/14/2007	347
	461st BG (H), Mission 78, Almasfuzito Oil Refinery 9 August 1944 The veteran team of Lt. Colonel Knapp, Captain Strong, Lt. King, Lt. Coles, and Lt. Sullivan came through with their second superior mission of the young month when they scored 62 percent on the oil refinery at Almasfuzito, Hungary. Conditions for the attack were ideal -- CAVU weather, no fighters, and not too much flak. Although Captain Strong and Lt. Sullivan did...		05/30/2007	329
	461st BG (H), Mission 76, Miramas Marshalling Yard 6 August 1944 For this mission the strategy of the Fifteenth Air Force, which at the time was not being revealed to Group personnel, continued to anticipate the invasion of southern France. The target was a large Marshalling Yard in the comparatively small town of Miramas, France. With excellent weather, no fighter opposition, and not much flak at the target, Major Goree and Lt....		05/15/2007	343