464th Bombardment Group B-24 Liberator photo's gallery

  42-94751 B-24H Liberator 15AF 55BW 464BG776BS T Sky Pirate 13th Feb 1945 0A

Profile description: B-24H-15-FO 42-94751 T Sky Pirate formally of the 776th BS 464th BG 55th BW 15th AF during a few say-long "service” with the Croat Air Force. On 13 February 1945, after a trip to Graz in Austria, its crew had to force land through lack of. The aeroplane was escorted by two 2 Lightnings of the 96th FS 82nd FG. Losing their bearing over Yugoslavia, the airmen hoped the airfield hey spotted was in an area controlled by the partisans or the Soviet forces. As the Liberator was coming in to land, one of the Lightnings (44-24196 Butch the VI) was hit from the ground. Rapid loss of coolant left the P-38 pilot E.J. Benkosky no option but to land in the wake of the bomber. It turned out that the aircraft landed at an auxiliary landing ground of the NDH (Croat Air Force) at Bjelovar. The NDH HQ was glad to see the double "gift” from the USAAF. It was decided to move the aircraft to the air base at Zagreb, but sudden rainfall turned the landing ground info a sea of mud, preventing the move for a few days. Meanwhile the ground crew repaired the Lightning's radiator and overpainted US markings on both aircraft, replacing them with Croat crosses and the Bohan "Black Legion" badge. When eventually the air strip was usable again, and the aircraft were prepared to take off, several P-38s arrived overhead, and they strafed and destroyed both of the aircraft captured by the Croats

Profile Source: Artwork By Jacek Jackiewicz 1:72 scale from Monografie Lotnicze 87 Consolidated B-24 Liberator CZ2 by Krzysztof Janowicz and Adam Jarski published by AJ Press

   Target 15AF B-24 Liberators over Loban Oil Refinery at Bratislavia Czechoslovakia 16th Jun 1944 NA657

Photo description: Smoke rising from, the Loban Oil Refinery, at Bratislavia, Czechoslovakia, reached a height of 15,000 feet during the attack on that target June 16, 19A4. Bombs from the 15th AAF heavies touched off many explosions and fires in the area.

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204917953 Local ID: 342-FH-3A26633-57339AC

 FRIDAY, 16 JUNE 1944 1944 MTO - STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (15AF):

Almost 600 bombers attack targets in Austria and Czechoslovakia; the B-17s attack the Kragan and Florisdorf oil refineries around Vienna; the B-24s bomb the industrial area at Bratislava, Czechoslovakia and the Lobau and Schwechat oil refineries and Winterhafen oil depot in the Vienna area. Between 200 and 250 fighters attack the formations and 15 AAF aircraft are shot down; the bombers and escorting fighters claim 70 aircraft destroyed.

With most groups attacking oil targets in Vienna, eighty B-17s from the 2nd, 301st, and 483rd Bomb Groups bombed the Florisdorf oil refinery, escorted in stages by twenty-eight P-38s from the 14th Fighter Group and forty-five from the 31st Fighter Group. Damage was not major at the refinery, with hits on storage tanks, a powerhouse, and a few other buildings. Some bombs, however, damaged tracks, shops, and warehouses in the adjoining marshalling yard. There was largely intense, accurate flak and about a dozen fighters attacked the 2nd Bomb Group for about an hour, with the bombers claiming one probable, but losing a Fortress. On their flight home, the 14th had an inconclusive engagement with eight Me 109s, while the 31st tangled with nine more, claiming three enemies destroyed, all later confirmed.

The rest of the 5th Bomb Wing, the 97th, 99th, and 463rd Bomb Groups, visited the Kagran oil refinery in Vienna, with seventy-three B-17s, and the same escort as the Florisdorf mission. Their attack destroyed a boiler house, pump house, and a number of storage tanks in the refinery, but intense, accurate flak at the target shot down a 463rd Fortress. Up to a dozen Me 109s made half-hearted attacks, but the escort drove them off. The 55th Bomb Wing bombed the Lobau oil refinery with 132 B-24s escorted by thirty-one Lightnings from the 1st Fighter Group. The attack hit storage tanks in the refinery, rail sidings, and docks on the canal, an underground receiving area, and the town. There was no report of flak, but some enemy fighters evaded the escort and attacked all four groups while the escort intercepted about forty-five single and twin-engine fighters, claiming fourteen destroyed and three probables in a half-hour dogfight. They got confirmation for eleven, but the 1st lost four P-38s and the 460th and 464th each also lost a bomber.

The 454th and 459th Bomb Groups attacked the oil refinery at Schwechat with seventy-eight B-24s, escorted by twenty-two P-38s from the 82nd Fighter group and thirty-four P-51s from the 325th Fighter Group. Some bombs damaged a stabilization unit, pump house, storage tanks, and tank cars in the refinery, but others landed in open fields. Again, crews did not report any flak, but twelve single and twin-engine enemy fighters attacked three straggling B-24s from the 459th and the Group lost two Liberators. The 325th fought with about a dozen fighters for twenty-five minutes and the 82nd chased some Me 109s, engaging a number of fighters. The fighters claimed twelve destroyed and two probables, with the 82nd later credited with eight and the 325th with four. The 82nd lost three P-38s, with another abandoned near base. The 454th also lost a Liberator.

Seventy-six B-24s from the rest of the 304th Bomb Wing, the 455th and 456th Bomb Groups, hit the Winterhafen oil storage facility in Vienna, with the escort for the Schwechat mission. Overcast made accurate bombing difficult. Some bombs struck storage tanks and a pump house in the refinery, while others landed on the nearby Lobau Refinery, a bridge approach, river port facilities, and residential and industrial areas. The 152 Chapter 9 facility put up intense, accurate flak, but twelve Me 109s and FW 190s attacked the formation over the target, some closing to within fifty yards of the bombers, and each group lost two Liberators.

One hundred fifty-five Liberators from the 47th Bomb Wing struck the Apollo Oil Refinery at Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, facing mostly moderate, but intense flak. Their bombs destroyed several buildings and damaged many storage tanks, a boiler house, distillation units, and a cracking plant. Bombs also hit a nearby factory and marshalling yard and smoke from the attack reached 18,000 feet. Fighter attacks by Me 109s and FW-190s began with twenty-five to thirty aircraft hitting the 376th Bomb Group. Twenty-two more attacked the 449th and almost a dozen Ju88s bounced the 450th, firing rockets. The escort of thirty-four P-51s of the 52nd Fighter Group tangled with approximately fifty single and twinengine fighters near Lake Balaton, followed by two more attacks later on.

The bombers claimed twenty-one destroyed and four probables while the 52nd claimed ten destroyed and one damaged, all later confirmed as destroyed, but lost a Mustang in the melee. The 376th lost three bombers, including one that crashed in Italy, and received a Distinguished Unit Citation. The 450th Bomb Group also lost another Liberator.

   Consolidated B-24 Liberators 15AF 464BG H leaving Oil Refinery near Ploesti Rumania 28th July 1944 NA1097

Photo description: A Dense Cloud Of Smoke Rises From The Astro-Romana Oil Refinery Near Ploesti, Rumania During An Attack By Consolidated B-24 Liberators Of The 15Th Air Force. One Of The Liberators Heads For Home. 28 July 1944. (U.S. Air Force Number 62263AC)

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID 204918822 Local ID: 342-FH-3A26872-62263AC

   Target 15AF B 24 Liberators 464BG Oil Refinery at Blechhammer Germany 7th August 1944 NA209

Photo description: Consolidated B-24 Liberator Of The 15Th Air Force Fly Over Smoke Covered Target - An Oil Refinery At Blechhammer, Germany. 7 August 1944. 464Th Bomb Group. War Threatre #12. (U.S. Air Force Number 62001AC)

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204903607 Local ID: 342-FH-3A20933-62001AC

   Target 15AF B-24 Liberators 464BG bomb installations at Budapest Tokol Airdrome, Hungary 9th August 1944 NA776

Photo description: Bombs Bursts Cover Installations At Budapest Tokol Airdrome, Hungary, On August 9, 1944, After Planes Of The 464Th Bombardment Group, 776Th Bombardment Squadron, 15Th Air Force, Dropped Their Lethal Loads of Bombs. (U.S. Air Force Number 3A05422)

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204841411 Local ID: 342-FH-3A05422-3A0542

   44-41084 B-24 bomber 15AF 464BG778BS Big Fat Mama over Pardubice Oil Refinery 24th Aug 1944 NA699

Photo description: Rising smoke casts its shadow across the Czechoslovakian landscape as a Consolidated b-24 Liberator of the slugging 15th Air Force comes off the target area at the Pardubice Oil Refinery during attack on 24 August 1944. A good concentration of bombs fell in the target area. (U.S. Air Force Number 57339AC);

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204917953 Local ID: 342-FH-3A26633-57339AC

  THURSDAY, 24 AUGUST 1944 MTO - STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (15AF):

530+ B-17s and B-24s bomb 3 oil refineries at Kolin and Pardubice, Czechoslovakia; marshalling yard at Vinkovci, Yugoslavia; Szeged, Hungary; and Ferrara, Italy railroad bridge and several targets of opportunity; around 70-80 fighters escort the Czechoslovakian missions; and US bombers and escorting fighters claim nearly 40 air victories.

Attacking the marshalling yard at Vinkovci, Yugoslavia, fifty-one B-24s from the 98th and 450th Bomb Groups cut all tracks, destroyed an engine depot and warehouses, and damaged the station, freight car, two locomotives, and a residential area. Forty-nine Liberators from the 376th and 449th Bomb Groups hit a railroad bridge at Szeged, Hungary, where they seriously damaged the bridge, halting traffic across it. The attack also cut main rail lines in the adjacent marshalling yard and destroyed a small factory. Neither mission encountered opposition.

The 49th Bomb Wing struck the railroad bridge at Ferrara, Italy with sixty-two B-24s and damaged the bridge and a sugar refinery. Flak was intense and accurate and the 484th Bomb Group lost a Liberator that ditched while the crew of another, from the 461st, abandoned the aircraft over Allied territory in Italy.

The 304th Bomb Wing hit the oil refinery at Kolin, Czechoslovakia with one hundred B-24s and an escort of forty-three P-51s from the 31st and twenty-one P-38s from the 82nd Fighter Groups. The attack hit production facilities, including two distillation units, storage tanks, workshops, and a boiler house, as well as the adjoining marshalling yard. Crews did not report any flak, but the 454th Bomb Group still lost a Liberator.

Elsewhere in Czechoslovakia, 158 5th Bomb Wing Fortresses bombed the airfield at Pardubice through slight, inaccurate flak. With an escort of fifty-two P-51s from the 332nd Fighter Group and thirty-eight P-38s from the 1st Fighter Group, their mission destroyed seven aircraft, cratered the landing field, destroyed several hangars, and damaged the administration building, workshops, dispersal areas, and barracks. Two Me 109s made a single pass at the 99th Bomb Group and two FW 190s attacked the 301st. The 332nd fought with four Me 109s near Steyr, claiming three as destroyed, later confirmed, then damaged a locomotive during strafing. The 97th and 301st each lost a Fortress on the mission.

The 55th Bomb Wing bombed the oil refinery at Pardubice with 110 B-24s, without encountering opposition. The raid inflicted damage to administration buildings and production facilities, including oil treatment plants, distillation units, and workshops. Bombs also hit a marshalling yard. Twenty-five P-38s from the 14th and forty-two Mustangs from the 52nd Fighter Groups escorted the mission. Approximately thirty FW-190s and Me 109s attacked the 485th Bomb Group, firing rockets, for more than half an hour and thirty-to forty more hit the 464th for about fifteen minutes, but the 52nd dived on the latter, forcing them down to the deck. The bombers claimed twenty-nine destroyed and twelve probables. The escort claimed three destroyed, with two confirmed for the 52nd, but the mission cost the 464th four bombers as they received a Distinguished Unit Citation. The 465th also lost three Liberators, and the 485th one.

The 325th Fighter Group escorted the return flight with forty-one P-51s and soon after their arrival, drove off forty single-engine fighters attacking the bombers, with four claimed as destroyed, all later confirmed.

   44-49796 B-24L Liberator 15AF 464BG bomb Obertraubling Airdrome at Regensburg 16th Feb 1945 NA733

Photo description: Heavy Concentrations Of Bombs Are Loosed From The Bellies Of 15th Af Consolidated B-24 Liberators On The Obertraubling Airdrome At Regensburg, Germany, A Base For Jet-Propelled Aircraft. The Attack Took Place On 16 Feb. 1945 With Good Results. MAAF bombers seek out and destroy the Luftwaffe where ever it is, on the ground or in the air. (U.S. Air Force Number 63641AC)

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204906687 Local ID: 342-FH-3A22337-63641AC

   Target 15AF B-24 Liberators 464BG based in Pantanella Italy enroute to Muhldorf Germany 19th Mar 1945 NA1246

Photo description: Consolidated B-24 Liberator bombers of the 15th AF leave a pnattern of vanor trails high above the railyards at Muhldorf, Germany on March 19, 1945. Heavies of the 15th A!F are continuously hammering at the enemy as the air offensives against the enemy reach an all time high.

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204899529 Local ID: 342-FH-3A19801-3A19801

    Target 15AF B-24 Liberators 464BG778BS bomb Rail Yards at Heiligenstadt Vienna 22nd March 1945 NA1218

Photo description: Formation Of Consolidated B-24 Liberator Bombers Of The 15Th Af Release Their Bombs On The Rail Yards At Heiligenstadt, Vienna On March 22, 1945. They Are Slicing The Hun's Rail Lines By Bombing From Vienna To Berlin. (464Th Bomb Group) [Note: H2X Radar Fitted at the ball turret (U.S. Air Force Number 61597AC)

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204840399 Local ID: 342-FH-3A04898-61597AC

   Target 15AF B-24 Liberators 464BG bomb installations at Letnany Airdrome Prague Czechoslovakia 25th March 1945 NA709

Photo description: bombs continue to fall toward the target as others burst on installations at Letnany Airdrome, Prague, Czechoslovakia during a mission by the 464th Bombardment Group, 778th Bombardment Squadron, 15th Air Force on March 25, 1945. (U.S. Air Force Number 3A26638)

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204917968 Local ID: 342-FH-3A26638-3A26638

   Target 15AF B 24 Liberators 464BG Operation Plaster supporting 8th Army Italy 9th Apr 1945 NA1081

Photo description: Consolidated B-24 Liberators Of The 15Th Af Took Part In Great Force In "Operation Plaster' -- The Largest Aerial Assault Of The Entire Italian Campaign Against German Instalaltions In Direct Support Of The 8th Army Push. Here They Lay A Pattern Of Bomb (U.S. Air Force Number 59224AC)

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204912876 Local ID: 342-FH-3A24695-59224AC

   

 

464th Bombardment Group

464th Bombardment Group

Constituted as 464th Bombardment Group (Heavy) on 19 May 1943. Activated on 1 Aug 1943. Trained for combat with B-24's. Moved to the Mediterranean theater, Feb-Apr 1944, with the air echelon training for a few weeks in Tunisia before joining the remainder of the group in Italy. Served with Fifteenth AF, Apr 1944-May 1945, operating primarily as part of the strategic bombardment force that disrupted German industry and communications. Flew long-range missions to attack such objectives as marshalling yards, oil refineries, oil storage facilities, aircraft factories, and chemical plants in Italy, France, Germany, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Austria, Rumania, Yugoslavia, and Greece. Received a DUC for leading the 55th Wing in compact formation through heavy opposition to bomb marshalling yards and an oil refinery at Vienna on 8 Jul 1944. Received another DUC for a mission on 24 Aug 1944 when the group scored hits not only on the target, an oil refinery at Pardubice, but also on nearby railroad tracks. Sometimes engaged in support and interdictory operations. Supported Allied forces during the invasion of Southern France in Aug 1944. Hit railroad centers to assist the advance of Russian troops in southeastern Europe in Mar 1945. Bombed enemy supply lines to assist the advance of US Fifth and British Eighth Army in northern Italy in Apr 1945. Moved to Trinidad in Jun 1945. Assigned to Air Transport Command. Inactivated on 31 Jul 1945.

Redesignated 464th Troop Carrier Group (Medium). Activated in the US on 1 Feb 1953. Assigned to Tactical Air Command. Used C-46 and C-119 aircraft.

Squadrons. 776th: 1943-1945; 1953-. 777th: 1943-1945; 1953-. 778th: 1943-1945; 1953-. 779th: 1943-1945; 1955-.

Stations. Wendover Field, Utah, 1 Aug 1943; Gowen Field, Idaho, 22 Aug 1943; Pocatello AAFld, Idaho, 2 Oct 1943-9 Feb 1944; Pantanella Airfield, Italy, Mar 1944; Gioia, Italy, 21 Apr 1944; Pantanella Airfield, Italy, c. 1 Jun 1944-c. May 1945; Waller Field, Trinidad, Jun-31 Jul 1945. Lawson AFB, Ga, 1 Feb 1953; Pope AFB, NC, 16 Sep 1954-.

Commanders. Unkn, 1 Aug-1 Sep 1943; Col Marshall Bonner, 2 Sep 1943; Col Arnold L Schroeder, 30 Jun 1944; Col A J Bird Jr, 13 Mar 1945-unkn. Col James A Evans, c. 1 Feb 1953; Col Charles F Franklin, 1954; Lt Col Adam A Reaves, 1955-.

Campaigns. American Theater; Air Combat, EAME Theater; Air Offensive, Europe; Rome-Arno; Normandy; Northern France; Southern France; North Apennines; Rhineland; Central Europe; Po Valley.

Decorations. Distinguished Unit Citations: Vienna, Austria, 8 Jul 1944; Pardubice, Czechoslovakia, [24] Aug 1944.

Insigne Shield: Azure, surmounting a cloud argent, an American eagle descendant, wings, endorsed proper, between his beak four lightning streaks, two and two gules, speed lines of the first all inclosed by two bendlets sinister vert, edged or. Motto: Certissimus In Incertis - Most Certain (in the sense of unerring or dependable) in Uncertainties. (Approved 15 Apr 1954.)

Consolidated B-24 Liberator - Operators

 

B-24 Liberator units of the United States Army Air Forces

This is a list of United States Army Air Forces B-24 Liberator combat units during World War II including variants and other historical information. Heavy bomber training organizations primarily under II Bomber Command in the United States and non-combat units are not included.

The USAAF took delivery of its first B-24As in June 1941, although the B-24D was the first production model delivered in quantity in July 1942. B-24s were assigned to every combat Air Force; at peak inventory, the USAAF had 6,043 B-24 Liberators operating worldwide in September 1944.

Following the end of World War II, the Liberator was rapidly withdrawn from USAAF service, being replaced by the Boeing B-29 Superfortress. Literally thousands of Liberators were flown to various disposal units where they were cut up for scrap. Some brand-new late-production B-24Ms from Convair/San Diego and Ford/Willow Run were flown directly from the factory to various reclamation sites such as the scrapyard at RFC Kingman, Arizona in 1945, as the war in Europe had ended and B-29s were doing most of the long-range bombing work in the Pacific.

Only a few Liberators were still around when the United States Air Force was formed in 1947, most of them being used for various research purposes. The last USAF Liberator, a Ford EZB-24M-20-FO serial number 44-51228 used by the Aeronautical Icing Research Laboratory for ice research, was struck off the rolls in 1953. For a time, it was on display at Lackland AFB, Texas, with the armament and gunner positions restored. It is currently at the American Museum at Duxford Aerodrome, England painted as 44-50492, a B-24M that was assigned to the 392d Bombardment Group, 578th Bombardment Squadron.

Ninth Air Force

IX Bomber Command operated Liberators from airfields in Egypt; Libya and Tunisia during the Western Desert Campaign (1942–1943). Transferred B-24s to Twelfth Air Force in October 1943; reassigned to England to become tactical air force supporting American First Army (IX Tactical Air Command), Third Army (XIX Tactical Air Command), and Ninth Army (XXIX Tactical Air Command).

  

 

98th Bombardment Group

98th Bombardment Group

Deployed to Middle East July 1942, First B-24Ds to be deployed overseas (Halverson Detachment). Stationed in British Palestine, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia. Participated in August 1, 1943 Attack on Ploesti Oilfields, Romania.Transferred to Twelfth (October), then Fifteenth Air Force, November 1943.

343d Bombardment Squadron

344th Bombardment Squadron

345th Bombardment Squadron

415th Bombardment Squadron

  

 

376th Bombardment Group

376th Bombardment Group

Deployed to Middle East October 1942. Stationed in British Palestine, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia. Participated in August 1, 1943 Attack on Ploesti Oilfields, Romania. Transferred to Twelfth (October), then Fifteenth Air Force, November 1943.

512th Bombardment Squadron

513th Bombardment Squadron

514th Bombardment Squadron

515th Bombardment Squadron

Twelfth Air Force

Formed November 1942. Operated B-24s in Algeria, Tunisia and Sicily. Transferred Liberators to Fifteenth Air Force in November 1943, becoming tactical air force in Mediterranean Theater of Operations (MTO) primarily supporting Fifth Army (XII Tactical Air Command) in Italy, also operating in Southern France and Germany supporting Seventh Army.

Twelfth Air Force had several B-17 Flying Fortress groups which were transferred from VIII Bomber Command in England when the command was formed in the fall of 1942. In Tunisia, the Liberator-equipped 98th and 376th Bombardment Groups were briefly transferred from Ninth Air Force in October 1943 to the command. All of Twelfth AF's heavy bomb groups were reassigned to Fifteenth Air Force in November.

   

Fifteenth Air Force

Activated in Tunisia on November 1, 1943. Primary strategic bombardment Air Force of the Mediterranean Theater of Operations (MTO) operating from airfields in Southern Italy. Had 15 B-24 groups. Bombing raids against targets in Italy, then took part in raids on Germany, Austria, Hungary, Yugoslavia, and Romania. Supported the invasion of southern France.

    

 

449th Bombardment Group

449th Bombardment Group

Grottaglie Airfield, January 1944-May 1945. Transitioned to B-29s, May 1945.

716th Bombardment Squadron

717th Bombardment Squadron

718th Bombardment Squadron

719th Bombardment Squadron

    

 

450th Bombardment Group

450th Bombardment Group

Manduria Airfield, December 1943-May 1945. Transitioned to B-29s, May 1945.

720th Bombardment Squadron

721st Bombardment Squadron

722d Bombardment Squadron

723d Bombardment Squadron

 

   

 

451th Bombardment Group

451st Bombardment Group

Gioia del Colle Airfield, January 1944. San Pancrazio Airfield, March 1944; Castelltuccio Airfield, April 1944-June 1945. Inactivated September 1945

724th Bombardment Squadron

725th Bombardment Squadron

726th Bombardment Squadron

727th Bombardment Squadron

   

 

454th Bombardment Group

454th Bombardment Group

San Giovanni Airfield, January 1944-July 1945. Transitioned to B-29s, August 1945.

736th Bombardment Squadron

737th Bombardment Squadron

738th Bombardment Squadron

739th Bombardment Squadron

    

 

455th Bombardment Group

455th Bombardment Group

San Giovanni Airfield, January 1944-September 1945. Inactivated September 1945

740th Bombardment Squadron

741st Bombardment Squadron

742d Bombardment Squadron

743d Bombardment Squadron

    

 

456th Bombardment Group

456th Bombardment Group

Stornara Airfield, January 1944-July 1945. Transitioned to B-29s, August 1945.

744th Bombardment Squadron

745th Bombardment Squadron

746th Bombardment Squadron

747th Bombardment Squadron

  

 

459th Bombardment Group

459th Bombardment Group

Giulia Airfield, February 1944-July 1945. Inactivated August 1945.

756th Bombardment Squadron

757th Bombardment Squadron

758th Bombardment Squadron

759th Bombardment Squadron

    

 

460th Bombardment Group

460th Bombardment Group

Spinazzola Airfield, February 1944-June 1945. Transferred to Air Transport Command for Green Project transport of troops from Europe to United States, June 1945. Inactivated July 1945.

760th Bombardment Squadron

761st Bombardment Squadron

762d Bombardment Squadron

763d Bombardment Squadron

    

 

 

461st Bombardment Group

461st Bombardment Group

Torretto Airfield, February 1944-July 1945. Inactivated August 1945.

764th Bombardment Squadron

765th Bombardment Squadron

766th Bombardment Squadron

767th Bombardment Squadron

   

 

464th Bombardment Group

464th Bombardment Group

Pantanella Airfield, March 1944-May 1945. Transferred to Air Transport Command for Green Project transport of troops from Europe to United States, May 1945. Inactivated July 1945.

776th Bombardment Squadron

777th Bombardment Squadron

778th Bombardment Squadron

779th Bombardment Squadron

  

 

465th Bombardment Group

465th Bombardment Group

Pantanella Airfield, April 1944-June 1945. Transferred to Air Transport Command for Green Project transport of troops from Europe to United States, June 1945. Inactivated July 1945.

780th Bombardment Squadron

781st Bombardment Squadron

782d Bombardment Squadron

783d Bombardment Squadron

    

 

 

484th Bombardment Group

484th Bombardment Group

Torretto Airfield, April 1944-May 1945. Transferred to Air Transport Command for Green Project transport of troops from Europe to United States, May 1945. Inactivated July 1945.

824th Bombardment Squadron

825th Bombardment Squadron

826th Bombardment Squadron

827th Bombardment Squadron

 

 

485th Bombardment Group

485th Bombardment Group

Venosa Airfield, April 1944-May 1945. Transitioned to B-29s, August 1945.

828th Bombardment Squadron

829th Bombardment Squadron

830th Bombardment Squadron

831st Bombardment Squadron

  

 

376th Bombardment Group

98th Bombardment Group; 376th Bombardment Group

Previously served with both the Ninth and Twelfth Air Forces before being assigned to the Fifteenth Air Force in November 1943. Stationed in Tunisia and later Southern Italy. Inactivated November 1945.

2641st Special Group (Provisional)

Assigned directly to 15th AF Headquarters. Flew B-17s, B-24s and other aircraft types as needed. Engaged in special operations in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations, December 1944-May 1945.

859th Bombardment Squadron

885th Bombardment Squadron

Consolidated B-24 Liberator

National origin:- United States
Role:- Heavy bomber, Anti-submarine warfare, Maritime patrol aircraft
Manufacturer:- Consolidated Aircraft
Designer:- Consolidated Aircraft
First flight:-
Introduction:- 1941
Produced:- 1940 - 1945
Status:- Retired 1968 (Indian Air Force)[1]
Number built:- 18,188[2]
Variants:- Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer, Consolidated C-87 Liberator Express, Consolidated Liberator I
Developed into:- Consolidated R2Y, Consolidated B-32 Dominator
Primary users:-  United States Army Air Force;  United States Navy;  Royal Air Force;  Royal Australian Air Force

Specifications (B-24J)

Data from Quest for Performance,[57] Jane's Fighting aircraft of World War II,[58] General Dynamics aircraft and their predecessors[59]

General characteristics

Crew: 11 (pilot, co-pilot, navigator, bombardier, radio operator, nose turret, top turret, 2 waist gunners, ball turret, tail gunner)
Length: 67 ft 2 in (20.47 m)
Wingspan: 110 ft (34 m)
Height: 17 ft 7.5 in (5.372 m)
Wing area: 1,048 sq ft (97.4 m2)
Aspect ratio: 11.55
Zero-lift drag coefficient: CD0.0406
Frontal area: 42.54 sq ft (3.952 m2)
Airfoil: root: Davis (22%); tip: Davis (9.3%)[60]
Empty weight: 36,500 lb (16,556 kg)
Gross weight: 55,000 lb (24,948 kg)
Max takeoff weight: 65,000 lb (29,484 kg) plus
Fuel capacity: 2,344 US gal (1,952 imp gal; 8,870 l) normal capacity; 3,614 US gal (3,009 imp gal; 13,680 l) with long-range tanks in the bomb bay; Oil capacity 131.6 US gal (109.6 imp gal; 498 l) in four self-sealing nacelle hopper tanks
Powerplant: 4 × Pratt & Whitney R-1830-35 Twin Wasp, R-1830-41 or R-1830-65 14-cylinder two-row air-cooled turbosupercharged radial piston engines, 1,200 hp (890 kW) each
Propellers: 3-bladed Hamilton Standard, 11 ft 7 in (3.53 m) diameter constant-speed fully-feathering propellers

Performance

Maximum speed: 297 mph (478 km/h, 258 kn) at 25,000 ft (7,600 m)
Cruise speed: 215 mph (346 km/h, 187 kn)
Stall speed: 95 mph (153 km/h, 83 kn)
Range: 1,540 mi (2,480 km, 1,340 nmi) at 237 mph (206 kn; 381 km/h) and 25,000 ft (7,600 m) with normal fuel and maximum internal bomb load
Ferry range: 3,700 mi (6,000 km, 3,200 nmi)
Service ceiling: 28,000 ft (8,500 m)
Rate of climb: 1,025 ft/min (5.21 m/s)
Time to altitude: 20,000 ft (6,100 m) in 25 minutes
Lift-to-drag: 12.9
Wing loading: 52.5 lb/sq ft (256 kg/m2)
Power/mass: 0.0873 hp/lb (0.1435 kW/kg)

Armament

Guns:
Guns: 10 × .50 caliber (12.7 mm) M2 Browning machine guns in 4 turrets and two waist positions
Bombs:
Short range (400 mi [640 km]): 8,000 pounds (3,600 kg)
Long range (800 mi [1,300 km]): 5,000 pounds (2,300 kg)
Very long range (1,200 mi [1,900 km]): 2,700 pounds (1,200 kg)

Avionics

not known

 Flight Simulators
 

   IL-2 Sturmovik 'Cliff's of Dover' Blitz - has no 3D model

   IL-2 Great Battles Series IL-2 - has no 3D model

   DCS World - has no 3D model

 

Fifteenth Air Force bombing missions
Date Aircraft Targets
November 1943
1st B-17s Spezia Naval Base; Vezzano RRBr
2nd B-17s and B-24s Wiener Neustadt, Aus I/A
4th B-17s Leghorn-Rome Highway
6th B-17s Orbetello RRBr
8th B-17s Turin I/BB
9th B-24s Villar Perosa I/BB

B-17s Bolzano M/Y
10th B-24s Villar Perosa I/BB

B-17s Bolzano M/Y and RRBr
11th B-24s Annecy, Fr I/BB; Antheor, Fr Viaduct
15th B-24s Athens, Gr Eleusis A/D
16th B-17s Istres Le Tube and Istres Les Pates, Fr A/Ds
17th B-17s Athens, Gr Eleusis A/D
18th B-17s Athens, Gr Eleusis A/D
24th B-24s Sofia, Bul M/Y

B-17s Toulon Sub Pens, Fr; Antheor, Fr Viaduct
25th B-24s Klagenfurt, Aus A/D
26th B-24s Fano RRBr; Falconara RRBr

B-17s Recco RR Viaduct; Rimini M/Y
27th B-17s Grizzano M/Y and RRBrs; Rimini M/Y; Vergato RRBr
28th B-24s Dogna Tunnel

B-17s Rome, Ciampino A/D
29th B-24s Rome, Casale A/D

B-17s Grosseto A/D
30th B-24s Klagenfurt, Aus A/D

B-17s Marseille Sub Pens, Fr
December 1943
1st B-24s Bolzano M/Y

B-17s Turin I/BB and I/Area
2nd B-24s Bolzano M/Y

B-17s Marseille Sub Pens, Fr
3rd B-24s Rome, Casale A/D
6th B-24s Athens, Gr Eleusis A/D

B-17s Athens, Gr Kalamaki A/D; Grizzano M/Y and RRBr
8th B-24s Athens, Gr Tatoi A/D

B-17s Athens, Gr Eleusis A/D; San Stefano Docks and shippingOrbetello RRBr
9th B-17s Levento RRBrs
10th B-24s Sofia, Bul M/Y
14th B-24s Athens, Gr Tatoi A/D

B-17s Athens, Gr Kalamaki A/D and Eleusis A/D; Piraeus, GrDocks and shipping
15th B-24s Avisio Viaduct

B-17s Innsbruck, Aus M/Y; Bolzano M/Y
16th B-24s Dogna Viaduct

B-17s Padua M/Y and RRBrs
19th B-24s Augsburg, Ger I/A

B-17s Innsbruck, Aus M/Y
20th B-24s Sofia, Bul M/Y

B-17s Athens, Gr Eleusis A/D
25th B-24s Vicenza A/D; Udine M/Y

B-17s Bolzano M/Y; Udine M/Y
28th B-24s Vicenza A/D

B-17s Rimini M/Y
29th B-17s Reggio Emilia I/A; Rimini M/Y; Ferrara M/Y
30th B-17s Padua M/Y and RRBrs; Rimini M/Y; Verona M/Y
January 1944
3rd B-17s Villar Perosa I/BB; Turin M/Y
4th B-17s Dupnitsa, Bul Rail Lines
7th B-17s Maribor, Yugo I/Ac
8th B-24s Mostar, Yugo A/D

B-17s Reggio Emilia I/A and M/Y
9th B-17s Pola Docks and shipping
10th B-24s Skoplje, Yugo M/Y

B-17s Sofia, Bul M/Y
11th B-17s Piraeus, Gr Docks and shipping
13th B-24s Perugia A/D

B-17s Rome, Centocelle and Guidonia A/Ds
14th B-24s Mostar, Yugo A/D

B-17s Mostar, Yugo A/D
15th B-24s Prato M/Y

B-17s Certaldo M/Y; Arezzo M/Y; Bucine RRBr; Fano RRBr
16th B-24s Osoppo A/D

B-17s Villaorba LG; Klagenfurt, Aus I/Ac
17th B-24s Arezzo M/Y

B-17s Prato M/Y; Pontassieve M/Y
18th B-24s Pisa M/Y

B-17s Certaldo and Pontedera M/Ys and RRBrs; Pistoia M/Y;Poggibonsi M/Y
19th B-24s Perugia A/D

B-17s Rome, Ciampino and Centocelle A/Ds
20th B-24s Rome, Guidonia A/D

B-17s Rome, Ciampino and Centocelle A/Ds
21st B-24s Pontedera M/Y; Pisa M/Y; Prato M/Y

B-17s Istres and Salon, Fr A/Ds; Rimini M/Y; Porto CivitanovaM/Y
22nd B-24s Terracina M/Y; Arezzo M/Y

B-17s Pontecorva and Staz Campoleone HWY/RRBrs; Pontedera M/Y;Ternf M/Y and RRBr
23rd B-24s Stimigliano M/Y; Perugia M/Y

B-17s Sienna M/Y; Poggibonsi M/Y; Ceprano and Pontecorvo HWYVrs
24th B-24s Sofia, Bul M/Y

B-17s Sofia, Bul M/Y; Vrattsa, Bul M/Y
25th B-17s Arezzo M/Y; Perugia M/Y
27th B-24s Istres Le Tube, Fr A/D

B-17s Salon, Fr A/D; Montpellier, Fr A/D
28th B-24s Ferrara M/Y

B-17s Verona M/Y; Aviano A/D
29th B-24s Sienna M/Y

B-17s Ancona, Fabriano, Prato and Rimini M/Ys
30th B-24s Udine A/D

B-17s Villaorba LG; Nabiago LG; Lavariano LG
31st B-24s Aviano A/D

B-17s Udine A/D; Klagenfurt, Aus A/D
February 1944
2nd B-24s Durazzo

B-17s Budapest, Hun I/A
3rd B-24s Pontassieve M/Y; Prato M/Y
4th B-24s Toulon, Fr

B-17s Toulon, Fr Docks and shipping; Antheor, Fr RR Viaduct
8th B-24s Vitebo A/D; Tarquinia A/D; Orvieto A/D; Prato M/Y

B-17s Verona M/Y
10th B-17s and B-24s Anzio Beachhead Troop Concentrations
12th B-17s and B-24s Anzio Beachhead Troop Concentrations
14th B-24s Mantua, Arezzo, Ferrara and Prato M/Ys

B-17s Modena M/Y; Verona M/Y
15th B-24s Poggibonsi M/Y; Arezzo M/Y

B-17s Cassino Monastery/Strong Point
16th B-24s M/Ys, Brs and Rail Lines at Certaldo, Poggibonsi, Pontassieve, Prato, Rieti, Sienna and Cecina
17th B-17s and B-24s Anzio Beachhead Troop Concentrations
20th B-24s Anzio Beachhead Troop Concentrations

B-17s (Regensburg, Ger I/A Aborted)
22nd B-24s Regensburg, Ger I/A; Sibenek, Yugo Harbor

B-17s Regensburg, Ger I/Ac; Zagreb, Yugo A/D; Peterhausen, Ger M/Y
23rd B-24s Steyr, Aus I/Area and I/BB

B-17s Steyr, Aus I/Ac
24th B-17s Steyr, Aus I/Ac; Fiume Oil Refinery
25th B-24s Regensburg, Ger I/Ac; Fiume M/Y; Zara, Yugo Port Area; Zell-am-See, Aus M/Y

B-17s Regensburg, Ger I/Ac; Pola Dock Area; Klagenfurt, Aus A/D
March 1944
2nd B-17s and B-24s Anzio Beachhead Troop Concentrations
3rd B-24s Canino LG; Viterbo A/D; Fabrica di Roma A/D

B-17s Rome, Littorio and Tiburtina M/Ys
4th B-17s (Breslau, Ger Aborted)
7th B-24s Poggibonsi M/Y; Pontassieve M/Y; Prato M/Y; Orvieto A/D; Rome A/d; Viterbo A/Ds

B-17s Toulon Sub Base, Fr
11th B-24s Toulon, Fr; Pontassieve M/Y

B-17s Padua M/Y
15th B-17s and B-24s Cassino Strong Point
16th B-17s San Giorgio Troop Concentrations
17th B-24s Vienna, Aus I/Area
18th B-24s Gorizia A/D; Lavariano LG; Maniago LG

B-17s Villaorba LG; Udine A/D
19th B-24s Klagenfurt, Aus A/D; Graz, Aus A/D; Knin, Yugo M/Y; Metkovic, Yugo A/D

B-17s Klagenfurt, Aus A/D
22nd B-24s Bologna M/Y; Rimini M/Y

B-17s Verona M/Ys
24th B-24s Rimini M/Y; Ancona M/Y
26th B-24s Maniago LG; Udine A/D; Rimini M/Y

B-17s Fiume Docks and shipping
28th B-24s Mestre M/Y; Verona M/Y; Fano and Cessno Brs

B-17s Verona M/Ys
29th B-24s Bolzano M/Y; Milan M/Y

B-17s Turin I/BB and M/Y and I/Area
30th B-17s and B-24s Sofia, Bul M/Y
April 1944
2nd B-24s Steyr, Aus I/Ac and A/D and I/BB; Mostar, Yugo A/D; Bihac, Yugo M/Y

B-17s Steyr, Aus I/BB; Brod, Yugo M/Y
3rd B-24s Budapest, Hun M/Ys

B-17s Budapest (Csepel Is.), Hun I/Ac; Brod, Yugo M/Y
4th B-24s Bucharest, Rum M/Ys and A/D

B-17s Bucharest, Rum M/Ys
5th B-24s Ploesti, Rum M/Y; Leskovac, Yugo M/Y

B-17s Ploesti, Rum M/Y; Nis, Yugo M/Y
6th B-17s Zagreb, Yugo A/D
7th B-24s Mestre M/Y; Bologna M/Y

B-17s Treviso M/Ys
8th B-17s Fischamend Markt, Aus I/Ac
12th B-24s Wiener Neustadt, Aus I/A; Bad Voslau, Aus I/A; Zagreb, Yugo M/Y and A/D

B-17s Fischamend Markt, Aus I/Ac; Split, Yugo
13th B-24s Budapest (caepel Is.), Hun I/Ac; Budapest. Tokol and Vecses A/Ds

B-17s Gyor, Hun I/Ac and A/D
15th B-24s Bucharest, Rum M/Ys

B-17s Ploesti, Rum M/Y; Nis, Yugo M/Y
16th B-24s Brasov, Rum M/Y; Turnu Saverin, Rum M/Y

B-17s Belgrade, Yugo I/A and A/D; Brasov, Rum I/Ac
17th B-24s Sofia, Bul M/Y

B-17s Belgrade, Yugo I/A and A/D and M/Y
20th B-24s Mestre M/Y; Reviso M/Y; Fano M/Y; Venice Harbor; Monfalcone Dockyards; Trieste

B-17s Ancona M/Y; Castelfranco M/Y; Padua M/Y; Vicenza M/Y; Venice Harbor Installations
21st B-24s Bucharest, Rum M/Ys
23rd B-24s Schwechat, Aus I/A; Bad Voslau, Aus I/A; Wiener Neustadt, Aus A/D

B-17s Wiener Neustadt, Aus I/A
24th B-24s Ploesti, Rum M/Y; Bucharest, Rum M/Ys

B-17s Ploesti, Rum M/Y; Belgrade, Yugo I/A; Ancona-Rimini RR (first Azon mission by five Fortresses)
25th B-24s Turin I/A; Varese

B-17s Vicenza M/Y
28th B-24s San Stefano Port Area (168 Libs dropped 418 tons); Orbetello Port Area (108 Libs dropped 267 tons)

B-17s Piombino Steel Works and Port (188 Forts dropped 563 tons)
29th B-17s and B-24s Toulon, Fr Harbor Area (573 heavies dropped 1,312 tons); Ancona-Rimini RR (second Azon mission by five Fortresses)
30th B-24s Alessandria M/Y; Milan M/Y

B-17s Milan I/A; Varese I/A; Reggio Emilia A/D
May 1944
2nd B-24s Castel Maggiore; Faenza RRBr

B-17s Bolzano M/Y
5th B-24s Ploesti, Rum M/Y; Podgoricu Troop/Con

B-17s Ploesti, Rum M/Y and I/O; Turnu Severin, Rum M/Y
6th B-24s Ploesti (Campina), Rum M/Y; Brasoc, Rum I/Ac

B-17s Brasov, Rum I/Ac; Turnu Severin, Rum M/Y
7th B-24s Bucharest, Rum M/Ys

B-17s Bucharest, Rum M/Ys; Belgrade, Yugo RRBr
10th B-24s Wiener Neustadt, Aus I/A and A/D

B-17s Wiener Neustadt, Aus I/Ac
12th B-17s and B-24s M/Ys, A/Ds, Troop Cons, Harbors hit in cooperation with ground forces in Italy
13th B-24s Vicenza M/Y; Piacenza M/Y; Bologna M/Y

B-17s Bolzano M/Y and RRBr; Trento M/Y; Bronzola M/Y; AvisioViaduct (third Azon mission)
14th B-24s Vicenza M/Y; Piacenza and Reggio Emilia A/Ds

B-17s Ferrara M/Y; Mantua M/Y; Piacenza A/D
17th B-24s San Stefano, Piombino, Porto Ferraio and Orbetello PortAreas

B-17s Ancona M/Y; Behac, Yugo Troop/Con
18th B-24s Ploesti, Rum I/O; Belgrade, Yugo M/Y

B-17s Ploesti, Rum I/O; Belgrade, Yugo M/Y; Nis, Yugo M/Y
19th B-24s La Spezia Port Area; Leghorn Port Area

B-17s Porto Marghera I/O and I/Os; Casarsa, Latisana and RiminiRRBrs
22nd B-24s Fano, Porto Civitanova and La Spezia Port Areas

B-17s Avezzano M/Y
23rd B-24s Frascati M/Y; Marina

B-17s Avezzano M/Y; Ferentino M/Y
24th B-24s Wollersdorf, Aus A/D; Bad Voslau, Aus A/D; Munchendorf,Aus A/D; Graz, Aus A/D

B-17s Atzgersdorf, Aus I/Ac; Avisio RR Viaduct
25th B-24s Monfalcone Port Area (149 tons); Piacenza A/D (300 tons);Porto Marghera I/O (168 tons); and M/Ys in France -Amberieux (98), Toulon (243) and Givors (128)

B-17s Lyon/Venissieux, Fr M/Y (368 tons); Bihac, Yugo TroopConcentration
26th B-24s Var River, Fr Br (95 tons); and M/Ys in France - Lyon/Vaise(248), Lyon/Mouche (247), Chambery (180), Grenoble (159) and Nice (243 tons); Behac, Yugo Troop/Con

B-17s St. Etienne, Fr M/Y (440 tons)
27th B-24s Montpellier, Fr A/D (263 tons); Salon, Fr A/D (252 tons);and M/Ys in Franceand#8212;Nimes (235), Marseille/St. Charles (166)and Marseille/La Blancharde (120 tons)

B-17s Avignon, Fr M/Y (274 tons)
28th B-24s Genoa; Niksic, Yugo Troop Concentration
29th B-24s Wollersdorf, Aus A/D; Wiener Neustadt, Aus I/A; Atzgersdorf, Aus I/Ac; Poderica, Yugo Troop Concentration

B-17s Wollersdorf, Aus A/D
30th B-24s Wels, Aus I/Ac; Ebreichsdorf, Aus I/Ac; Pottendorf, Aus I/Ac; Neudorfl, Aus I/Ac; Neunkirchen, Aus I/Ac (total 614 tons)

B-17s Zagreb, Yugo M/Y
31st B-17s and B-24s Ploesti, Rum I/O
June 1944
2nd B-24s Szolnok, Hun M/Y; Miskolc, Hun M/Y; Szeged, Hun M/Y; Simeria, Rum M/Y; Cluj, Rum M/Y

B-17s Debreczen, Hun M/Y (FRANTIC); Oradea, Rum M/Y
3rd B-24s Omis, Yugo
4th B-24s Genoa M/Y; Turin M/Y; Savona M/Y; Novi Ligure M/Y; Recco Viaduct; Orelle and Gad RRBrs

B-17s Antheor, Fr RR Viaduct; Var R. Fr RRBr
5th B-24s Bologna M/Y; Castel Maggiore M/Y; Forli M/Y; Ferrara M/Y; Faenza M/Y; and four Italian railroad bridges

B-17s Pioppi RRBr; Vado RRBr
6th B-24s Ploesti, Rum I/O; Brasov, Rum M/Y

B-17s Belgrade, Yugo M/Y; Canal Installations, Yugo; Galati, Rum (FRANTIC)
7th B-24s Voltri Shipyards; Savona M/Y
8th B-17s Pola Submarine Pens
9th B-24s Munich, Ger I/A, Ord Depot, etc.; Porto Marghera I/O

B-17s Munich, Ger I/Area and A/D
10th B-24s Trieste I/O; Ferrara A/D; Ancona

B-17s Mestre M/Y; Porto Marghera M/Y and I/O
11th B-24s Giurgiu, Rum Oil Loading Quay and I/O (1,024 tons); Constanta, Rum

B-17s Smederevo, Yugo M/Y and I/O; Foscani, Rum A/D (FRANTIC)
13th B-24s Munich, Ger M/Y and Industry; Porto Narghera I/O

B-17s Munich, Ger A/D
14th B-24s Five Oil Targets (1,005 tons) - one at Pardubice, Czech and four in the Balkans

B-17s Budapest, Hun I/O (210 tons)
16th B-24s Bratislava, Czech I/O (369 tons); Vienna area Oil Refineries - Lobau (256 tons) and Schwechat (101 tons) - and Oil Depot - Winterhafen (94 tons)

B-17s Vienna area Oil Refineries - Kragan (192 tons) and Florisdorf (195 tons)
22nd B-24s Six M/Ys and two Brs in Italy; Turin M/T works; Chivasso M/T Depot

B-17s Fornova di Taro M/Y; Modena M/Y; Parma M/Y
23rd B-24s Ploesti, Rum I/O; Giurgiu, Rum I/O (487)

B-17s Ploesti, Rum I/O
24th B-24s Ploesti, Rum I/O; Craieva, Rum RR Depot

B-17s Piatra, Rum RRBr
25th B-24s Sete, Fr I/Os; Avignon, Fr M/Y; Toulon, Fr

B-17s Sete, Fr M/Y and I/Os
26th B-17s and B-24s Five of the seven Oil Refineries in the Vienna area - Moosbierbaum (276 tons), Florisdorf (245), Lobau (222), Korneuberg (236), Schwechat (156) - and Oil Depot - Winterhafen (60)
27th B-24s Brod, Yugo M/Y; Drehobycz, Po I/O (140)

B-17s Budapest, Hun M/Y
28th B-24s Karlova, Bul A/D; Bucharest, Rum I/O (265)
30th B-17s and B-24s Major targets abandoned; hit rail and airdrome targets in Hun and Yugo
July 1944
2nd B-24s Budapest, Hun I/O, A/D and M/Y

B-17s Almasfuzito, Hun I/O; Blechhammer, Ger I/O; Brod and Vinkovci, Yugo M/Ys
3rd B-24s Giurgiu, Rum I/O (280); Bucharest, Rum I/O (*4); Belgrade, Yugo I/O (70)

B-17s Arad, Rum Repair Shops; Piatra, Rum RRBr
4th B-24s Pitesti, Rum M/Y and RRBr

B-17s Brasov, Rum I/O (426 tons)
5th B-24s Toulon, Fr Docks and sub pens; Bezier, Fr M/Y

B-17s Montpellier, Fr M/Y
6th B-17s and B-24s Italian M/Ys, RRBrs, I/Os and Bergamo Steel Works targets for 711 heavies
7th B-24s Blechhammer N, Ger I/O; Odertal, Ger I/O; Dubnica, Czech Armament Works; Zagreb, Yugo M/Y and A/D

B-17s Blechhammer S, Ger I/O
8th B-24s Vienna, Aus A/Ds; Vienna, Korneuberg (166 tons) and Florisdorf I/O (219) I/Os

B-17s Vienna, Aus, Vosendorf I/O (162 tons)
9th B-17s and B-24s Ploesti, Rum I/O
10th B-24s Minor rail targets in Italy
11th B-24s Toulon, Fr Harbor Area (200 tons)
12th B-24s Miramas and Nimes, Fr M/Ys (760 tons); Theoule and Var River, Fr Brs (300 tons)
13th B-24s Brescia M/Y; Mantova M/Y, Verona M/Y; Thriete I/Os; Fiume

B-17s Mestre M/Y; Latisana, Pinzano and Venzone RRBr
14th B-17s and B-24s Four I/O and a M/Y at Budapest, Hun
15th B-17s and B-24s Ploesti, Rum I/O
16th B-17s and B-24s Vienna, Aus Oil Storage, Aircraft Engine Works, A/D and M/Y
17th B-24s Avignon, Fr M/Y; Aries, Fr RRBr; Tarascon, Fr RRBr
18th B-17s and B-24s Friedrichshafen, Ger Jet Aircraft Plants; Memmingen, Ger A/D; Casarea RRBr
19th B-24s Neuaubling (Munich Area), Ger I/A

B-17s Munich, Ger Ordnance Depot
20th B-24s Friedrichshafen, Ger I/A and Aircraft Engine Works

B-17s Memmingen, Ger A/D
21st B-24s Brux, Czech I/O; Mestre M/Y

B-17s Brux, Czech I/O
22nd B-17s and B-24s Ploesti, Rum I/O
23rd B-24s Berat, Alb I/O
24th B-24s Les Chanoines, Fr A/D; Valence, Fr A/D; Genoa Harbor Area

B-17s Turin I/BB and Tank Works
25th B-17s and B-24s Linz, Aus Tank Works
26th B-24s Vienna Area: Markersdorf, Aus A/D; Graz, Aus A/D; Zwolfaxing, Ays A/D

B-17s Vienna, Aus I/Ac
27th B-17s and B-24s Budapest, Hun Armament Works
28th B-17s and B-24s Ploesti, Rum I/O
30th B-24s Lispe, Hun I/O

B-17s Budapest, Hun A/D; Brod, Yugo M/Y
31st B-24s Targoviste, Rum I/O; Bucharest, Rum I/Os

B-17s Ploesti, Rum I/O
August 1944
2nd B-24s Genoa M/Y and Harbor Area

B-17s Portes Les Valences, Fr M/Y and Torpedo Factory; Le Pouzin, Fr I/Os
3rd B-24s Friedrichshafen, Ger I/As; Brenner Brs

B-17s Friedrichshafen, Ger I/A and Chemical Works; Immenstadt, Ger M/Y
6th B-24s Toulon, Fr Sub Pens; Rail Bridges and Oil Storage in France

B-17s Portes Les Valences, Fr M/Y; Le Pouzin, Fr I/Os and RRBr
7th B-24s Blechhammer N, Ger I/O; Novi Sad, Yugo I/Os; Alibunar, Yugo A/D

B-17s Blechhammer S, Ger I/O
9th B-24s Refineries, Oil Storage, A/Ds in Hungary

B-17s Gyor, Hun I/A and Wagon Works; Brod, Yugo M/Y
10th B-17s and B-24s Ploesto, Rum I/O
12th B-24s Gun Positions around Sete, Toulon and Marseille, Fr and around Genoa

B-17s Gun Positions in Savona area
13th B-17s and B-24s Gun Positions and Bridges in southern France and (B-17s) Pec, Yugo
14th B-17s and B-24s Gun Positions near Toulon, Fr, Genoa and Sevona
15th B-17s and B-24s Southern France invasion beaches
16th B-17s and B-24s Rail Bridges in southern France
17th B-24s Ploesti, Rum I/O

B-17s Nis, Yugo A/D
18th B-17s and B-24s Ploesti, Rum I/O
19th B-17s Ploesti, Rum I/O (last attack)
20th B-24s Oil Refineries in Czech; Szolnok, Hun M/Y

B-17s Oswiciem, Po I/O
21st B-24s Hadju Boszormeny, Hun A/D
22nd B-24s Vienna, Lobau I/O; Blechhammer S, Ger I/O

B-17s Odertal, Ger I/O
23rd B-24s Vienna, Aus I/Os and A/D; Ferrara RRBr

B-17s Vienna, Aus I/Ac and I Area
24th B-17s and B-24s Oil Refineries in Germany and Czechoslovakia, Pardubice, Czech A/D (B-17s) and Bridges in Hungary, Yugoslavia and Italy attacked by 600 heavies
25th B-24s Brno, Czech I/A

B-17s Brno, Czech I/A and A/D
26th B-24s Bucharest, Rum A/D and Army Barracks; Giurgiu, Rum Ferry

B-17s Avisio, Latisana, Venzone RR Viaducts
27th B-24s Blechhammer S, Ger I/O; Avisio Viaduct; Ferrara Br

B-17s Blechhammer, Ger I/O
28th B-24s Rail Bridges and M/Ys in Hungary and Italy

B-17s Vienna, Moosbierbaum I/O
29th B-17s and B-24s Oil Storage and Rail Targets in Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Italy
30th B-24s Cuprija, Yugo Br

B-17s Brod, Yugo M/Y; Novi Sad, Yugo M/Y
31st B-17s Novi Sad, Yugo RRBr; Ploesti Evacuation Mission
September 1944
1st B-24s Kraljevo and Mitrovica, Yugo Brs; Debreczen, Hun M/Y; Ferrara RRBr

B-17s Nis, Yugo A/D; Moravia, Yugo RRBr; Evacuation Mission
2nd B-24s Bridges and M/Ys in Yugoslavia
3rd B-24s Bridges in Yugoslavia and Italy

B-17s Belgrade, Yugo RRBr; Evac Mission
4th B-24s Bridges, Viaducts and M/Ys in Italy

B-17s Genoa Docks and submarines (490 tons)
5th B-24s Bridges in Italy, Hungary, Yugoslavia

B-17s Budapest, Hun RRBrs
6th B-24s Novi Sad, Yugo M/Y; Leskovac, Yugo M/Y and Troop Concentration
8th B-17s and B-24s Bridges and M/Ys in Yugoslavia
10th B-24s Vienna, Aus Ord Depot and I/Area; Horsching, Hun A/D; Trieste Harbor

B-17s Vienna, Lobau and Schwechat I/Os
12th B-24s Munich, Ger Aircraft Engine Works; Lechfeld, Ger A/D

B-17s Lechfeld, Ger A/D
13th B-24s Odertal, Ger I/O; Oswiecim, Po I/O; Avisio Br; Mezza Corona Br

B-17s Blechhammer N, Ger I/O (287 tons)
15th B-24s Athens, Gr M/Y; Athens, Eleusis and Tatoi A/Ds

B-17s Athens, Kalamaki A/D; Salamis, Gr Sub Base
17th B-17s and B-24s Budapest, Hun M/Y
18th B-17s and B-24s Bridges and M/Ys in Hungary and Yugo
19th B-24s Kraljevo and Mitrovica, Yugo Brs
20th B-24s Bratislava, Czech I/O; Malacky, Czech A/D; Gyor, Hun A\I/Ac and M/Y

B-17s Budapest and Szob; Hun RRBr
21st B-17s and B-24s Bridges and M/Ys in Hungary and Yugo
22nd B-24s Munich, Ger A/D; Larissa, Gr M/Y

B-17s Munich, Ger Aircraft Engine Works
23rd B-24s Rail Bridges and Viaducts in Italy

B-17s Brux, Czech I/O and M/Y
24th B-24s Athens, Gr Kalamaki and Tatoi A/Ds
25th B-24s Athens, Gr Harbor Facilities
October 1944
4th B-17s and B-24s Munich, Ger M/Y; Bridges in Italy and on the Brenner Pass route
7th B-24s Vienna, Aus Schwechat, Winterhafen and Komara I/Os; Gyor,Hun A/D

B-17s Vienna, Lobau I/O; Ersekuvar, Hun M/Y
10th B-17s and B-24s Bridges and M/Ys in Italy
11th B-24s Vienna, Aus Motor Works

B-17s Vienna, Aus Ord Depot; Graz, Aus Motor Works
12th B-17s and B-24s Bologna Troop Con, Bivouac Area and Stores (698 heavies, 1271 tons)
13th B-24s Vienna, Aus Motor Works and I/Area; M/Ys in Aus, Czech and Hungary

B-17s Vienna, Aus I/Os; Blechhammer S, Ger I/O
14th B-24s Odertal, Ger I/O; Maribor, Yugo Br

B-17s Blechhammer N, Ger I/O; Ersekuvar, Hun M/Y
16th B-24s St. Valentin, Aus Tank Works; Linz, Aus Benzol Plant; Steyr and Graz, Aus Aero Engine Works

B-17s Brux, Czech I/O; Pilsen, Czech Skoda Works; M/Ys in Austria
17th B-24s Vienna, Aus M/Y

B-17s Blechhammer S, Ger I/O
20th B-24s Innsbruck, Aus M/Y; Bad Aibling, Ger A/D

B-17s Brux, Czech I/O; Regensburg, Ger I/Os
21st B-24s Gyor and Szombathley, Hun M/Y and A/D
23rd B-24s Plauen, Ger Arms Works (100 tons); Regensburg, Ger I/Os; M/Ys and Rail Targets in Italy and Brenner Pass

B-17s Pilsen, Czech Skoda Works; Rosenheim, Ger M/Y
25th B-17s Klagenfurt, Aus I/Ac
26th B-17s Innsbruck, Aus M/Y
28th B-17s Klagenfurt, Aus I/Ac; Munich, Ger M/Y
29th B-24s Munich, Ger M/Y
November 1944
1st B-24s Graz, Aus Ord Depot

B-17s Graz M/Y and A/d; Vienna Ord Depot
2nd B-17s Vienna, Moosbierbaum I/O; Klagenfurt
3rd B-24s Vienna, Moosbierbaum I/O; Klagenfurt, Aus I/Ac

B-17s Vienna, Aus Ord Depot
4th B-24s Munich and Augsburg, Ger M/Ys; Linz M/Y

B-17s Regensburg, Ger I/Os
5th B-17s and B-24s Vienna, Florisdorf I/O (1100 tons); Podgorica, Yugo M/Y; Mitrovica, Yugo Troop Concentrations
6th B-17s and B-24s Vienna, Aus Mosbierbaum I/O (403 tons) and Ord Depot; Bruck, Aus Steel Works; Maribor, Yugo M/Y
7th B-24s Brenner Pass; Yugoslav Troop Cons

B-17s Vienna, Florisdorf I/O; Maribor M/Y
8th B-24s Mitrovica and Prijepolje, Yugo Troop Concentrations
11th B-17s and B-24s Brux, Czech I/O; Rail Targets in Austria and Italy
12th B-24s Bridges in northern Italy
13th B-17s and B-24s Blachhammer, Ger I/O
14th B-24s Linz, Aus Benzol Plant
15th B-24s Novi Pazar, Yugo Troop Con; Linz, Aus

B-17s Linz, Aus Benzol Plant
16th B-24s Munich, Ger M/Y; Visegrad, Yugo Troops

B-17s Munich, Ger M/Y; Innsbruck, Aus M/Y
17th B-24s Vienna, Florisdorf I/O (402 tons); Blechhammer S., Ger (199 tons); Graz, Aus and Gyor, Hun and Maribor, Yugo M/Ys

B-17s Brux, Czech I/O; Salzburg, Aus M/Y
18th B-17s and B-24s Vienna, Aus Florisdorf and Korneuberg I/Os (510 tons); Aviano A/D; Vicanza A/D; Yugoslav Troop Concentrations
19th B-17s and B-24s Vienna, Aus I/Os; Linz, Aus Benzol Plant; Rail Targets in Italy and Yugo
20th B-24s Rail Targets in Italy and Czech

B-17s Blechhammer S, Ger (314 tons) I/O; Brno, Czech M/Y
22nd B-17s and B-24s Rail Targets in Germany, Austria, Italy
23rd B-24s Zenica and Brod, Yugo RRBrs
24th B-17s Linz, Aus Benzol Plant; Klagenfurt M/Y
25th B-24s M/Ys in Germany and Austria

B-17s Linz Benzol Plant; Klagenfurt, Aus M/Y
30th B-24s Munich, Ger M/Y; Innsbruck, Aus M/Y

B-17s Linz, Aus Benzol Plant
December 1944
2nd B-17s and B-24s Blechhammer N and S, Odertal, Ger and Vienna, Florisdorf I/Os (450 heavies)
3rd B-17s and B-24s Linz, Aus I/Area; Villach, Aus M/Y and Goods Station
6th B-24s Szombathely and Sopron, Hun M/Ys; Graz

B-17s Zagreb, Yugo M/Y; Brod, Yugo HWYBr
7th B-24s Innsbruck and Salzburg, Aus M/Ys; Klagenfurt, Aus I/Area

B-17s Salzburg and Klagenfurt, Aus M/Ys; Linz, Aus and Spittal,Ger Benzol Plants; Athens, Gr Supply mission
8th B-17s and B-24s Rail Targets Klagenfurt, Villach, Graz and Volkermarkt, Aus; Moosbierbaum I/O
9th B-24s Linz, Aus I/Area; Vienna, Moosbierbaum I/O; Brux, CzechI/O

B-17s Regensburg, Ger M/Y and I/O
10th B-17s Brux, Czech I/O
11th B-17s and B-24s Vienna, Moosbierbaum I/O * Goods Yard
12th B-17s and B-24s Blechhammer S, Ger I/O
15th B-17s and B-24s M/Ys in Austria and Germany
16th B-17s and B-24s Brux, Czech I/O; Linz, Aus Benzol Plant; Innsbruck, Aus M/Y
17th B-24s Odertal, Ger I/O; Blechhammer S, Ger I/O; M/Ys in Austriaand Germany

B-17s Blechhammer N, Ger I/O
18th B-24s Vienna, Florisdorf, Oswiecim, Po and Blechhammer, GerI/Os; Graz, Aus

B-17s Odertal, Ger I/O
19th B-24s M/Ys in Germany and Austria

B-17s Blechhammer N, Ger I/O; Vienna, Aus M/Y; Sopron, Hun M/Y
20th B-24s Salzburg, Aus M/Y; Villach, Aus M/Y; Pilsen, Czech SkodaWorks

B-17s Brux, Czech I/O; Regensburg, Ger I/Os; Linz, Aus M/Y; Salzburg, Aus M/Y
21st B-24s Rosenheim, Ger M/Y
25th B-24s Innsbruck, Hall and Wells, Aus M/Ys

B-17s Brux, Czech I/O
26th B-24s Oswiecim, Po I/O; Brenner Pass

B-17s Blechhammer S and Odertal, Ger I/Os
27th B-24s Bruck and Klagenfurt, Aus M/Ys; Maribor, Yugo M/Y; Brenner Pass

B-17s Vienna, Aus Vosendorf I/O; Linz and Wiener Beustadt, AusM/Ys
28th B-24s Brenner Pass; Pardubica, Czech I/O

B-17s Regensburg, Ger I/Os; Salzburg, Aus M/Y
29th B-24s Brenner Pass; M/Ys Austria and Germany

B-17s Innsbruck, Aus M/Y; Castel Franco and Udine LocomotiveRepair Depots
January 1945
4th B-17s and B-24s Porto Nuovo Marshalling Yard in Verona
5th B-17s and B-24s Zagreb, Yugoslavia (only one 451st Bomb Group aircraft could bomb the target)
8th B-17s and B-24s marshalling yard in Linz Austria and marshalling yard at Graz
15th B-17s and B-24s rail targets in Vienna

B-24s marshalling yards at Treviso, Italy
19th B-17s and B-24s Yugoslav rail targets, marshalling yard at Brod Zagreb East Marshalling Yard
20th B-17s and B-24s Marshalling Yard at Linz, Herman Goering tank factory and a steel mill

B-17s oil storage facility at Regensburg
21st B-17s Schwechat Oil Refinery and marshalling yard at Graz and Lobau Oil Refinery in Vienna
31st B-17s and B-24s oil refinery at Moosebierbaum

B-24s marshalling yard at Graz,Maribor in Yugoslavia, marshalling yards at Nagyskanizska, Hungary
February 1945
1st B-17s and B-24s synthetic oil refinery at Moosebierbaum and marshalling yard at Graz
5th B-17s and B-24s Regensburg oil storage facility and marshalling yard at Salzburg, Austria

B-24s railroad at Straubing Germany and marshalling yards at Villach
7th B-17s and B-24s oil refinery at Moosebierbaum, near Vienna and Lobau refinery in Vienna

B-17s Schwechat Oil Refinery in Vienna and airfield at Zwand#246;llfaxing, Austria

B-24s Florisdorf Refinery and oil refinery at Korneuburg near Vienna and Bratislava
8th B-17s and B-24s marshalling yards in southern Vienna and marshalling yards at Graz
9th B-17s and B-24s Lone Wolf missions to Moosebierbaum Oil Refinery
13th B-17s and B-24s Southern Ordnance Depot Vienna

B-17s marshalling yard at Maribor, Yugoslavia

B-24s Matzleindorf Marshalling Yard in Vienna

B-24s Southern Freight Yards in Vienna and Vienna Central Repair Shops

B-24s marshalling yard at Sarvar, Yugoslavia

B-24s Rail targets in Maribor and marshalling yards at Zagreb
14th B-17s and B-24s Moosebierbaum Oil Refinery and Schwechat Oil Refinery in Vienna

B-24s marshalling yard at Celje, Yugoslavia and Villachand#8217;s marshalling yards, marshalling yard at Zagreb

B-24s marshalling yard at Graz and marshalling yard at Gleisdorf, Austria

B-24s Florsidorf Oil Refinery in Vienna, marshalling yard at Klagenfurt, and marshalling yard at Maribor

B-17s refinery Lobau Vienna
15th B-17s Southeast Freight Depot in Vienna, but hit the South Ordnance Depot instead

B-17s Matzleindorf Marshalling Yard

B-24s Penszinger Marshalling Yards and Florisdorf Marshalling Yard

B-24s Korneuberg Oil Refinery

B-17s and B-24s marshalling yards at Wiener Neustadt
16th B-17s and B-24s Obertraubling Aircraft Factory and airfield near Regensburg

B-24s airfield at Neuburg, Germany and Rosenheimand#8217;s marshalling yards

B-17s and B-24s marshalling yard at Hall, Austria

B-24s marshalling yard at Innsbruck and yards at Lienz

B-17s Vipitenoand#8217;s marshalling yard, marshalling yard at Campo de Trens and airfield at Landsberg, Germany
17th B-17s and B-24s Main Station marshalling yards in Linz

B-24s St. Valentin tank factory at Steyr and marshalling yards at Graz and steel factory at Judenberg, Austria

B-24s marshalling yards at Wels

B-24s battleship Cavour, and several merchant vessels in the harbor at Trieste, Italy and Italian harbor, at Pola

B-24s shipyard at Fiume, Italy
18th B-17s and B-24s Linz Main Marshalling Yards

B-17s Benzoil plant

B-24s marshalling yard at Salzburg
19th B-17s and B-24s marshalling yards in Vienna Klagenfurtand#8217;s marshalling yards

B-24s Penzinger Rail Road Station marshalling yards and Matzleindorf Marshalling Yards

B-24s marshalling yard at Graz and marshalling yard at Bruck

B-17s and B-24s harbor facilities at Pola Italy

B-24s shipyards at Fiume Italy

B-24s marshalling yards at Maribor Yugoslavia
20th B-17s Lobau Oil Refinery and marshalling yards at Florisdorf and steel factory in Kapfenburg

B-24s shipyards at Fiume and Pola Harbor
21st B-17s and B-24s Viennese marshalling yards

B-24s Matzleindorf Marshalling Yards

B-24s marshalling yard at Sopron, Hungary

B-24s marshalling yards at Wiener Neustadt Austria
22nd B-17s and B-24s Operation Clarion

B-17s marshalling yards at Immedstadt and marshalling yard at Biehl, Germany

B-24s Kemptenand#8217;s marshalling yards and marshalling yards at Memmingen, but missed the yards, marshalling yard at Piesendorf, marshalling yard at Jenbach, marshalling yards at Rattendorf, Wand#246;rgland#8217;s marshalling yards,railroad bridge at Sankt Johann

B-24s marshalling yard at Landshut and marshalling yards at Platting

B-24s Klagenfurtand#8217;s marshalling yards, Traunstein, in Germany, marshalling yards at Altenmarkt, marshalling yard at Bischofschofen, Saalfeldenand#8217;s Marshalling Yards

B-17s marshalling yard at Lienz Austria and marshalling yards at Ruette, Austria

B-24s marshalling yard at Casarsa, Italy

B-17s marshalling yard at Monguelfo, Italy
23rd B-17s and B-24s marshalling yard and Benzoil refinery at Linz

B-24s Amstettenand#8217;s marshalling yards and marshalling yards at Villach
26th B-17s and B-24s returned with their bombs from overcast targets in central Yugoslavia
27th B-17s and B-24s marshalling yards at Ausgburg

B-24s marshalling yards at Jenbach, Austria and Salzburgand#8217;s Marshalling Yards
28th B-17s and B-24s marshalling yard at Bolzano and marshalling yard at Conigliano

B-24s marshalling yard at Brescia and marshalling yard at Vincenza, marshalling yard at Ora, and Vipiteno

B-24s Fortezzaand#8217;s marshalling yard
March 1945
1st B-17s and B-24s Moosbierbaum Oil Refinery

B-24s Sankt Pand#246;ltenand#8217;s marshalling yards

B-24s rail yards at Jesnice, Yugoslavia

B-24s Klagenfurtand#8217;s marshalling yards

B-17s marshalling yards at Villach
2nd B-17s and B-24s marshalling yard at Linz and Herman Goering Steel Factory and the ordnance depot
4th B-17s western marshalling yard at Sopron, Hungary and marshalling yard at Knittelfeld, but missed the yards

B-24s main marshalling yards at Graz and marshalling yards at Celje, Yugoslavia

B-24s Szombathely, Hungaryand#8217;s marshalling yards

B-24s marshalling yards and main sidings in Wiener Neustad and marshalling yard at Sankt Veit
8th B-17s and B-24s marshalling yards at Hegyeshalom, Hungary

B-24s Komaromand#8217;s marshalling yards and locomotive depot at Maribor

B-24s steel factory in Kapfenburg, Austria
9th B-17s and B-24s marshalling yard at Graz

B-24s marshalling yard at Sankt Paul

B-24s marshalling yards at Ljubljana, Yugoslavia
10th B-17s and B-24s Parona Railroad Bridge
12th B-17s and B-24s Florisdorf Oil Refinery and three adjoining marshalling yard in Vienna

B-17s marshalling yard at Graz

B-17s and B-24s Regensburgand#8217;s marshalling yards
14th B-17s Magyar Oil Refinery in Szand#337;ny Hungary

B-24s refinery in Almasfand#252;zitand#337; Hungary

B-24s marshalling yards at Wiener Neustadt

B-17s Komaromand#8217;s marshalling yards

B-24s Zagreband#8217;s marshalling ya
15th B-17s and B-24s oil refinery at Ruhland

B-17s and B-24s oil refinery at Kolin, Czechoslovakia

B-24s Wiener Neustadtand#8217;s marshalling and Klagenfurtand#8217;s marshalling yards

B-24s Moosbierbaum Oil Refinery

B-24s marshalling yard at Graz and Schwechat Oil Refinery in Vienna

B-24s Florisdorf Oil Refinery, in Vienna and marshalling yards at Bruck

B-24s marshalling yard at Mand#252;rzzuschlag, Hungary
16th B-17s Florisdorf Oil Refinery in Vienna

B-17s marshalling yards at Sankt Veit

B-17s and B-24s Schwechat Oil Refinery in Vienna

B-24s Moosbierbaum Oil Refinery

B-24s marshalling yards in Pragersko, Yugoslavia

B-24s marshalling yards at Wiener Neustadt
19th B-24s Landshutand#8217;s marshalling yards in Germany

B-24s Lambach, Austria

B-17s marshalling yard at Passau, in Germany

B-24s marshalling yards at Mand#252;hldorf, Germany and marshalling yard at Garching, Germany

B-24s Altenmarktand#8217;s marshalling yards
20th B-17s and B-24s marshalling yards in Wels, Austria

B-24s St. Valentin tank factory at Steyr

B-17s and B-24s marshalling yard at Amstetten

B-24s marshalling yards at Sankt Pand#246;lten,

B-24s Korneuberg Oil Refinery near Vienna

B-17s and B-24s Kagran Oil Refinery in Vienna

B-17s Weiner Neustadtand#8217;s marshalling yards
21st B-24s jet aircraft airfield at Neuburg, Germany

B-17s Vosendorf Oil Refinery in Vienna

B-24s Kagran Oil Refinery in Vienna

B-17s Florisdorf Oil Refinery and marshalling yard and marshalling yards at Klagenfurt
22nd B-17s oil refinery at Ruhland

B-17s oil refinery at Kralupy, Czechoslovakia

B-17s marshalling yards at Zeltweg

B-24s Southeast Marshalling Yards and Freight Depot in Vienna

B-24s oil refinery at Kralupy, Czechoslovakia

B-24s marshalling yards at Libiand#353;

B-24s marshalling yard Wels, Austriaand#8217;s

B-24s Kagran Oil Refinery in Vienna

B-24s Kand#246;flacher Marshalling Yards in Graz

B-24s Heilingenstadt Marshalling Yard in Vienna
23rd B-17s and B-24s oil refinery at Ruhland and marshalling yards at Budjovice, Czechoslovakia

B-24s German marshalling yards at Gmund

B-24s St. Valentin Tank Factory at Steyr

B-24s marshalling yards at Steyr.

B-24s Austrian oil target, the Kagran Oil Refinery in Vienna

B-24s Sankt Pand#246;ltenand#8217;s marshalling yards
24th B-17s and B-24s Daimler Tank Factory in the Marienfelde section of Berlin

B-24s jet airfield at Neuburg, Germany

B-24s airfield, Reim Field in Munich

B-24s marshalling yard at Plattling

B-24s marshalling yards at Budjovice, Czechoslovakia
25th B-17s and B-24s Kbely Airfield in Prague, Czechoslovakia

B-24s airfield at Wels, Austria

B-24s Letand#328;any Airfield in Prague

B-24s Lieben Tank Factory in Prague and production facility at Cheb, near Prague
26th B-17s and B-24s Wiener Neustadt and Neunkirchen, Austria

B-24s marshalling yard in Strasshoff, near Vienna

B-24s marshalling yard, at Bruck

B-24s Wiener Neustadt yards

B-24s Rangier Marshalling Yard in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia

B-24s Szombathely, Hungary
30th B-17s and B-24s last Lone Wolf mission North Station and freight depot in Vienna

B-17s and B-24s marshalling yards at Graz

B-24s Klagenfurtand#8217;s marshalling yards but their bombs also missed the yards
31st B-17s and B-24s Main Station Marshalling Yards and sidings in Linz

B-24s Herman Goering Factory, its labor camp, and a chemical factory

B-24s marshalling yard at Villach

B-24s marshalling yard at Treviso, Italy
April - May 1945
1st B-17s railroad bridge at Maribor in Yugoslavia

B-24s marshalling yard at Sankt Pand#246;lten, Austria and railroad bridge at Krieglach, Austria

B-24s marshalling yards at Zeltweg

B-24s marshalling yards at Graz

B-24s flak positions near Venice
2nd B-17s and B-24s marshalling yards at Graz

B-24s marshalling yards at Sankt Pand#246;lten

B-24s marshalling yard at Krems

B-24s rail bridge near Leibnitz, Austria
5th B-17s Campoformido Airfield at Udine

B-24s railroad bridge at Dravograd, Yugoslavia

B-24s locomotive depot and marshalling yard in Alessandria

B-24s Lingotto Locomotive Depot and Marshalling Yards in Turin
6th B-17s railroad bridge at Verona, Italy

B-24s Porto Nuova Marshalling Yard in Verona

B-24s marshalling yard at Brescia and factory in Brescia
7th B-17s railroad bridge at Mezzacorona and railroad bridge in Verona

B-24s Klagenfurtand#8217;s marshalling yards
8th B-17s railroad bridge at Bressanone, Italy and power station near Trento

B-17s Campodazzoand#8217;s railroad bridge

B-24s Vipitenoand#8217;s railroad bridge

B-24s marshalling yard at Brescia and Goriziaand#8217;s marshalling yards

B-24s Pordenoneand#8217;s marshalling yards and Fortezzoand#8217;s marshalling yards

B-24s railroad bridge at Campo di Trens

B-17s and B-24s Avisio River Viaduct at Parona di Valpolicella
9th B-17s and B-24s Bologna, code named and#8220;Appleand#8221; and and#8220;Apricotand#8221; Areas,
10th B-17s and B-24s artillery and infantry positions along the Santerno River, code named and#8220;Bakerand#8221; and and#8220;Charleyand#8221; Areas
11th B-17s Paduaand#8217;s rail bridges and railroad bridge at Vipiteno

B-24s Goito fuel depot

B-24s Campodazzoand#8217;s railroad bridges and vehicle repair depot at Ossopo

B-24s Bronzoloand#8217;s marshalling yard and bridges at Ora

B-24s Campo di Trens railroad bridge

B-24s railroad bridge at Ponte Gardena
12th B-17s Italian ammunition dump at Malcontenta

B-24s railroad bridge at Ponte di Piave and railroad bridge, at Sankt Veit
14th B-17s railroad bridge, at Sankt Veit

B-24s munitions factory in Spilimbergo and ammunition factory near Palmanova

B-24s Ossopoand#8217;s vehicle depot and marshalling yards at Klagenfurt
15th B-17s and B-24s front-line targets in the Bologna area and diversion bridge at Nervesa

B-17s bridge at Ponte di Piave

B-24s railroad bridge near Casarsa

B-24s munitions factory and ammunition storage facility at Ghedi
16th B-17s and B-24s hit gun positions, ammunition dumps, headquarters, and troop concentrations in the Bologna area
17th B-17s and B-24s gun positions, ammunition dumps, headquarters, and troop concentrations in the Bologna area

B-24s railroad bridge at Seefeld, Austria
18th B-17s and B-24s gun positions, ammunition dumps, headquarters, and troop concentrations in the Bologna area
19th B-24s Rosenheimand#8217;s marshalling yards

B-24s Austrian marshalling yards at Bischofschen

B-24s marshalling yards at Klagenfurt and Lienzand#8217;s marshalling yards

B-17s railroad bridge at Rattenberg, Austria

B-24s Avisio River Viaduct and railroad bridge at Vipiteno
20th B-17s and B-24s rail targets in the Brenner Pass area, in both Austria and Italy

B-24s railroad bridge at Campodazzo

B-17s marshalling yards at Fortezzo, Brennero and marshalling yard, at Vipiteno and marshalling yards at Chiusa and marshalling yard at Mules.

B-17s nnsbruckand#8217;s marshalling yards

B-24s railroad viaduct at Mariahoff, Austria and Avisio River Viaduct at Parona di Valpolicella

B-24s highway and road bridges bridge at Lusia and last bridge struck, at Rovigo in northern Italy
21st B-17s marshalling yards at Rosenheim Germany

B-17s and B-24s Attang-Pucheimand#8217;s marshalling yards and marshalling yards at Spital

B-17s marshalling yards at Vand#246;cklabruck

B-17s and B-24s marshalling yards at Attang-Pucheim, Germany
23rd B-17s and B-24s road and highway bridges in Italy road bridge at Bonavigo

B-17s road bridge at Zevio and bridge at Albaredo and Zevio bridge

B-24s road bridge at Legnago and three bridges at Padua

B-17s and B-24s supply dump at Peschiera
24th B-17s and B-24s railroad bridges in southern Austria and northern Italy. Malborghettoand#8217;s railroad bridge and Kolbnitz Railroad Bridge in Austria

B-17s and B-24s rail diversion bridge near Casarsa,road bridge near Lendorf, Austria and railroad bridge at Splimbergo

B-24s marshalling yards on the Brenner Pass rail line and bridges in the vicinity of Vincenza

B-24s bridge near Breganza and vehicle depot at Ossopo
25th B-17s and B-24s marshalling yards at Linz and marshalling yards at Wels
26th B-24s vehicle depot at Tarvisio and Sachsenburgand#8217;s marshalling yard.

B-24s marshalling yard at Lienz and Spitaland#8217;s marshalling yards
May 1945

1st B-17s Main Station Marshalling Yards in Salzburg

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    Consolidated B-24 Liberator Notes

  1. Quote: 'One of the primary reasons we decided to go with the 'A' model, vs the LB-30, was that this airplane was originally a B-24A.''[52]

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  3. Green 1975, p. 84.
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  17. Lord 1967, p. 279.
  18. Levine 1992, pp. 14–15.
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  • Le Fana de L'Aviation (French) - http://www.pdfmagazines.org/tags/Le+Fana+De+L+Aviation/
  • Osprey (English) - http://www.ospreypublishing.com/
  • Revi Magazines (Czech) - http://www.revi.cz/

    Web References: +

  • Air Force Historical Research Agency website https://www.afhra.af.mil/
  • Ancestry https://www.fold3.com/
  • NARA National Archives https://catalog.archives.gov/
  • B-24 database https://www.b24bestweb.com/
  • IWM https://www.iwm.org.uk/
  • Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/

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