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10 September 1944

Mission Details

DUREN GB-4 No 1

Description: INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX

Notes: A GB-4 radio/visual bomb is tested on this target. 388th Bomb Group despatches 1 B-17 accompanied by 1 P-38 photo aircraft and 9 P-51 escorts. First use of a radio/visual control bomb.

The insignia of the 388th Bomb Group.

388th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 1 T

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Sources

Lee Cunningham, 8th Air Force missions research database / Stan Bishop's 'Losses of the US 8th and 9th Air Forces', the Combat Chronology of the US Army Air Forces and the work of Roger Freeman including the 'Mighty Eighth War Diary'.