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1 . Date Type of mission 1 7 June 1944 Fighter sweep 2 8 June 1944 Bomber Escort 3 9 June 1944 Bomber 4 11 June 1944 Bomber 5 13 June 1944 Bomber 6 14 June 1944 Bomber 7 16 June 1944 Bomber Target Bomb wings ed enemy Victories Group losses Ferrara-Bologna area ne ne 2d Lt Carrol N. Langston bailed out Pola, Italy (penetration and Munich area (penetration) Smedervo area target cover, Munich area (penetration) Budapest area (penetration) Bratislava area (penetration) 5 th Bombardment Wing (B-17s) 5 th, 47 th, 304 th, 49 th, and 55 th Bombardment Wings 5 th and 55 th Bombardment Wings 5 th and 49 th Bomber Wings 5 th, 55 th, 49 th, and 304 th Bombardment Wings ne ne Yes 5 (15 AF GO# 1473, dated 1944) Lt Cornelius G. Rogers missing ne ne Yes (Udine area) Seen but not encountered Yes. 2 bombers shot down by enemy aircraft during time of, according to Missing Air Crew Reports 6317 and DFC for Col. Davis confirms. ne ne Yes (MACR 6097) ne ne all wings ne ne

2 . Date Type of Mission Target 8 24 June 1944 Strafing Airasca-Pinerole landing ground 9 23 June 1944 (out of sequence) Bomber June 1944 Bomber Bucharest-Giurgiu area (penetration) Sofia area (penetration) Bomb wings ed victories ne ne 2d Lt Samuel Jefferson; 2d Lt. Charles B. Johnson; Capt. Robert B. Tresville all wings ne ne 47 th Bombardment Wing ne ne June 1944 Strafe troops June 1944 Bomber June 1944 Bomber June 1944 Bomber Yugoslavia and Italy ne ne (but enemy ship reported as sunk) Lake Balaton area (penetration) Budapest area (penetration) Ferdinand area (penetration) ne all bomber wings ne Lt. Maples and Lt. Esters bailed out 5 th and 47 th Bombardment Wings 304 th Bombardment Wing ne ne ne Lt. Laird crashed and killed on takeoff T

3 . Date Type of Mission June 1944 Bomber 16 4 July 1944 Bomber 17 5 July 1944 Bomber 18 6 July 1944 Bomber 19 7 July 1944 Bomber Target Vienna area (penetration) t given t given (penetration to control point) Latisana and Tagilamento-Casarsa target cover, Bomb Wings ed enemy aircraft victories 5 bomber wings ne reported ne ne 5 bombers shot down by enemy aircraft (Missing Air Crew Reports 6809, 6335, 6394, 6395, 6396) but most probably after 332d FG ended. 5th and 47th (rendezvous failed) ne ne bomber force ne (but two enemy aircraft seen) ne ne 47 th ne ne Vienna (penetration) bomber formation ne ne

4 . Date Type of mission 20 8 July 1944 Bomber 21 9 July 1944 Bomber July 1944 Bomber Target Munchendorf Airdrome target cover, Ploesti (Concordia Vega Refineries) Toulon and Bomb wings ed 304 th (B-24s) Yes (15-20 attacked bombers) 47 th, but enemy aircraft seen as bombers were leaving target) victories ne Lt Sherrard (landed at forward airfield) ne ne 47 th ne ne enemy aircraft 332d FG narrative mission report notes: 2 B-24s destroyed over target area. 1 B-24 seen to disintegrate, 2 chutes seen to open from 2 nd B-24. t confirmed by missing air crew reports July 1944 Bomber Nimes ( penetration, 49th Yes 4 (15 AF GO #2032, 2466, dated 1944) Lt Rhodes bailed out near Viterbo Yes. 3 bombers shot down by enemy aircraft, according to Missing Air Crew Reports 6894, 6895, and 7034.

5 . Date Type of Mission July 1944 Bomber (24) 13 July 1944 Air-sea rescue July 1944 Bomber July 1944 Fighter sweep July 1944 Bomber Target Pinzano RR bridge and Vinzone viaduct target cover, withdrawal Lake Lesina, Italy Ploesti Bomb Wings victories 5th (2 groups) ne ne bomb wing, but a Catalina flying boat from an unnamed unit ne ne 55th Yes ne ne Vienna area ne Yes 2 (15 AF GO# 2029, 2030) Avignon marshalling yards and RR bridge target cover, 304 th Yes 3 (15 AF GO# 2350 dated 1944) ne ne July 1944 Bomber Memmingen Airdrome target cover, 5th Yes 12 (15 AF GO# 2202, 2350, 2484) Lts. Hutton, Irving, and Browne Yes. 15 bombers shot down by enemy aircraft, according to Missing Air Crew Report numbers 6856, 6953, 6954, 6975, 6976, 6977, 6978, 6979, 6980,

6 6981, 7097, 7098, 7099, 7153, and Date Type of mission July 1944 Bomber July 1944 Bomber and fighter sweep July 1944 Air-Sea rescue Target Bomb Wings Munich/Schleiszheim Airdrome Friedrichshafen (penetration) victories 49 th Yes ne ne 55th, 304th, 47 th Yes 4 (15 AF GO# 2202, 2284, 2484 dated 1944) ne Adriatic Sea? ne t given Yes. 2 bombers shot down by enemy aircraft, according to Missing Air Crew Report numbers 6914 and July 1944 Air-Sea rescue July 1944 Bomber July 1944 Bomber July 1944 Bomber Adriatic Sea? ne ne t given Brux synthetic oil refinery ( Ploesti (penetration and Genoa harbor target cover, 5 th (B-17s) ne One missing (Name not given) 55 th t encountered, but some seen ne Lt. Walker missing 47 th ne ne

7 36 25 July 1944 Bomber Linz 55 th (B-24s) Yes 1 (15 AF GO# 2284 dated 1944) 2 (names not given). Date Type of mission July 1944 Bomber Target Bomb Wings Markendorf Airdrome target cover, victories 47 th Yes 4 (15 AF GO# 2350, 2484 dated 1944)) 1 (name not given) 1 B-24 spiraling out of formation after attack by enemy aircraft. (not confirmed by Missing Air Crew Reports)

8 . Date Type of mission July 1944 Bomber July 1944 Bomber July 1944 Bomber July 1944 Bomber Target Bomb wings ed Budapest area Ploesti Budapest (top cover) Ploesti Victories 47 th Yes 8 (15 AF GO# 2284, 2350, 2484, 2485, dated 1944) Group losses 1 missing (name not given) 55th Yes ne ne 3 B-24s seen to go down in flames (not confirmed by missing air crew reports) 5 th (B-17s) Yes 1 (15 AF GO# 2485) ne 47 th, but one ne ne seen in target area

9 . Date Type of mission 42 2 Aug 1944 Bomber 43 3 Aug 1944 Bomber 44 6 Aug 1944 Bomber 45 6 Aug 1944 Bomber Target Bomb wings ed Le Pouzin Oil Storage; Portes Le Valences, France Ober Raderach Chemical Works, target, and withdrawal cover) Avignon area (target cover) Yugoslavia (close, penetration, and Victories Group losses 5 th ne ne, but Formation of bombers was spread out over area of approximately 50 miles It was impossible to cover all groups or afford desired protection from E/A (enemy aircraft). 5 th (B-17s) 4 Me-109s seen in Udine area, no encounters. ne ne. no attack made on bombers 55 th ne ne. 1 B-24 shot down, but by flak For 1 B-25 ne ne

10 . Date Type of mission 46 7 Aug 1944 Bomber 47 9 Aug 1944 Bomber Aug 1944 Bomber Target Bomb wings ed Blechhammer Oil Refineries Gyor aircraft and car works target, and withdrawal cover) Campina Stevea Romana Oil Refineries target, and withdrawal cover) Aug 1944 Strafing Radar stations in southern France Aug 1944 Bomber Aug 1944 Strafing and fighter sweep 55 th (B-24s) and 5 th (B-17s) Me-109 dove through bombers victories enemy aircraft ne ne (bombers shot down after Group ended its ) 5 th (B-17s) ne Lt. Simmons either crash landed or bailed out 304 th (B-24s) ne ne ne ne Lt. Jefferson lost in target area; Lt. L. E. Johnson crashed into sea; total of 1 lost and 4 missing (flak) 304 th (B-24s) ne ne Avignon RR bridges Toulon area ne Yes 1 (15 AF GO# 2831 dated 1944) Lt. Allen bailed out; Lt. O Neil seen in spin

11 . Date Type of mission August August August August August August 1944 Bomber Bomber Bomber Bomber Bomber Bomber Target Bomb wings ed Enemy aircraft encountered? Southern France (close cover on penetration, and Ober Raderach Chemical Works, and Ploesti Oil Refineries and Ploesti, Rumania Ploesti oil refineries Oswiecim Oil Refinery (penetration) 55 th 2 Me-109s seen but did not attack bomber formation and too distant for interception victories ne One, but name not given 55 th ne 1 lost to flak. 1 B-24 destroyed by flak in target area 304 th ne ne (9 lost to flak) 5 th ne ne 47 th ne Lt. Thomas crash landed at Pianosa Island 5 th Yes, 16 plus ME- 109s and FW- 190s (no attack on bombers ne ne

12 . Date Type of mission August August August August August 1944 Bomber Cover for 6 C-47s Bomber Bomber Bomber Target Bomb wings ed Korneuburg Oil Refineries, Vienna 55 th (B-24s) Yes. Me-109s at Lake Balaton victories ne ne (1 lost to flak, 1 unknown cause of loss) Yugoslavia ne ne ne Markersdorf Airdrome, Pardubice Airdrome, Czechoslovakia Brno Airdrome 55 th Yes. 14 Me- 109s in target area. 5 th (B-17s) Yes 5 th (B-17s) 4 Me-109s seen but not encountered 1 (15 AF GO# 3538 dated 1944) 3 (15 AF GO# 3153, 3174, dated 1944, and 15 AF GO# 449 dated 1945) ne ne ne ne 1 B-24 seen to go down in flames in T/A (target area) t confirmed by MACRs 2 B-24s went down at 1250 hours 2 B-24s in flames at 1245 hours 1 B-17 shot down at 1250 hours MACR 7971 notes B-17 hit by flak, then attacked by enemy aircraft

13 . Date Type of mission August 1944 Bomber Target Bomb wings ed Banasea Airdrome barracks area (close cover ) victories 304 th ne 2d Lt Henry A. Wise bailed out August August August August August August 1944 Bomber Bomber Bomber Strafing Bomber Bomber Blechhammer, (penetration cover) Miskolc Main marshalling yards Bohumin, Privoser, Morvaska Main Grosswardein Airdrome Popesti Airdrome (penetration and target cover) Popesti Airdrome (penetration and target cover) 304 th and 55 th (22 destroyed on ground) ne 47 th ne ne 5 th (B-17s) ne Lt. Clifton bailed out ne (claimed 83 on ground, none in air) 1 missing (Lt Charles Williams) B-17s of 2d Wave ne ne 3d Wave of B-17s ne ne

14 . Date Type of mission 70 1 Sep 1944 Bomber Target Bomb wings ed Popesti Airdrome 71 2 Sep 1944 Strafing Stalac, Cuprija, Osipaonica Road, Yugoslavia 72 3 Sep 1944 Bomber 73 4 Sep 1944 Bomber 74 5 Sep 1944 Bomber 75 6 Sep 1944 Bomber Szolnok and Szeged, Hungary Tagliamento Casarsa and Latisana, Italy Budapest, Hungary withdrawal ) Oradea Main marshalling yards, Rumania 76 8 Sep 1944 Strafing Airdrome at Ilandza, Yugoslavia Victories Group losses B-17s (5th BW) ne ne ne ne ne 304 th (B-24s) ne ne 304 th (B-24s) ne ne 5 th ne ne 5 th (B-17s) ne ne ne 36 destroyed on ground, not in air Lt James A. Calhoun crash landed (target)

15 . Date Type of mission Sep 1944 Bomber Sep 1944 Bomber Sep 1944 Bomber Target Bomb wings ed t given Blechhammer rth Oil Refinery (penetration cover for 304 th and 5 th Bomb Wings; close in target area and on withdrawal for 5 th Bomb Wing) Rakos M/Y s, north Budapest victories 5 th (B-17s) Yes ne (but 4 damaged) 304 th, 5 th, but some seen taking off in distance, and others seen on field ne ne Lt. Long probably crash landed at Szombathely 5 th ne ne 10 ME 109s attacked rear of bomber formation from below 1 B-17 was left burning. 6 chutes seen to open. 301 BG and 463 BG each lost a bomber. MACRs do not confirm., but Two B- 24s hit by flak in T/A (target area) seen to explode and crash. chutes seen.

16 . Date Type of mission Sep 1944 Bomber Sep 1944 Bomber Sep 1944 Bomber Sep 1944 Bomber Target Bomb wings ed Budapest (Shell Oil Refinery and RR bridges) Makacky Airdrome, Czechoslovakia Debreczen Marshalling Yards, Hungary Allach BMW Engine Works at Munich, withdrawal victories 304 th ne ne 1 B-24 hit by flak in T/A (target area) at 1155 hours-7 chutes seen to open. 304 th ne ne 5 th (B-17s) ne ne 5 th (B-17s) ne 1 lost, 1 missing (1 of these returned after landing at friendly field), but bombing formation was difficult to cover

17 . Date Type of mission Target Bomb wings ed Sep 1944 Bomber Brux synthetic oil plant Sep 1944 Bomber Athens, Greece 86 4 Oct 1944 Transport (for C- 47s) 87 4 Oct 1944 Strafing Tatoi, Kalamaki, Eleusis, Greece 88 4 Oct 1944 Transport (C-47s) Bucharest, Rumania 89 6 Oct 1944 Strafing Tatoi, Kalamaki, Eleusis, Megara Airdromes, Greece 90 7 Oct 1944 Bomber Lobau Oil Refineries at Vienna, Austria enemy Victories Group members lost or missing 5 th (B-17s) ne ne 304 th (B-24s) ne ne (target cover) Sofia, Bulgaria ne ne ne ne ne (but 9 destroyed on ground) Capt. Lawrence and Lt. Williams (not by flak or enemy fighters) ne ne ne ne ne (but 5 destroyed on ground) Lts. Hudson, Hutchins, Woods, Lewis, Marshall 5 th ne Flt Off Woods, Lts Wiggins and Stiger (some returned) bombers lost to enemy missing air crew reports for groups of 5 th wing, but 1 B-17 seen hit at 30,000 feet

18 . Date Type of Mission Target Bomb Wings ed Oct 1944 Strafing RR and river traffic along Danube River from Budapest to Bratislava Oct 1944 Strafing RR traffic from Budapest to Bratislava Oct 1944 Bomber Blechhammer S Oil Refinery Oct 1944 Bomber Odertal Oil Refineries, Oct 1944 Bomber Brux oil refineries (target and withdrawal cover) Oct 1944 Bomber Bucharest, Rumania (penetration) Oct 1944 Bomber Blechhammer South Oil Refinery (penetration) enemy victories ne ne (but 17 destroyed on ground) ne Yes 9 (15 AF GO# 4287, 4604 dated 1944) 304 th, but 7 destroyed on ground Lt Rhodes crashlanded at base, plane destroyed, pilot safe Lt McCreary hit by flak Lt Smith bailed out, Lt Westmoreland crashed (flak) 49 th (B-24s) ne Flight Officer Bell bailed out after engine stopped 5 th (B-17s) ne ne 5 th (one B-17) ne ne 5 th ne ne bombers lost to enemy aircraft 1 B-24 crashed into field (probably flak)

19 . Date Type of mission Target Bomb wings ed Oct 1944 Bomber Brux Oil Refineries, (target cover and Oct 1944 Air-sea rescue Rimini ( for Catalina search and rescue aircraft) Oct 1944 Bomber Gyor, Hungary enemy victories 5 th (B-17s) ne ne ne ne ne 304 th (B-24s) ne ne Oct 1944 Search Venezia area ne ne ne Oct 1944 Bomber Regensburg 304 th ne Lt. Brewer missing Oct 1944 Bomber Regensburg, Oct 1944 Reconnaissance (for 1 P- 38) 49 th ne Lt. Brewer missing (duplicate of previous mission?) Munich area ne ne ne bombers lost to enemy

20 . Date Type of mission Target Bomb wings ed Oct 1944 Reconnaissance (for 1 P- 38) Bomber Oct 1944 Yugoslavia v 1944 Bomber Vienna, Austria target cover, enemy Victories Group losses Munich area ne Yes 2 claimed 1 missing (name not given) Bredgrad and Glina, t given ne ne (ed 2 B-25s) 304 th (B-24s) ne ne v 1944 Bomber Yugoslavia t given ne ne (ed 2 B-25s) v 1944 Transport Sanskskimost, Yugoslavia ne (1 C-47) ne ne v 1944 Bomber Regensburg/Winterhafen oil storage, target cover, 5 th ne ne v 1944 Reconnaissance v 1944 Reconnaissance Linz area ne (ed 1 B-38) Munich area ne (ed 1 P-38 ) v 1944 Bomber Florisdorf, Austria target cover, v 1944 Reconnaissance Munich area ne (ed v 1944 Reconnaissance P-38) Munich area ne (ed 1 P-38) ne ne (but one enemy aircraft seen) ne ne 5 th ne ne ne ne ne ne bombers lost to enemy

21 . Date Type of mission Target Bomb Wings ed v 1944 Bomber Moosbierbaum oil refinery, Vienna target cover, v 1944 Bomber Trento and Bolzano, Italy v v v v v 1944 Bomber Bomber (target area cover) Brux oil refineries (penetration and target cover) Munich West marshalling yards enemy victories 5 th ne Capt. Faulkner missing 55 th ne ne 5 th (B-17s) 1 aircraft believed to be jet-propelled seen in distance 304 th Yes. Many Me-109s. ne 2 (15 AF GO# 4990 dated 1944) bombers lost to enemy Lt Payne crashlanded, but survived; Lt Nightingale missing ne 1 B-17 crashed into water at 1315 hours. Bomber Brux synthetic oil refinery (penetration) 5 th (B-17s) ne ne Bomber Vicenza-Villafranca area t given ne Lt Peoples bomber force missing Strafing Gyor/Vienna/Esztergom areas ne ne Lt Gaiter bailed out after flak; Lt Walker missing (flak)

22 . Date Type of mission Target Bomb wings ed v 1944 Bomber Blechhammer South oil refinery (penetration and withdrawal for 5 th BW; penetration for 55th BW) v 1944 Bomber Predgrad, Yugoslavia v 1944 Reconnaissance Grodenwoh and Nurnberg, Dec 1944 Bomber Blechhammer oil refinery (South) (penetration) Dec 1944 Bomber Udine Pass area (route cover and Dec 1944 Bomber Brux () (penetration) enemy Victories Group losses 5 th and 55th ne Lt. Harris missing t given (2 B-25s) ne ne ne (1 P-38) ne ne 49 th and 55 th (B-24s) ne Lt. Gould bailed out safely 49 th ne Lt. Rodgers crashlanded at base-pilot safe 5 th Yes (Me-262s) ne Lt. Rich and Lt. Brown missing bombers lost to enemy

23 . Date Type of mission Target Bomb wings assigned Dec 1944 Bomber Moosbierbaum oil refinery, Austria Dec 1944 Reconnaissance Praha, Czechoslovakia Dec 1944 Bomber Innsbruck, Austria Dec 1944 Bomber Brux, Dec 1944 Bomber Mrkoplj, Yugoslavia target cover) Dec 1944 Bomber Olomouc ( Dec 1944 Bomber Blechhammer victories bombers lost to enemy 47 th (B-24s) ne ne 1 B-24 seen to explode in Vienna area at 1225 hours ne ne ne 47 th (B-24s) ne ne 5 th (B-17s) ne ne One B-25, wing not given ne ne 5 th, 49 th, 304 th ne ne 49 th (2 groups attacking north oil refinery, 1 group attacking south oil refinery) ne ne

24 . Date Type of mission Target Bomb wings ed Dec 1944 Reconnaissance Innsbruck, Austria Dec 1944 Bomber Blechhammer South oil refinery Dec 1944 Reconnaissance Praha Dec 1944 Bomber Brux oil refinery Dec 1944 Reconnaissance Dec 1944 Reconnaissance Dec 1944 Reconnaissance Prague Ingolstadt, Praha, Czech. enemy Victories Group losses ne (ed 1 P- ne ne 38 for photos) 55 th (B-24s) ne ne ne (ed 1 P- 38 for photos) ne ne 5 th (B-17s) ne ne ne (ed 1 B- 38 for photos) ne (ed 1 P- 38 for photos) ne (ed 1 P- 38 for photos) ne ne ne ne ne Capt. Dickson bailed out (engine trouble)

25 . Date Type of mission Target Bomb wings ed Dec 1944 Bomber Brux oil refinery, (general target cover) Dec 1944 Bomber Odertal and Blechhammer oil refineries, ( Dec 1944 Bomber Vienna area oil refineries Dec 1944 Bomber Kolin and Pardubice oil refineries, Czechoslovakia Dec 1944 Bomber Muhldorf and Lanshut, t given, but enemy aircraft seen (Me-109s in flight chasing B- 26s in distance) victories? ne ne 5 th and 55 th ne ne 5 th (B-17s) ne ne At 1239 hours at Linz at 22,000 ft, a B- 17 was seen to explode.. chutes seen. 304th (B-24s) ne ne 304 th (B-24s) ne Lts. Funderberg and Marshall missing; Lts. Friend and Craig bailed out

26 . Date Type of mission Target Bomb wings ed Jan 1945 Reconnaissance Jan 1945 Reconnaissance Munich and Linz areas Munich area Jan 1945 Bomber Linz marshalling yards Jan 1945 Bomber Vienna, Austria Jan 1945 Reconnaissance Jan 1945 Reconnaissance Jan 1945 Reconnaissance Stuttgart, Munich, Praha, Czechoslovakia enemy Victories Group losses ne (1 P-38 ed for photos) ne ne ne (1 Mosquito ne ne aircraft ed for photos) 47 th (B-24s) ne ne 304 th (B-24s) ne ne ne (1 P-38 ed for photos) ne (1 P-38 ed for photos) ne (1 P-38 ed for photos) ne ne (but unidentified single-engine aircraft seen in distance) (but P-38 suffered engine failure and pilot had to bail out) ne ne ne ne (but 1 P- 51 of 6 s landed at friendly field)

27 . Date Type of mission Target Bomb wings ed Jan 1945 Bomber Regensburg oil storage, (penetration) Jan 1945 Reconnaissance Praha, Czechoslovakia Jan 1945 Bomber Vienna Lobau Distillation Unit and Schwechat oil refinery Jan 1945 Bomber Moosbierbaum oil refineries victories 5 th (B-17s) ne ne ne (ed 1 P- 5 th (B-17s), but 2 Me- 262s seen, which followed formation ne Formation ran into snowstorm and became separated ne Lt. Smith hit by flak at Wiener Neustadt; Flight officer Foreman and Lt. Young missing 47 th and 55 th (B-24s) ne ne (3 bombers lost, 2 to mechanical difficulty, 1 to unknown cause, according to missing air crew reports

28 . Date Type of mission Target Bomb wings ed Feb 1945 Bomber Moosbierbaum oil refinery, Vienna area and Feb 1945 Bomber Moosbierbaum oil refinery, Vienna area Feb 1945 Reconnaissance Munich area Feb 1945 Bomber Salzburg Main Station marshalling yards enemy Victories Group losses 49 th (B-24s) ne ne 47 th (B-24s) ne ne ne (ed 1 P- ne ne 47 th (B-24s) ne ne Feb 1945 Fighter sweep Yugoslavia ne ne ne Feb 1945 Bomber Moosbierbaum oil refinery 47 th (B-24s) ne ne bombers lost to enemy

29 . Date Type of mission Target Bomb wings ed Feb 1945 Bomber Moosbierbaum oil refinery Feb 1945 Reconnaissance Stuttgart, victories 304 th (B-24s) ne ne ne (ed 1 P- ne ne Feb 1945 Fighter sweep Yugoslavia ne ne ne Feb 1945 Bomber Vienna South depots 55 th (B-24s) ne ne Feb 1945 Reconnaissance Feb 1945 Reconnaissance Praha, Czechoslovakia Munich, ne (ed 1 P- ne (ed 1 P- ne ne ne ne bombers lost to enemy

30 . Date Type of mission Target Bomb wings ed Feb 1945 Bomber Vienna Central repair shops Feb 1945 Bomber Zagreb, Maribor and Graz (target area patrol) Feb 1945 Bomber Vienna, Lobau, and Schwechat oil refineries Feb 1945 Bomber Vienna, Lobau, Schwechat oil refineries enemy Victories Group losses 49 th (B-24s) ne ne ne specified Bomber force, but one unidentified aircraft seen, believed to be jet-propelled ne ne, but at 1415 hours, at 22,000 feet, a pilot of this group heard a bomber radio transmission noting a jetpropelled aircraft made a pass at the bombers 5 th (B-17s) ne ne, but in target area, fighters became separated from the bombers in clouds 55 th (B-24s) ne ne

31 . Date Type of mission Target Bomb wings ed Feb 1945 Bomber Penzinger marshalling yards, Vienna Feb 1945 Bomber Penzinger marshalling yards, Vienna Feb 1945 Reconnaissance Feb 1945 Reconnaissance Munich Munich area Feb 1945 Bomber Lechfeld airdrome, Feb 1945 Reconnaissance Nurnberg, 49 th (B-24s) Red Force 49 th (B-24s) Blue Force ne (ed 1 Mosquito airplane for photographs) ne (ed 1 P- victories ne ne ne ne ne ne ne ne 5 th (B-17s) ne 1 lost, 1 missing (names not given) ne (ed 1 P- ne ne 1 B-24 seen to explode in mid air near Innsbruck ; 2 B-17s were seen to explode in mid air near Bolzano, Italy

32 . Date Type of mission Target Bomb wings ed Feb 1945 Reconnaissance Munich, ne (ed 1 Mosquito aircraft for photographs) enemy, but jet aircraft seen in distance victories ne ne reported Feb 1945 Strafing Linz-Vienna line ne ne railroad targets reported Feb 1945 Bomber Wels marshalling 47 th (B-24s) ne ne yards in Linz area Feb 1945 Reconnaissance Linz area ne (ed 1 P- ne ne reported Feb 1945 Bomber Vienna area 49 th (B-24s) 1 Spitfire with British markings seen, fired on ne ne reported Feb 1945 Reconnaissance Nurnberg, Feb 1945 Bomber Vipitento and Brenner marshalling yards Feb 1945 Bomber Vienna Central marshalling yards formation ne (ed 1 P- ne ne reported 47 th (B-24s) ne ne reported 304 th (B-24s), but unidentified fighter seen ne ne reported Fighters had to leave bombers because of shortage of gas

33 . Date Type of mission Target Bomb wings ed Feb 1945 Bomber Marshalling yards in SE (general target cover) Feb 1945 Reconnaissance Prague and Linz ne (ed 1 P Feb 1945 Reconnaissance Stuttgart, Feb 1945 Bomber Gmund West marshalling yards (penetration) Feb 1945 Reconnaissance Feb 1945 Strafing Rail traffic in S., Austria Feb 1945 Reconnaissance enemy Victories Group losses 5 th (B-17s) ne ne reported ne (ed 1 P- ne ne reported, but 3 unidentified aircraft seen ne reported ne reported 304 th (B-24s) ne reported ne reported Munich area ne (ed 1 Mosquito aircraft for photographs) ne reported ne reported ne ne, but some aircraft destroyed on ground Munich area ne (ed 1 P- Missing: Lieutenants Gorham, Hockaday, and Iles bombers lost to enemy ne reported ne reported

34 . Date Type of mission Target Bomb wings ed Feb 1945 Reconnaissance Munich, Feb 1945 Bomber Augsburg marshalling yards Feb 1945 Reconnaissance Feb 1945 Reconnaissance Feb 1945 Bomber Verona (target cover) Mar 1945 Reconnaissance enemy ne (ed 1 Mosquito aircraft for photographs) 49 th (B-24s), but 1 jet airplane, believed to be Me-163, seen in distance. Other unidentified aircraft seen. Praha ne (ed 1 P- Prague ne (ed 1 P- Praha, Czechoslovakia Mar 1945 Reconnaissance Stuttgart area of Mar 1945 Reconnaissance Stuttgart area of Mar 1945 Bomber Moosbierbaum Victories ne reported Group losses ne reported ne ne reported ne ne, but 1 unidentified aircraft seen 5 th (B-17s), but unidentified aircraft seen ne (ed 1 P-, but unidentified aircraft seen ne ne ne ne ne ne ne (ed 1 P- ne ne ne (ed 1 P- ne ne 55 th (B-24s) ne ne reported bombers lost to enemy

35 . Date Type of mission Target Bomb wings ed Mar 1945 Reconnaissance Praha, Czechoslovakia Mar 1945 Bomber Linz marshalling yards Mar 1945 Strafing Rail targets between Maribor, Bruck, and Weiner- Neustadt Mar 1945 Bomber Graz marshalling yards victories ne (ed 1 P- ne ne 304 th (B-24s) ne ne reported ne ne Lieutenants Martin and Simmons missing bombers lost to enemy 49 th (B-24s) ne At 1305 hours from 26,000 feet 6 chutes were seen to open as 1 Red Tail B-24 spun down trailing black smoke. Seen in T/A (target area)

36 . Date Type of mission Target Bomb wings ed Mar 1945 Reconnaissance Mar 1945 Reconnaissance Mar 1945 Reconnaissance Mar 1945 Reconnaissance Mar 1945 Reconnaissance Mar 1945 Bomber Bruck marshalling yards, Austria Mar 1945 Reconnaissance Mar 1945 Reconnaissance Mar 1945 Bomber Floridsdorf oil refinery, Vienna area Munich ne (ed 1 Mosquito aircraft for photographs) Klagenfurt, Linz ne (ed 1 P- area Munich, ne (ed 1 P- Linz area ne (ed 1 P- Munich area ne (ed 1 P- enemy 5 th (B-17s), but unidentified aircraft seen Linz area ne (ed 1 P- Munich, ne (ed 1 P- Victories Group losses ne ne ne ne ne ne ne ne ne ne ne ne reported ne ne ne ne 47 th (B-24s) ne ne At 1300 hours pilots report having heard an A/C (aircraft) was being jumped by enemy aircraft.

37 . Date Type of mission Target Bomb wings ed victories Mar 1945 Reconnaissance Stuttgart, ne (ed 1 P- ne ne Mar 1945 Reconnaissance Nurnberg area ne (ed 1 P- Yes (2 FW-190s) ne ne Mar 1945 Bomber Regensburg marshalling yards, 5 th (B-17s) (but 2 FW- 190s seen) ne ne reported late Mar 1945 Strafing Rail targets on ne ne ne the Bruck, Leoben, Steyr rail line Mar 1945 Bomber Varazdin railroad bridge and marshalling yards, Yugoslavia Mar 1945 Reconnaissance Mar 1945 Reconnaissance 47 th (B-24s) ne ne reported Munich ne (ed 1 P- Munich ne (ed 1 Mosquito aircraft for photographs) Bombers were 10 minutes early at rendezvous, while fighters were 5 minutes, but Me-262 ne ne seen ne ne

38 . Date Type of mission Target Bomb wings ed Mar 1945 Bomber Area from Flotsam to Geisha, Yugoslavia (target cover) Mar 1945 Bomber Zittau, (penetration) t given, but B-24s mentioned enemy 5 th (B-17s), but 4 unidentified single-engine aircraft seen Victories Group losses ne ne reported Mar 1945 Strafing Rail targets ne Yes, 1 Me (15 AF GO# 1734 dated 1945) ne ne reported 1 lost after plane struck tree bombers lost to enemy Mar 1945 Reconnaissance Mar 1945 Reconnaissance Munich area ne (ed 1 Mosquito aircraft for photographs) Prague, Czechoslovakia Mar 1945 Bomber Monfalcone Harbor, Italy (target cover and Mar 1945 Reconnaissance Mar 1945 Reconnaissance Mar 1945 Reconnaissance ne (ed 1 Mosquito aircraft for photographs) t given, but 70 B- 24s Prague ne (ed 1 P- Linz ne (ed 1 P- Linz and Munich ne (ed 1 areas Mosquito aircraft) ne ne ne ne ne ne ne ne ne ne ne ne

39 . Date Type of mission Target Bomb wings ed victories Mar 1945 Reconnaissance Linz ne (ed 1 ne ne Mosquito aircraft) Mar 1945 Bomber Muhldorf 55 th (B-24s), but enemy ne ne marshalling yards aircraft, believed to be jet-propelled, seen over Brenner Pass Mar 1945 Reconnaissance Linz and Munich ne (ed 1 ne ne areas Mosquito aircraft) Mar 1945 Transport Sanki Most, ne (ed 1 C- ne ne Yugoslavia 47 aircraft) Mar 1945 Bomber Kralupy oil refinery, Czechoslovakia (penetration) 304 th (first and second wave of B- 24s) ne 1 missing, name not given (bailed out) Mar 1945 Bomber Neuberg airdrome, (route cover) Mar 1945 Reconnaissance Mar 1945 Reconnaissance Mar 1945 Reconnaissance Linz, Munich, Nurnberg areas Linz and Prague areas Nurnberg, Prague, Linz areas 47 th, but 1 unidentified twin-engined aircraft seen ne (ed 1 P- ne (ed 1 P- ne (ed 1 P- ne ne reported bombers lost to enemy ne ne ne ne ne ne

40 . Date Type of mission Target Bomb wings ed Mar 1945 Reconnaissance Ruhland, Mar 1945 Bomber Kralupy oil refinery, Czechoslovakia Mar 1945 Bomber Ruhland oil refinery, Mar 1945 Bomber Daimler/Benz Tank Assembly Plant, Berlin, (penetration to prudent limit of endurance) ne (ed 1 P- 304 th (2 waves of B- 24s) 5 th (2 waves of B- 17s) 5 th (B-17s) At least until 1225 hours, in target area. enemy Victories Group losses ne ne (but 1 damaged by flak), but 5 ne ne unidentified single-engine aircraft seen in distance ne 1 missing (name not given) Yes (many Me- 262s, some ME- 163s) 3 (15 AF GO# 2293 dated 1945) 1 lost, 4 missing Mar 1945 Reconnaissance Linz, Austria ne (ed 1 P- ne ne Mar 1945 Bomber Prague/Nbely airdrome 49 th (B-24s), but possible Russian aircraft seen attacking P-51s, shot ne ne bombers lost to enemy Missing air crew reports 13278, 13274, and note 3 of the B-17s shot down by enemy aircraft in target area

41 . Date Type of mission Target Bomb wings ed Mar 1945 Reconnaissance Munich, Mar 1945 Bomber Wiener Neustadt marshalling yards Mar 1945 Reconnaissance Munich, Mar 1945 Fighter sweep Rail targets in and strafing coordinate areas Apr 1945 Bomber St. Polten marshalling yards Apr 1945 Reconnaissance Prague, Czechoslovakia Apr 1945 Reconnaissance San Severo Apr 1945 Reconnaissance enemy Victories Group losses ne (ed 1 ne ne Mosquito aircraft) 5 th (B-17s) ne ne reported ne (ed 1 P- ne ne ne Yes 13 (15 AF GO# 1 lost, and 2293 missing dated 1945) (names not given) 47 th (B-24s) Yes (FW-190s and Me-109s) ne (ed 1 P- ne (ed recon aircraft) Munich area ne (ed P-38 for photographs) 12 (15 AF GO# 2294 dated 1945) 3 lost (one was Lt. Manning. Other names not given) ne ne ne ne Yes. 1 Me-262 attacked formation. Others seen ne ne reported bombers lost to enemy

42 . Date Type of mission Target Bomb wings ed Apr 1945 Bomber Krems marshalling yards, Austria (route cover) Apr 1945 Reconnaissance Linz, Austria ne (ed 1 P- victories 304 th (B-24s) ne ne reported ne ne Apr 1945 Bomber Udine airdrome 5 th (B-17s) ne reported Apr 1945 Bomber Verona ordnance depot and marshalling yards 304 th and 47 th ne ne Apr 1945 Reconnaissance Prague, Czechoslovakia Apr 1945 Bomber Vipiteno, Campo Di Trens, and Bressanone railroad bridges (route cover) Apr 1945 Reconnaissance Munich, ne (ed 1 P- 5 th Bomb Wing (6 groups) ne (ed 1 P- ne ne ne 1 missing, but later returned (see report 266) bombers lost to enemy ne ne reported

43 . Date Type of mission Target Bomb wings ed Apr 1945 Reconnaissance Linz and Munich areas Apr 1945 Reconnaissance Prague, Czechoslovakia Apr 1945 Bomber Campodazzo railroad bridge (route cover) Apr 1945 Reconnaissance Linz and Nurnberg areas Apr 1945 Reconnaissance Linz and Prague ne (ed 1 P Apr 1945 Bomber Bologna, Italy 5 th and 304 th (B-17s vicinity and B-24s) enemy Victories Group losses bombers lost to enemy ne (ed 1 Mosquito aircraft) ne ne ne (ed 1 P- ne ne reported 5 th (3 groups) ne ne 1 B-17 was reported seen from 12,000 feet to crash into the Adriatic Sea at 1130 hours Bombers were strung out making them difficult to cover. ne (ed 1 P-, but 1 Me- ne ne 262 seen, as well as unidentified aircraft ne ne ne ne B-17 seen spinning down, 3 chutes seen to open

44 . Date Type of mission Target Bomb wings ed Apr 1945 Bomber Bologna, Italy (target cover) 5 th (B-17s); 47 th, 304 th (B-24s) Apr 1945 Reconnaissance Munich area ne (ed 1 P Apr 1945 Bomber Ponte Gardena Railroad bridge (route cover) victories ne ne ne ne bombers lost to enemy 304 th (B-24s) ne ne, but Bombers were strung out making them hard to cover Apr 1945 Reconnaissance Munich, ne (ed 1 P- ne ne Apr 1945 Reconnaissance Linz, Austria ne (ed 1 ne ne photo recon aircraft) Apr 1945 Reconnaissance Munich, ne (ed 1 P- ne ne Apr 1945 Bomber Casarsa 47 th (B-24s) ne ne Diversion railroad bridge Apr 1945 Bomber St. Veit East railroad bridge 49 th (B-24s) ne 2 P-51s collided, 1 lost, 1 missing (names not given)

45 . Date Type of mission Target Bomb wings ed Apr 1945 Reconnaissance Munich, Apr 1945 Bomber Voschia (British bombers ed on supplydropping mission) Apr 1945 Reconnaissance Bolzano and Prague Apr 1945 Bomber Ghedi ammunition factory and stores Apr 1945 Strafing Rail targets in Munich, Salzburg, Linz, Pilzen, Regensburg, Apr 1945 Transport and cover Munich areas rthern Yugoslavia ne (ed 1 photo recon aircraft) 148 th Squadron (British) (ing 4 Halifaxes) enemy Victories Group losses ne ne ne ne ne (ed 1 P- ne ne 304 th (Blue Force) ne ne ne Yes (1 Me-109) 1 (15 AF GO#3484 dated 1945) ne (ed 3 C- 47s on a landing operation, and covered landed airplanes 1 lost, 1 missing, 2 at friendly fields ne ne

46 . Date Type of mission Target Bomb wings ed victories enemy aircraft Apr 1945 Reconnaissance Munich ne (ed 1 P- ne ne Apr 1945 Reconnaissance Munich ne (ed 1 P- ne ne Apr 1945 Reconnaissance Munich and Linz ne (ed 1 P- ne ne areas Apr 1945 Bomber Bologna area 55 th and 49 th ne ne, but Bombers were strung out and difficult to cover Apr 1945 Reconnaissance Linz and Munich areas Apr 1945 Bomber Bologna area of Italy (target cover and ne (ed 1 P- 5 th (B-17s) and 304 th, (B-24s) ne ne ne ne, but B-24s were split up by flak in T/A (target area) fighter coverage quite difficult ne ne Apr 1945 Reconnaissance Brno area ne (ed 1 P Apr 1945 Bomber Bologna area, 5 th (B-17s) were ne ne (for Italy (target and assigned, but 304 th bombers withdrawal (B-24s) were eventually cover) covered ed) Apr 1945 Bomber Pucheim railroad 304 th (B-24s) ne ne yards and Wels

47 . Date Type of mission Target Bomb wings ed enemy Victories Group losses Apr 1945 Reconnaissance Munich area ne (ed 1 P- ne ne Apr 1945 Bomber Railroad bridges 49 th and 55 th (B-24s) ne 1 missing, but in northern Italy eventually returned Apr 1945 Reconnaissance Praha and Brno, ne (ed 1 P- ne ne Czechoslovakia Apr 1945 Fighter sweep South of ne ne ne Augsburg, Munich, Regensburg line Apr 1945 Bomber Attang and 49 th (B-24s) ne 1 missing Pucheim marshalling yards Apr 1945 Bomber Yugoslavia ne (ed 1 ne ne Halifax and 1 Lancaster, British bombers, on supply drop mission) Apr 1945 Reconnaissance Brno, Czechoslovakia ne (plan to 1 photo reconnaissance aircraft) ne ne bombers lost to enemy

48 . Date Type of mission Target Bomb wings ed Apr 1945 Armed reconnaissance Apr 1945 Reconnaissance Apr 1945 Reconnaissance enemy Victories Group losses rthern Italy ne ne ne Prague area ne (ed 1 P- 38 for reconnaissance) Linz and Brno areas Apr 1945 Bomber Padua, Cavarzere areas of Italy (penetration and target cover) Apr 1945 Bomber targets in rthern Italy Apr 1945 Armed reconnaissance Apr 1945 Reconnaissance Apr 1945 Reconnaissance Apr 1945 Reconnaissance Apr 1945 Reconnaissance ne (ed 1 P- 38 for reconnaissance) ne ne ne ne 55 th and 304 th (B-24s) ne 1 lost to flak, but pilot bailed out safely 47 th and 49 th (B-24s) ne ne reported Verona area ne ne ne reported Munich ne (ed 1, but 1 FW- ne ne Mosquito aircraft) 190 was seen Linz area ne (ed 1 ne ne Mosquito aircraft) Salzburg area ne (ed 1 P- Yes. 1 Me-262 ne ne 38 for approached, reconnaissance) but driven off. Linz, Prague, and Amstettin ne (ed 1 P- 38 for reconnaissance) Yes. Me-109s. 4 (15 AF GO# 2990, 3362, dated 1945) ne reported bombers lost to enemy

49 . Date Type of mission Target Bomb wings ed Apr 1945 Bomber Casarsa and Malcontenta ammunition storage dumps Apr 1945 Reconnaissance victories 47 th and 55 th (B-24s) ne ne reported Bolzano, Italy ne (ed 1 P- ne ne Summary: NOTE: 311 mission reports for 312 missions. See mission report 24, which actually covers two different missions on 13 July The Group, sometimes called the Tuskegee Airmen, deployed overseas for combat in 1944, originally serving the Twelfth Air Force. By June of 1944, it was reassigned to the Fifteenth Air Force and given the primary mission of ing heavy B-17 and B- 24 bombers on their raids from Italy into southern and central Europe. The Group consisted of four squadrons, the 99 th, 100 th, 301 st, and 302d Fighter Squadrons, and flew combat missions for the Fifteenth Air Force between early June 1944 and late April The Group was one of seven fighter groups serving the Fifteenth Air Force during that period. The seven fighter groups ed bombers of 21 bombardment groups. The bombardment groups were organized into five bombardment wings: the 5 th, 47 th, 49 th, 55 th, and 304 th. The 5 th Bombardment Wing consisted of the 2d, 97 th, 99 th, 301 st, 463d, and 483d Bombardment Groups. The 47 th Bombardment Wing consisted of the 98 th, 376 th, 449 th, and 450 th Bombardment Groups. The 49 th Bombardment Wing consisted of the 451 st, 461 st, and 484 th Bombardment Groups. The 55 th Bombardment Wing consisted of the 460 th, 464 th, 465 th, and 485 th Bombardment Groups, and the 304 th Bombardment Wing consisted of the 454 th, 455 th, 456 th, and 459 th Bombardment Groups. Only the 5 th Bombardment Wing flew B- 17s. All the rest flew B-24s. The Group itself served with the 31 st, 52d, and 325 th Fighter Groups in the 306 th Fighter Wing, which flew P-51 Mustang fighter aircraft. The 305 th Fighter Wing, which flew P-38 Lightning fighter aircraft, included the 1 st, 14 th, and 82d Fighter Groups. The Fifteenth Air Force rotated duties among its seven fighter groups. There were five bombardment wings and only two fighter wings. There were 21 bombardment groups and only 7 fighter groups. In other words, for every fighter group, there were three bombardment groups. There were always more bombers than fighters to them. bombers lost to enemy

50 Statistics: Number of 332nd Fighter Group combat missions flown: 914 (99 th Fighter Squadron flew an additional 577 missions before it began flying on missions with the 332 nd Fighter Group; The Tuskegee Airmen flew a total of 1491 combat missions) Number of 332 nd Fighter Group missions flown for the Twelfth Air Force: 602 Number of Group missions flown for the Fifteenth Air Force: 312 Number of Group missions flown for the Fifteenth Air Force that ed bombers: 179 Number of Group missions flown for the Fifteenth Air Force that ed heavy bombers on bombing missions: 172 Number of Group missions flown for the Fifteenth Air Force that encountered enemy aircraft: 35 Number of Group missions flown for the Fifteenth Air Force that saw but did not encounter enemy aircraft: 21 Number of Group missions flown for the Fifteenth Air Force that shot down enemy aircraft: 21 Number of enemy aircraft shot down by Group members while in Fifteenth Air Force service: 94 (the 99 th Fighter Squadron earned an additional 18 aerial victory credits before it was assigned to the Group) Number of Group missions flown for the Fifteenth Air Force in which the Group reported its own aircraft lost or missing: 61 Number of Group missions flown for the Fifteenth Air Force in which Group members reported seeing bombers going down: 25 Number of Group missions flown for the Fifteenth Air Force in which group-ed bombers were shot down by enemy aircraft: at least 6 Researcher: Daniel L. Haulman, Chief, Organizational Histories Branch, Primary Sources: Daily mission reports of the Group, filed with the monthly histories of the Group (GP-332- HI at AFHRA); Daily mission reports of the Fifteenth Air Force ( at AFHRA); Fifteenth Air Force General Orders that awarded aerial victory credits; Missing Air Crew Reports, which are indexed by date and by group. 7 July 2009 version