Hello All,
First of all a Happy New Year to you all!
For a couple of years now I have spent time & money to investigate how a 8th AF mission was planned & executed.
My particular interest went to the largest mission ever undertaken.
I have decided to create a new website dedicated to the mission flown on Dec 24th 1944.
Although this site is still under construction I already would like to share the url:
www.24december1944.com
I am very much new on making a website so I am still in a learning process.
Currently I am working with wordpress.
My Goal with this site is to tell the story about this mission:
How was it planned? How was it executed? What were the results?
To do this I have for almost every BG the mission report.
This mission is off course known for the loss of Gen Castle.
Also I have tried to recreate the mission in Google Earth based on planned data.
Unfortunately I have been unable to upload the *.kmz file due to security issues on my site.
I am still looking for a google earth plugin.
If interested in the Google Earth *.kmz file please send me a PM and I will give it a try to share it via E-mail.
Last couple of days I have done the following:
I have uploaded formation plans for several units, the page with links can be found here:
http://24december1944.com/formation-plans/
I have also uploaded the first pages of each MACR report linked with the Dec 24th Mission.
This page with links can be found here:
http://24december1944.com/macr/
Also updated are my personal info & sources.
I still have a long way to go though but any feedback at this point is highly appreciated.
Many Thanks,
Kind Regards
Joost de Raaf