Operation 7 nov 1943
 

Hi All

I have a question what was the target from the US air force on the 7 November 1943 . Because there was an bombartment in the vicinity of Weert in the afternoon of sunday the 7th november .
Only a few haystacks and a few old barns were hit only one cow died from one of the exploding bombs and no casualties under the civilians of the village of Tungelroy.

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Re: Operation 7 nov 1943
 

Tony -
1st Air Division attacked Wesel - Don't which other Groups than 91st BG , 381st BG.
3d Air Division attacked Duren - 100th BG , 95th BG , 390th BG - Don't know what
other Groups involved.
Hope this helps a Bit,
Mike

Re: Operation 7 nov 1943
 

Mike

Just looked in Mighty Eighth war diary by Freeman and he states
1 BD (91, 351, 381 BGs) bombed only Wesel
3 BD (390, 100, 95 BGs) bombed Düren and Randerath

There were also 2 B-17 from 482 BG acting as pathfinders to the above.
Oboe PFF failure and lousy weather scattered the bombs over a wide area.

From where comes the info 306 BG also bombed Brest?

B Rgds
Stig

Re: Operation 7 nov 1943
 

Thank you for this information . I know from a dairy that the weather conditions were very bad it was very couldy that day .
And in the south of Holland there are a few other places were bombs came down that afternoon.

Regrads
Tony

Re: Operation 7 nov 1943
 

Tony -
Disregard 306th BG -
Mike