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301st BG (H), Mission 331, Nis airfield - Related Files

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	301st BG (H), Mission 219, Marshalling Yard Verona 28 January 1944 STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): In Italy, B-17's, with fighter escorts, bomb Aviano Airfield and Verona marshalling yard; B-24's hit the marshalling yard at Ferrara.		11/29/2005	380
	Montdidier Airfield, 17 July 1944 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	383
	303rd BG (H), Mission 130, Dijon Airfield 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	468
	301st BG (H), Mission 343, Vienna Schwechat oil refinery 10 September 1944 STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): In Austria, 344 B-17s and B-24s bomb 5 ordnance depots and SE industrial area in Vienna and 2 oil refineries in the area. 88 B-24s escorted by P-38s and P-51s bomb the port of Trieste, Italy. and 45 B-24s, with P-51s escorting, fly a supply mission to Lyon, France.		07/13/2007	520
	Aerial photo of Giebelstadt Flugplatz after an air raid by the Allies - 194 22 March 1945 STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): 2 missions are flown. Mission 906: Air attacks in preparation for the lower Rhine River crossing by Allied ground forces continue; 1,331 bombers and 662 fighters attack barracks and military encampments in the Ruhr and airfields in Germany visually; they claim 27-1-12 Luftwaffe aircraft; 1 B-17 and 3 P-51s are lost: 1. 99 of...		08/24/2007	1,157
	301st BG (H), Mission unknown, Argos Bridge 9 October 1943 MEDITERRANEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (Twelfth Air Force): XII Bomber Command B-17's bomb airfields at Larissa, Athens and Salonika, Greece and Argos, Italy. B-24's hit Kastelli/ Pediada Airfield on Crete. P-38's fly a sweep between the island of Corfu, Greece and Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia and escort shipping in the Karpathos Straits between Carpathos and Rhodes...		12/14/2007	479
	491st BG (H), Mission 27, Villacoublay Airfield On 25 June the Group returned to Paris and again lost one to the vicious flak over that city. The B-24 (44-40129) flown by 1st Lt. Marvin W. Butler of the 855th took a direct burst in the bomb bay and broke in two just aft of the wing. "The tail section floated down slow and easy like a big box kite," but nobody saw any chutes. 8th USAAF Strategic Operations from 25 Ju...		06/07/2007	369
	301st BG (H), Mission 356, Vienna Florisdorf Oil Refinery 13 October 1944 STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): 650+ fighter escorted B-17s and B-24s bomb oil refineries at Blechhammer, Germany and Vienna/Floridsdorf, Austria; motor works, locomotive shops, and marshalling yard at Vienna and Graz, Austria; Banhida, Szekesfehervar and Papa, Hungary; and Hranice and Mezirici, Czechoslovakia; some of the escorting fighters strafe ra...		07/13/2007	475
	301st BG (H), Mission 355, Blechhammer Synthetic Oil Plant South 13 October 1944 STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): 650+ fighter escorted B-17s and B-24s bomb oil refineries at Blechhammer, Germany and Vienna/Floridsdorf, Austria; motor works, locomotive shops, and marshalling yard at Vienna and Graz, Austria; Banhida, Szekesfehervar and Papa, Hungary; and Hranice and Mezirici, Czechoslovakia; some of the escorting fighters strafe ra...		07/31/2007	699
	B-24J from the 859th Bomb Squadron near Magdeburg 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	2,824
	301st BG (H), Mission 329, Flak-Tower, Vienna 23 Aug 1944 STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): In Austria, 472 B-24s and B-17s supported by P-51s and P-38s bomb the S industrial area of Vienna, the Wiener-Neudorf aircraft engine factory, Vosendorf oil refinery, and Markersdorf Airfield, and attack targets at Ferrara, Italy, missing a river bridge but hitting a synthetic rubber factory. Flak-Tow...		11/29/2005	623
	301st BG (H), Mission 348, Sava Railroad Bridge Belgrade STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): 463 B-17s and B-24s, some with fighter escort, hit marshalling yards at Subotica and Szeged, Hungary and railroad bridges at Novi Sad and Belgrade, Yugoslavia and Szob, and Budapest, Hungary; fighters maintain cover over the Budapest area.		12/12/2007	661