31st January 2016, 22:48
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Re: JG 301 on 17 December 1944
Hallo Jochen,
SUNDAY, 17 DECEMBER 1944
STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force):
550+ B-17s and B-24s bomb oil refineries at Blechhammer N and S and Odertal,
Germany, and Moravska-Ostrava, Czechoslovakia; marshalling yards at Gross
Strehlitz, Germany, and Villach, Saak, Salzburg, and Wels, Austria. P-38s and
P-51s escort the bombers, fly reconnaissance, strafe the railroad running from
Rosenheim, Germany into Austria, and escort photo reconnaissance operations;
enemy fighters appear in force for the first time since Aug 44; the AAF claims
55 air victories. Source: http://www.milhist.net/usaaf/mto44b.html |