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Originally Posted by FrankieS
USAAF 19.11.1943
127 of 161 B-17's and 3 of 6 B-17 PFF aircraft are dispatched to Gelsenkirchen, Germany but the malfunction of blind-bombing equipment and the weather causes the force to attack targets of opportunity on the German-Dutch border at 1241-1251 hours.
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Hello.
12.45 h, 42 bombs fell just outside the town of Doesburg!
Just North of the IJssel river at an area called "Stadsweide" !
Hummelo: Just before 13.00h , 15 He bombs and 9 Inc
Drempt: 10 Inc.
The route Hummelo-Drempt-Doesburg is to the West...USAAF returning home!
Regards
Karl Lusunk
ARGA