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Old 25th August 2009, 00:39
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Re: 29 may 1944, 15 AF raid to Austria - need help.

Found a list of bomber Groups of 15 AF.

5th Bomb Wing (B-17 "Flying Fortress"), Foggia
2nd Bomb Group; Amendola
97th Bomb Group; Amendola lost 1 B-17
99th Bomb Group; Tortorella Airfield
301st Bomb Group; Lucera lost 2 B-17
463rd Bomb Group; Celone Airfield
483rd Bomb Group; Sterparone Airfield

47th Bomb Wing (B-24 "Liberator"), Manduria
98th Bomb Group; Lecce, Italien lost 2 B-24
376th Bomb Group; San Pancrazio lost 2 B-24
449th Bomb Group; Grottaglie lost 2 B-24
450th Bomb Group; Manduria

49th Bomb Wing (B-24 "Liberator"), Incornata
451tst Bomb Group; Castellucio Airfield
461st Bomb Group; Torretto Airfield
484th Bomb Group; Torretto Airfield lost 2 B-24

55th Bomb Wing (B-24 "Liberator"), Spinazzola
460th Bomb Group; Spinazzola
464th Bomb Group; Pantanella Airfield lost 5 B-24
465th Bomb Group; Pantanella Airfield lost 1 B-24
485th Bomb Group; Venosa lost 2 B-24

304th Bomb Wing (B-24 "Liberator"), Cerignola
454th Bomb Group; San Giovanni
455th Bomb Group; San Giovanni
456th Bomb Group; Stornara
459th Bomb Group; Giulia Airfield

Ok, this gives us final losses of bombers of 15 AF in this raid:
16 B-24 lost (German fighters claimed 21 B-24 + 6 B-24 HSS), together with 2 lost P-51 it gives us final score to 18 USAAF a/c lost, as was noted in one of posts above.

3 B-17 lost, but it seems they were in other raid.
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