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 | An old airfield near Cerignola and home of the 456th Heavy bombardment group in World War II. |  | 11/28/2005 | 325 | 



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 | This photo was taken from the camera pit in Thunderbird on March 28, 1944. The target was an airfield at Dijon, France. Bomb strikes can be seen in one area of buildings. A following group of fortresses wiped out the next group of buildings, while a third group demolished the third group of buildings. The airfield was completely destroyed. |  | 09/26/2007 | 467 | 



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 | A bomb fall plot of the March 24, 1945 raid on the Munich-Riem Airdrome, conducted by the A-2 section of the USAAF 304th Bomb Wing, 456th Bomb Group, flying B-24s. Notable annotations include that this was Mission No. 215 conducted from an altitude of between 23,600 and 24,700 feet and the attack took place between 1229 and 1231 hours. The image of the B-24 at the upper left indicates the direc... |  | 11/29/2005 | 543 | 



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 | 100th Bomb Group
13th Combat Wing
3rd Air Division
8th AF |  | 11/06/2005 | 754 | 
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 | Aerial pictures of some missions flown by the 381st Bomb Group, 8th Air Fleet USAAF |  | 11/01/2005 | 349 | 
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 | Aerial pictures of some missions flown by the 381st Bomb Group, 8th Air Fleet USAAF |  | 11/01/2005 | 338 | 
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 | Aerial pictures of some missions flown by the 381st Bomb Group, 8th Air Fleet USAAF |  | 11/01/2005 | 286 | 



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 | Montdidier Airfield on July 17, 1944. This was for bomb damage assessment. The airfield looks abandoned.
FRIDAY, 14 JULY 1944
Mission 473: During the evening 131 B-24s are dispatched to hit airfields in France; 54 hit Montdidier Airfield and 39 hit Peronne Airfield; 9 B-24s are damaged. 40 other B-24s fail to bomb because of failure of blind-bombing equipment. Escort is ... |  | 12/24/2008 | 382 | 
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 | Home the 303th Bomb Group (H) "Hell's Angels" |  | 12/13/2005 | 373 | 
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 | 24 March 1945
Aerial photos show that the 376th Bomb Group had covered the entire field with clusters of fragmentation bombs. |  | 01/20/2009 | 341 | 
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 | Close-up showing the 859th squadron number (X4) and the tail code (J+) that identifies the Liberator as 44-40132 I'LL BE AROUND.
Lt Menweg's 44-40132 I'LL BE AROUND on the 29 Jun 44 Mission 43 to Magdeburg.
Note blank circle on the wing. Group letter had not yet been applied to any 492nd aircraft at this time.
Of 591 B-24s, 81 hit Magdeburg, 74 hit Oschersle... |  | 11/10/2009 | 2,660 | 
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 | Strike Photos for Group Mission #213 to Fulda-Plauen, Germany on Mar 19th, 1945.
Plauen was the primary target but with full cloud cover over the target the group elected to proceed to bomb the marshalling yards at the secondary target (Fulda). The bomb drop was unusual in that one of the first bombs dropped by the group landed on a muntition train and the resultant explosion blew up mos... |  | 05/15/2006 | 333 | 



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