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23. Febr. 1945 Mission Reports 422nd & 425th NFS
Hello,
I search for the mission reports for the 23./24. Febr. 1945. Did the P-61 used 500 lbs GB here over Germany? Thanks. hans |
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Re: 23. Febr. 1945 Mission Reports 422nd & 425th NFS
As for 422nd NFS, it was a single A-20 (#9677) that took off at 2014 on 23Feb45 on a night bombing mission of Bergheim, loaded with 4 x 500 lb. bombs. Three were dropped, the fourth hung up. TOT 2045, landed 2122.
(AFHRA Reel A0804, p. 1504). Will see if anything comes up for 425th NFS. Grüss, Leendert |
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Re: 23. Febr. 1945 Mission Reports 422nd & 425th NFS
AFHRA Reel A0805, p. 630 provides some answers for 425th NFS for 23/24 Feb 1945.
Dispatched 4 X P-61s for Night Interception patrols over the 1st & 3rd US Army front lines (Trier-Bad Kreuznach area). More interesting for you, 425th NFS also sent out 6 X P-61s for Night Rhubarbs. Report mentions 'napalm tanks' dropped on unnamed village with coordinates L3814, plus strafing various targets at 'L4494', 'L3362', (Ober) Lahnstein, Lebach and 'east of Kaiserslautern'. First P-61 took off 1843, last 2137, with wheels down 2031 and 2319 respectively. No mention of 500 lb. bombs loaded, but one P-61 had 2 X 650 lb. Napalm loaded and expended. Latter would have been by P-61A "42-5574" piloted by Capt. Glasser. Grüss, Leendert |
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