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MACR:15457

08/22/1944 - A/C: 44-40326

15th (Strategic) Army Air Force / 304th Bomb Wing / 459th BG / 758th Bomb Squadron

STRATEGIC OPERATIONS - August 22, 1944

(Fifteenth Air Force):Around 530 B-17s and B-24s supported by P-51s and P-38s bomb hit targets in Austria and Germany; B-17s bomb oil refineries at Odertal, Germany; B-24s bomb oil refineries at Korneuburg, Austria and Blechhammer, Germany, and oil storage at Lobau, Austria.



  • MACR15457_1.pdf
  • Sidney Ruff Pilot

    Robert Mills Co-pilot

    Harold Rau Bombardier

    Melvin Mendelson Eng/Gun

    Darwin Ritchey Waist Gunner

    Earl Chamberlain Tail Gunner

    Albert Murillo Waist Gunner

    August Dietrich Radio Opr

    Glen Allen Ball Turrent

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