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Old 29th October 2008, 00:30
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Info on 15th USAAF' raid on Dec. 8th, 1944 needed

Gentlemen, what happened on this raid? At least two Mustangs got lost that day (P-51 44-13298 MACR 10132 52 FG, P-51 44-13311 MACR 10365 31 FG) and I have no info on the bombers. Could you provide me with further and more detailed information? Thanks alot - Kurtl
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Old 31st October 2008, 03:36
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Re: Info on 15th USAAF' raid on Dec. 8th, 1944 needed

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Gentlemen, what happened on this raid? At least two Mustangs got lost that day (P-51 44-13298 MACR 10132 52 FG, P-51 44-13311 MACR 10365 31 FG) and I have no info on the bombers. Could you provide me with further and more detailed information? Thanks alot - Kurtl
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I guess you're looking for some crashed planes in Austria again? Where exactly is your possible find?
From the USAAF Chronology below one can see different possibilities:

FRIDAY, 8 DECEMBER 1944

STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force):
In Austria, again hitting communications targets in a predawn attack, 24 B-17s and B-24s bomb the Moosbierbaum oil refinery and Graz, Klagenfurt, and Villach marshalling yards. Later in the day P-38s fly photo and weather reconnaissance missions; P-51s escort the photo reconnaissance flights over the Vienna area, W Hungary, and N Yugoslavia.

From other sources I have the information that the 485-th BG. bombed a railway junction near Gleisdorf on this day. If I remember correctly Gleisdorf is somewhere in the Graz area, isn't it?
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