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Mission scrubbed, 1st May ’44; No-Ball site, south of Abbeville, France. 22 aircraft took off. Bad weather over the continent forced an immediate recall during assembly. No mission credit.

Mission 58, 1st May ’44; Marshalling Yards, Brussels. 12 dispatched, all effective. Target area busy as other Groups arrived at same time. Flak accurate & heavy, but caused no losses. Fighter support was excellent and kept the Luftwaffe away. All returned home.

Misson scrubbed, 4th May ’44; Brunswick, Germany. Braunschweig-Waggum Airfield was targeted, but mission scrubbed because of bad weather on the continent. Formation assembled, but turned back before the coast of Europe, so no mission credit.

Misson 59, 6th May ’44; No-Ball target, Siracourt, France. 27 dispatched, all effective. No losses. 10/10th undercast entailed use of PFF to drop. Intelligence analysis confirmed that the Siracourt construction site was still a viable target. Images show the complex today.

Mission 60, 7th May ’44; Munster. Munster-Handorf Airfield complex was the target, which was largely unscathed due to 10/10th cloud. The PFF dropped the smoke markers slightly off. The city, unfortunately, took the brunt of the bombing. 33 dispatched, all effective.

Mission 61, 8th May ’44: Brunswick, Germany. 31 dispatched, 28 effective. Target covered 10/10th undercast. Target today was the city itself, hit with incendries.  All aircraft returned, which was not the case for groups who took the full force of the Luftwaffe attacks.

Mission 64, 12th May ’44; Oil Refinery, Bohlen, Germany. 19 dispatched, 15 effective. Flight to target & bomb run all routine. Flak opened up after bombs away, claiming several aircraft in other Groups. Fighter support dealt with Luftwaffe interference. All returned to Seething.

Mission 65, 13th May ’44; Tutow Arado airfield, Germany. 27 dispatched, 23 effective. No losses. Cloud cover 6/10ths. Flak over target moderate, and did little damage, offset by the 55 to 60 FW190’s that appeared. However these aircraft were tackled by escorting P47s.

Mission 67, 22nd May ’44; Siracourt No-Ball site. 22 aircraft dispatched, 21 effective. Bombed on PFF. Target still considered viable. Luftwaffe or any other opposition light. I would seem this target is being used as a ruse to bring out the Luftwaffe so that it can be reduced.

Mission 68, 23rd May ’44; Bricy-Orleans Airfield, France. 30 aircraft dispatched.  All effective.

Mission 68, 23rd May ’44; Bricy-Orleans Airfield, France. 30 aircraft dispatched. All effective.

Mission 69, 24th May ’44; Orly, France. Part of a force of 151 aircraft that bombed this strategic airfield. Airship hangers and other infrastructure destroyed. No losses.

Mission 72, 27th May ’44; Konz / Trier Marshalling Yards. Part of a force of 72 that bombed this complex. Despite another combat wing cutting across the flightpath and causing the lead to turn too early, the bombs were dropped on target. All aircraft returned without loss.

Mission 73, 28th May ’44; Zeitz-Troglitz Oil Industry, Germany. Opening mission of the Oil Plan, to cripple the oil and synthetic oil production system. 448th bombed without loss.

Mission 75, 30th May ’44; Rotenburg, Germany. Airfield targeted. 24 dispatched. 23 effective, and all returned to Seething. One aircraft retuned with an oil leak in no. 4 engine, so no mission credit for this crew. No opposition encountered.

Mission 76, 31st May ’44; Woippy, France. 36 dispatched, 2 returned early because of engine trouble. Rest returned without bombs dropped due to weather. 42-94735 Bim Bam Bola dropped on a target of opportunity. Light flak experienced. Aero engine works. No losses

Mission 77, 2nd June ’44; Beauvoir, France. No-Ball target. Target was a V1 site. 34 dispatched, 32 effective. All returned to Seething.

Mission 78, 3rd June ’44; Stella Plage, France. Gun emplacements and fortifications bombed.  A great deal north of the invasion beaches, it would seem this raid was part of the greater strategy of convincing the Nazis that the intended invasion target was Calais.

Mission 79, 4th June ’44; Sangatte, France. Coastal Gun Battery. 3 massive 406mm guns in a series of impressive concrete casemates, these weapons could have been a major problem for any allied ship. On this day the 448th dispatched 24 and lost none.  Bombed on PFF.

Mission 86, 8th June ’44, Orleans, France. SNAFU day. Primary target Flers airfield, France. Bad weather scrubbed the mission on takeoff. Target changed to Orleans, France. 1 hour into the mission the recall was once again all aircraft returned to base. Mission credit given.