Description: BOMB TARGET OF OPPORTUNITY

Description: BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY

Description: INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX

Notes: 1st Bomb Division was made up of 91st Bomb Group, 92nd Bomb Group, 305th Bomb Group, 306th Bomb Group, 351st Bomb Group, 381st Bomb Group, 401st Bomb Group, 457th Bomb Group. 457th BG - MISSION NO. 33 - WAGGUM / BRUNSWICK, GERMANY 26 APRIL, 1944 The target was the ME-110 aircraft assembly plant at Waggum, a repeat of Mission 22 flown on March 29th. Since the last mission, all buildings hac been repaired except one, and an entirely new hangar had been constructed. The Group supplied 24 planes and led the 94th Combat Wing with Col. Luper leading as the Air Commander. Lt Russell M. Selwyn was pilot. Due to heavy undercast at the primary target, all aircraft dropped bombs on the secondary target within the nearby city of Brunswick. Bombing results were unobserved. Flak over the target area was moderate to heavy, with six aircraft sustaining damage. Groups flying behind the 94th Wing caught heavy concentrations of flak. For the Eighth Air Force, this mission was noteworthy for the lack of enemy aircraft opposition and for the fact that bombers returned to their respective bases without and losses reported.

Description: INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX

Notes: The lead PATHFINDER (PFF) aircraft of the last Combat Bombardment Wing of the 3rd Bomb Division had a fire which caused the failure of the PATHFINDER (PFF) equipment, so bombs were dropped in the Hildesheim/Hannover area. Heavy overcast prevented all Groups from bombing the primaries. 3rd Bomb Division was made up of 94th Bomb Group, 95th Bomb Group, 96th Bomb Group, 100th Bomb Group, 385th Bomb Group, 388th Bomb Group, 447th Bomb Group, 452nd Bomb Group.

Description: INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX

Description: INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX

Notes: The entire formation fails to bomb because there were no EQUIPPED-equipped aircraft in the formation and overcast prevented visual bombing.