Coevorden - 21 feb 1944

[RSwank]

Cees, I agree that the 401st bombed most likely bombed Coevorden.

As to the fate of "Tail End Charlie", given the information that we have the explanation is certainly possibly. The exact flight paths flown by any of the groups or planes may be difficult to reconstruct after they all failed to bomb their primary targets. Not only could they apparently not see the ground most of the time, but the formations were weaving between high clouds. (Once a group was in a tight formation they could not fly "through" clouds either. The pilots had to be able to see each other.) Perhaps at some point some more German documentation will turn up which will pinpoint capture locations. These often fall in a line and trace the final flight path.

One thing I am curious about is the RAF bombing of Coevorden on succeeding days. Is that attack talked about in Coevorden or has the memory of the events all "merged" into a single attack on the 21st.