8th Air Force 838

20 February 1945

Description

30 B-24s from 492BG were despatched on a night operation to bomb the railroad marshalling yards at Neustadt, Germany using PFF. There are no losses, casualties or claims.



7 B-24s from 492BG were despatched on a night Carpetbagger operation to drop supplies to resistance partisans. There are no losses, casualties or claims.



25BG despatched 2 Mosquitos on photo recce sorties over Holland. 1 other Mosquito was despatched on a "Skywave" sortie over Holland and Denmark. There are no losses, casualties or claims.

Revisions

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Lee Cunningham 10-Feb-2016 Restored Mission designation and added Mission Narrative based on "The Mighty Eighth War Diary", Roger A. Freeman. (Mission had presiously been erroneously dated in 1944).