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Mission Number<\/th>\nTarget<\/th>\nDate (June 1944)<\/th>\nFlying Time<\/th>\nTarget Type<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\nFlying B-24s, “Liberators”
Lisieux, France<\/td>\n		06 (D-Day)<\/td>\n6:35<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nTours, France<\/td>\n07<\/td>\n3:45<\/td>\nAirfield<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nNantes, France<\/td>\n08<\/td>\n2:40<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nFlers, France<\/td>\n11<\/td>\n5:55<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nBeauvais-Tille, France<\/td>\n12<\/td>\n6:05<\/td>\nAirfield<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nLaon-Athes, France<\/td>\n14<\/td>\n6:30<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nToussus-le-Noble, France<\/td>\n15<\/td>\n6:35<\/td>\nAirfield<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nLaval, France<\/td>\n17<\/td>\n7:10<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\nMisburg, Germany<\/td>\n20<\/td>\n7:15<\/td>\nOil refinery<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\nLa Haye, France<\/td>\n20<\/td>\n5:10<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11<\/td>\nEtampes-Mondesir, France<\/td>\n22<\/td>\n7:25<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>\nCoulommiers, France<\/td>\n23<\/td>\n6:35<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13<\/td>\nOrleans-Bracy, France<\/td>\n24<\/td>\n6:00<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14<\/td>\nSt. Avold, France<\/td>\n25<\/td>\n7:05<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15<\/td>\nRomilly-Sur-Seine, France<\/td>\n25<\/td>\n7:15<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16<\/td>\nMelun, France<\/td>\n28<\/td>\n5:10<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17<\/td>\nFallersleben, Germany<\/td>\n29<\/td>\n7:20<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18<\/td>\nEvreux-Fauville, France<\/td>\n30<\/td>\n5:30<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Mission Number<\/th>\nTarget<\/th>\nDate (July 1944)<\/th>\nFlying Time<\/th>\nTarget Type<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
19<\/td>\nFlying B-24s, “Liberators”
L’Isle Adam, France<\/td>\n		06<\/td>\n4:50<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20<\/td>\nLe Grande Valle, France<\/td>\n08<\/td>\n5:35<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
21<\/td>\nMont Gournay, France<\/td>\n12<\/td>\n5:00<\/td>\nV-1 [flying bomb] site<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
22<\/td>\nForet de St. Saens, France<\/td>\n12<\/td>\n5:30<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
23<\/td>\nMontdidier, France<\/td>\n14<\/td>\n6:25<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
24<\/td>\nCoulanges-sur-Yonne<\/td>\n17<\/td>\n8:10<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
25<\/td>\nCaen area, France<\/td>\n18<\/td>\n5:15<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
26<\/td>\nSaarbrucken, Germany<\/td>\n19<\/td>\n6:00<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
27<\/td>\nRusselsheim, Germany<\/td>\n20<\/td>\n6:20<\/td>\nV-1 [flying bomb] factory<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
28<\/td>\nKempten (Duren), Germany<\/td>\n21<\/td>\n6:15<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
29<\/td>\nLe Mesnil Eury<\/td>\n24<\/td>\n6:25<\/td>\nGround support<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
30<\/td>\nSt. Lo area, France<\/td>\n25<\/td>\n6:25<\/td>\nGround support<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
31<\/td>\nSt. Cicily-Wissant<\/td>\n27<\/td>\n4:20<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
32<\/td>\nBrussels, Belgium<\/td>\n28<\/td>\n5:20<\/td>\nOil storage<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
33<\/td>\nJuvincourt, France<\/td>\n29<\/td>\n6:00<\/td>\nAirfield<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
34<\/td>\nCreil, France<\/td>\n31<\/td>\n6:40<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Mission Number<\/th>\nTarget<\/th>\nDate (August 1944)<\/th>\nFlying Time<\/th>\nTarget Type<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
35<\/td>\nFlying B-24s, “Liberators”
Quincampoix, France<\/td>\n		01<\/td>\n6:00<\/td>\nV-1 (Flying Bomb) Site<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
36<\/td>\nMont Cauvaire, France<\/td>\n02<\/td>\n6:00<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
36a<\/td>\nSt. Gorges-sur-Fontaine, France<\/td>\n02<\/td>\n6:00<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
37<\/td>\nGhent, Belgium <\/p>\n

Brussels, Belgium<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

03<\/td>\n4:40<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
38<\/td>\nHemingstedt, Germany<\/td>\n04<\/td>\n6:10<\/td>\nOil refinery<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
39<\/td>\nHalberstadt, Germany<\/td>\n05<\/td>\n6:50<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
40<\/td>\nMont Cauvaire, France<\/td>\n06<\/td>\n5:45<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
41<\/td>\nAndenne\/Givet, Belgium<\/td>\n07<\/td>\n5:40<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
42<\/td>\nSt. Gorges-sur-Fontaine,
\n\t\t\t\t\t France<\/td>\n		08<\/td>\n6:00<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
43<\/td>\nSt. Florentin, France<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n7:00<\/td>\nOil storage<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
44<\/td>\nToussus-le-Noble, France<\/td>\n11<\/td>\n6:00<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
45<\/td>\nSeine River area, France<\/td>\n13<\/td>\n6:00<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
46<\/td>\nAngouleme, France<\/td>\n14<\/td>\n7:00<\/td>\nRailroad yard<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
47<\/td>\nFlorennes, Belgium<\/td>\n15<\/td>\n4:40<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
48<\/td>\nHalberstadt, Germany<\/td>\n16<\/td>\n6:40<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
49<\/td>\nRoye\/Amy, France<\/td>\n18<\/td>\n6:10<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
50<\/td>\nKiel, Germany<\/td>\n24<\/td>\n5:45<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Mission Number<\/th>\nTarget<\/th>\nDate (September 1944)<\/th>\nFlying Time<\/th>\nTarget Type<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
51<\/td>\nFlying B-17s, “Flying Fortresses”
Mainz, Germany<\/td>\n		08<\/td>\n7:10<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
52<\/td>\nDusseldorf, Germany<\/td>\n09<\/td>\n7:00<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
53<\/td>\nFurth-Darmstadt, Germany<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n7:40<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
54<\/td>\nFulda, Germany<\/td>\n11<\/td>\n8:10<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
55<\/td>\nMagdeburg, Germany<\/td>\n12<\/td>\n7:15<\/td>\nOrdnance factory<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
56<\/td>\nLudwigshafen, Germany<\/td>\n13<\/td>\n7:10<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
57<\/td>\nRotterdam, Netherlands<\/td>\n17<\/td>\n5:20<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
58<\/td>\nDarmstadt-Limburg, Germany<\/td>\n19<\/td>\n7:20<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
59<\/td>\nKassel, Germany<\/td>\n22<\/td>\n6:45<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
60<\/td>\nStrasbourg, France<\/td>\n25<\/td>\n6:35<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
61<\/td>\nBremen, Germany<\/td>\n26<\/td>\n7:25<\/td>\nTank factory<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
62<\/td>\nLudwigshafen, Germany<\/td>\n27<\/td>\n7:10<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
63<\/td>\nBielfeld, Germany<\/td>\n30<\/td>\n6:30<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Mission Number<\/th>\nTarget<\/th>\nDate (October 1944)<\/th>\nFlying Time<\/th>\nTarget Type<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
64<\/td>\nFlying B-17s, “Flying Fortresses”
Kassel, Germany<\/td>\n		02<\/td>\n7:40<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
65<\/td>\nNuremberg, Germany<\/td>\n03<\/td>\n8:20<\/td>\nOrdnance factory<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
66<\/td>\nMunster, Germany<\/td>\n05<\/td>\n5:45<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
67<\/td>\nMerseburg, Germany<\/td>\n07<\/td>\n8:00<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
68<\/td>\nGustavsburg, Germany<\/td>\n09<\/td>\n6:30<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
69<\/td>\nCologne, Germany<\/td>\n14<\/td>\n7:00<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
70<\/td>\nCologne, Germany<\/td>\n15<\/td>\n6:50<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
71<\/td>\nCologne, Germany<\/td>\n17<\/td>\n6:30<\/td>\nRailroad yard<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
72<\/td>\nKassel, Germany<\/td>\n18<\/td>\n7:00<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
73<\/td>\nMannheim, Germany<\/td>\n19<\/td>\n6:40<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
74<\/td>\nMunster, Germany<\/td>\n22<\/td>\n5:50<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
75<\/td>\nHamburg. Germany<\/td>\n25<\/td>\n7:30<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
76<\/td>\nMerseburg, Germany<\/td>\n30<\/td>\n4:00<\/td>\nRecalled<\/em><\/td>\n
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Mission Number<\/th>\nTarget<\/th>\nDate (November 1944)<\/th>\nFlying Time<\/th>\nTarget Type<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
77<\/td>\nFlying B-17s, “Flying Fortresses”
Merseburg, Germany<\/td>\n		02<\/td>\n7:25<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
78<\/td>\nHamburg, Germany<\/td>\n04<\/td>\n7:35<\/td>\nOil refinery<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
79<\/td>\nLudwigshafen, Germany<\/td>\n05<\/td>\n7:00<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
80<\/td>\nNeumunster, Germany<\/td>\n06<\/td>\n7:15<\/td>\nRailroad yard<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
81<\/td>\nKoblenz, Germany<\/td>\n11<\/td>\n6:20<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
82<\/td>\nDuren, Germany<\/td>\n16<\/td>\n6:50<\/td>\nGround support<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
83<\/td>\nKoblenz, Germany<\/td>\n20<\/td>\n4:50<\/td>\nRecalled<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
84<\/td>\nMerseburg, Germany<\/td>\n21<\/td>\n6:30<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
85<\/td>\nMerseburg, Germany<\/td>\n25<\/td>\n8:15<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
86<\/td>\nPaderborn, Germany<\/td>\n26<\/td>\n5:55<\/td>\nRailroad yard<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
87<\/td>\nHamm, Germany<\/td>\n29<\/td>\n5:55<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
88<\/td>\nMerseburg, Germany<\/td>\n30<\/td>\n8:00<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Mission Number<\/th>\nTarget<\/th>\nDate (December 1944)<\/th>\nFlying Time<\/th>\nTarget Type<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
89<\/td>\nFlying B-17s, “Flying Fortresses”
Giessen, Germany<\/td>\n		04<\/td>\n7:15<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
90<\/td>\nMerseburg, Germany<\/td>\n06<\/td>\n7:30<\/td>\nOil refinery<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
91<\/td>\nGiessen, Germany<\/td>\n11<\/td>\n6:50<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
92<\/td>\nDarmstadt, Germany<\/td>\n12<\/td>\n7:10<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
93<\/td>\nHannover, Germany<\/td>\n15<\/td>\n6:30<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
94<\/td>\nHamburg, Germany<\/td>\n23<\/td>\n6:05<\/td>\nOil refinery<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
95<\/td>\nFrankfort, Germany<\/td>\n24<\/td>\n8:40<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
95<\/td>\nDarmstadt, Germany<\/td>\n24<\/td>\n8:40<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
96<\/td>\nAhrweiler, Germany<\/td>\n25<\/td>\n5:20<\/td>\nRailroad tunnel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
97<\/td>\nIrlich (Koblenz), Germany<\/td>\n27<\/td>\n5:50<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
98<\/td>\nNeuwied, Germany<\/td>\n28<\/td>\n6:15<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
99<\/td>\nFrankfort, Germany<\/td>\n29<\/td>\n7:10<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
100<\/td>\nKassel, Germany<\/td>\n30<\/td>\n7:00<\/td>\nRailroad yard<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
100a<\/td>\nMisburg, Germany<\/td>\n31<\/td>\n7:50<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Mission Number<\/th>\nTarget<\/th>\nDate (January 1945)<\/th>\nFlying Time<\/th>\nTarget Type<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
100b<\/td>\nFlying B-17s, “Flying Fortresses”
Bad Kreuznach, Germany<\/td>\n		02<\/td>\n7:40<\/td>\nRailroad yard<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
100c<\/td>\nPaderborn, Germany<\/td>\n07<\/td>\n6:15<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
100d<\/td>\nCologne, Germany<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n6:20<\/td>\nRailroad bridge<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
101<\/td>\nBischofsheim, Germany<\/td>\n13<\/td>\n6:25<\/td>\nRailroad yard<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
102<\/td>\nDerben, Germany<\/td>\n14<\/td>\n8:05<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
103<\/td>\nAugsburg, Germany<\/td>\n15<\/td>\n8:25<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
104<\/td>\nBitterfeld, Germany<\/td>\n16<\/td>\n9:10<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
105<\/td>\nMannheim, Germany<\/td>\n21<\/td>\n7:40<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
106<\/td>\nNeuss, Germany<\/td>\n23<\/td>\n5:00<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
107<\/td>\nHohenbudberg, Germany<\/td>\n28<\/td>\n5:30<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
108<\/td>\nKassel, Germany<\/td>\n29<\/td>\n6:20<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Mission Number<\/th>\nTarget<\/th>\nDate (February 1945)<\/th>\nFlying Time<\/th>\nTarget Type<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
109<\/td>\nFlying B-17s, “Flying Fortresses”
Berlin, Germany<\/td>\n		03<\/td>\n8:05<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
110<\/td>\nChemnitz, Germany<\/td>\n06<\/td>\n8:40<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
111<\/td>\nMunster, Germany<\/td>\n09<\/td>\n7:00<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
112<\/td>\nChemnitz, Germany<\/td>\n14<\/td>\n8:10<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
This begins my Dad’s First Combat Mission.<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
113<\/td>\nCottbus, Germany<\/td>\n15<\/td>\n8:40<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
114<\/td>\nRheine, Germany<\/td>\n19<\/td>\n5:15<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
115<\/td>\nNuremberg, Germany<\/td>\n20<\/td>\n8:25<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
116<\/td>\nNuremberg, Germany<\/td>\n21<\/td>\n7:50<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
117<\/td>\nBamburg, Germany<\/td>\n22<\/td>\n9:20<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
118<\/td>\nKitzingen, Germany<\/td>\n23<\/td>\n8:10<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
119<\/td>\nMunich, Germany<\/td>\n25<\/td>\n8:25<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
120<\/td>\nBerlin, Germany<\/td>\n26<\/td>\n8:20<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
121<\/td>\nLeipzig, Germany<\/td>\n27<\/td>\n8:00<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
122<\/td>\nKassel, Germany<\/td>\n28<\/td>\n6:50<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Mission Number<\/th>\nTarget<\/th>\nDate (March 1945)<\/th>\nFlying Time<\/th>\nTarget Type<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
124<\/td>\nFlying B-17s, “Flying Fortresses”
Steinhagen, Germany<\/td>\n		03<\/td>\n7:00<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
125<\/td>\nNuremberg, Germany<\/td>\n04<\/td>\n6:20<\/td>\nRecalled<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
126<\/td>\nDatteln, Germany<\/td>\n07<\/td>\n7:15<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
127<\/td>\nDortmund, Germany<\/td>\n08<\/td>\n7:35<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
128<\/td>\nSoest, Germany<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n6:50<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
129<\/td>\nHamburg, Germany<\/td>\n11<\/td>\n6:40<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
130<\/td>\nSiegen, Germany<\/td>\n12<\/td>\n6:35<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
131<\/td>\nMisburg, Germany<\/td>\n14<\/td>\n6:45<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
132<\/td>\nOranienburg, Germany<\/td>\n15<\/td>\n7:30<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
133<\/td>\nBitterfeld, Germany<\/td>\n17<\/td>\n9:10<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
134<\/td>\nBerlin, Germany<\/td>\n18<\/td>\n7:30<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
135<\/td>\nJena-Fulda, Germany<\/td>\n19<\/td>\n8:45<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
136<\/td>\nBad Zwischenan, Germany<\/td>\n21<\/td>\n5:50<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
137<\/td>\nDusseldorf, Germany<\/td>\n22<\/td>\n5:50<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
138<\/td>\nGiesecke, Germany<\/td>\n23<\/td>\n6:30<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
139<\/td>\nVarel, Germany<\/td>\n24<\/td>\n6:00<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
140<\/td>\nHannover, Germany<\/td>\n28<\/td>\n7:15<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
141<\/td>\nHamburg, Germany<\/td>\n30<\/td>\n6:50<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
142<\/td>\nBrandenburg, Germany<\/td>\n31<\/td>\n8:25<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Mission Number<\/th>\nTarget<\/th>\nDate (April 1945)<\/th>\nFlying Time<\/th>\nTarget Type<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
143<\/td>\nFlying B-17s, “Flying Fortresses”
Kiel, Germany<\/td>\n		03<\/td>\n6:50<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
144<\/td>\nKiel, Germany<\/td>\n04<\/td>\n6:50<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
145<\/td>\nUnterschlauerbach, Germany<\/td>\n05<\/td>\n7:50<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
146<\/td>\nGustrow, Germany<\/td>\n07<\/td>\n8:10<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
147<\/td>\nGrafenwohr, Germany<\/td>\n08<\/td>\n8:30<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
148<\/td>\nSchleissein, Germany<\/td>\n09<\/td>\n8:15<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
149<\/td>\nNeuruppin, Germany<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n7:55<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
150<\/td>\nIngolstadt, Germany<\/td>\n11<\/td>\n8:00<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
151<\/td>\nRoyan, France<\/td>\n14<\/td>\n7:45<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
152<\/td>\nRoyan, France<\/td>\n15<\/td>\n8:30<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
153<\/td>\nRochefort, France<\/td>\n16<\/td>\n6:55<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
154<\/td>\nRoudnice, Czechoslovakia<\/td>\n17<\/td>\n8:45<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
155<\/td>\nKolin, Czechoslovakia<\/td>\n18<\/td>\n9:40<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
156<\/td>\nAuszig, Czechoslovakia<\/td>\n19<\/td>\n8:45<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
157<\/td>\nNauen, Germany<\/td>\n20<\/td>\n7:30<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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493rd Group Food Missions to the Netherlands – May 1945<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Mission Number<\/th>\nTarget<\/th>\nDate (May 1945)<\/th>\nFlying Time<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
38<\/td>\nRotterdam<\/td>\n01<\/td>\n3:45<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
40<\/td>\nHaarlem<\/td>\n02<\/td>\n3:30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
38<\/td>\nAmsterdam<\/td>\n03<\/td>\n2:45<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
40<\/td>\nAmsterdam<\/td>\n05<\/td>\n3:00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
40<\/td>\nAmsterdam<\/td>\n06<\/td>\n2:55<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
39<\/td>\nAmsterdam<\/td>\n07<\/td>\n3:05<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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NOTES:<\/strong> The list of combat missions of the 493rd Bomb Group was compiled by John F. Conway in August 1993 and reprinted with modifications in the Autumn 1994 issue of the 493rd Bombardment Group Memorial Association’s Briefing Notes<\/em> (vol. 6, no. 3). The spelling of geographic names of targets has been standardized, where feasible, according to American atlas usage.
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\n\t\tMissions shown as “Recalled”<\/em> (because of weather over England) were credited combat sorties, because the Group had crossed enemy lines and were subjected to antiaircraft fire.
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\n\t\tAs General Arnold observed, the concerns of a combat airman are apt to be “personal”. For mission 86 “Paderborn” replaces the official “Bielfeld” as the target, because according to notes made at the time, that is where our squadron went. The descriptions of the target types are also from 1944-45 notes.
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\n\t\tThe 493rd’s nickname is said to be “Helton’s Hellcats”, a name I never heard overseas. Most likely the name was first applied to the Group’s baseball or football team. No disrespect is meant to our first commanding officer, Colonel (later Major General) Elbert Helton, but I’d not describe myself as one of his “hellcats”. Bombing from B-17s and B-24s seldom called for the hellcat type of airman.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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