UPL 33374

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445th BG - Mission #258 - 21 Mar 45 Achmer, Germany - German airfield 40 acft dispatched; 2 aborts; 38 acft dropped 360x500# GP and 480x100# IB Me-262 airfield in support of Operation Varsity, The Crossing of the Rhine by amphibious and airborne assault

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Units

A pathfinder B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-51681) of the 453rd Bomb Group flies in formation with a fellow Liberator of the 453rd and and a pathfinder Liberator of the 445th Bomb Group. Image via Alan Rowsell.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Mission

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Harry A. Berger logbook

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Operation Varsity webpages

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National Archives photos
National Collection of Aerial Photographs
Records of the 445th Bombardment Group (Heavy) obtained from the National Archives and personal papers of 445th Bombg Group veterans.