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390th Bomb Group’s Risky Run Over Merseburg. A B-17 crew of the 390th Bomb Group endured a harrowing gauntlet of German defenses during a November 30, 1944, mission over Merseburg. This article appears in: September 2003.
The Greatest Battle of WWII and the 91st Bomb Group. Some observers regarded the air battle over southeastern Germany near Merseburg on 2 Nov 44 as the “air battle in forces committed and losses – at least in the European Theatre of Operations (ETO). It was one of the maximum efforts by Luftwaffe to defend German synthetic fuel refineries.
24 August 1944 Target: Leuna Synthetic Oil Plant at Merseburg, Germany. Crews Dispatched: 39 Crewmembers Killed or Wounded: 1 crewman KIA Length of Mission: 8 hours, 15 minutes Bomb Load: 38 x 100 lb G.P. M30 bombs Bombing Altitudes: 25,100, 24,950 & 24,500 ft Ammo Fired: 40,820 rounds.
Germany. The USAAF 306th Bomb Group flying from RAF Thurleigh launched a bombing raid against I.G. Farben synthetic oil facilities at Merseburg, Germany. ww2dbase [Bombing of Hamburg, Dresden, and Other Cities | RAF Thurleigh | Merseburg | DS]
DATE: 12 Dec. 1944. Target: Merseberg, Germany. Briefing Outline: TARGETS: Visual Primary: Kassel M/Y Merseberg. PFF Primary: Kassel M/Y Merseberg. Visual Secondary: PFF Secondary: Wargendorf Nordhausen. Last Resort: Any military objective not prohibited by existing instructions. Gasoline 2,700 Gallons.
A chronological list of the 316 Combat missions flown by personnel of the 384th Bomb Group during WWII (June 1943 through April 1945). Full mission details can be displayed by clicking on the mission number. Combat mission record documents from the U.S. National Archives can be examined in the 384th Photo Gallery at Mission Records ⇗ .
Overmans states that there is not sufficient data to break down the 1,230,045 deaths in the 1945 "final battles" in Germany between the Western Allied invasion of Germany and Eastern Front in 1945, although he estimates that 2/3 of these casualties can be attributed to the Eastern Front.
