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Originally Posted by Jochen Prien
Frank, Rainer,
On LRG it has been suggested that this may have been a small formation of B-24s en route from England to Italy in daylight on December 17th, the unit being transferred to the 15th USAAF and heading for Brindisi; apparently they suffered no losses and it is not known whether they had a fighter escort.
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It is correct that a Squadron of B-24s moved from Harrington to Brindisi on 17 December 1944, this was 859th BS of the 801st BG/492nd BG. However, they were "Carpetbaggers" - aircraft used to drop supplies and agents on special operations at night, which are well documented on the website
http://www.801492.org
In my opinion it is very unlikely that the transfer route of such specialized crews and aircraft took them over Germany in daylight.
2nd February 2016, 21:40
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