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721st Squadron
Missions Flown (August 24, 1944 - March 21, 1945)
THURSDAY, 24 AUGUST 1944 STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): 530+ B-17s and B-24s bomb marshalling yard at Vinkovci, Yugoslavia US bombers and escorting fighters claim nearly 40 air victories.
TUESDAY, 29 AUGUST 1944 STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): 550 bombers strike targets in railway bridges at Ferrara, Italy
MONDAY, 4 SEPTEMBER 1944 STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): 400 B-17s and B-24s, with fighter escort, attack marshalling yards at Trento, Italy
FRIDAY, 8 SEPTEMBER 1944 STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): 354 B-17s and B-24s escorted by P-38s hit marshalling yards at Nish, Yugoslavia
TUESDAY, 12 SEPTEMBER 1944 STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): 330 B-17s and B-24s supported by P-38s and P-51s bomb Munich/Allach engine works in Munich, Germany
SUNDAY, 17 SEPTEMBER 1944 STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): 440+ B-17s and B-24s, with fighter escort, attack 2 oil refineries and 4 marshalling yards in the Budapest, Hungary This attack is an attempt to hit Germany's principal remaining oil supply and to aid the Soviet and other friendly forces on the S Russian front by pounding the focal rail traffic point in that area
WEDNESDAY, 20 SEPTEMBER 1944 STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): 500 B-17s and B-24s escorted by P-38s and P-51s attack 3 railroad bridges at Budapest, Hungary
SATURDAY, 7 OCTOBER 1944 STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): 350+ B-17s and B-24s bomb the Lobau and Schwechat oil refineries and Winterhafen oil depot in Vienna, Austria
THURSDAY, 12 OCTOBER 1944 STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): Around 700 B-17s and B-24s, with fighter support, pound ammunition and fuel dumps and depots, bivouac area, barracks, vehicle repair shop, munitions factory and targets of opportunity in the Bologna, Italy This was called Operation PANCAKE, and was to support the US Fifth Army offensive in that sector.
FRIDAY, 13 OCTOBER 1944 STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): 650+ fighter escorted B-17s and B-24s bomb marshalling yards at Banhida, Hungary
TUESDAY, 17 OCTOBER 1944 STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): 330+ heavy bombers attack the industrial area of Vienna, Austria, plus alternate targets and targets of opportunity including marshalling yards
MONDAY, 23 OCTOBER 1944 STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): 500 B-24s and B-17s bomb a rail line in Brenner, Italy The rail line rain North/South and was called Brenner Pass
TUESDAY, 31 OCTOBER 1944 STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): 174 B-24s, dispatched against a target in Yugoslavia, are forced to return because of weather.
MONDAY, 6 NOVEMBER 1944 STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): 580+ fighter- escorted B-17s and B-24s bomb the Moosbierbaum oil refinery and South ordnance depot in Vienna, Austria
WEDNESDAY, 8 NOVEMBER 1944 STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): 34 B-24s bomb troop concentrations at Nozipazor, Yugoslavia Heavy cloud over the targets forces 70+ to abort.
SUNDAY, 12 NOVEMBER 1944 STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): 107 fighter-escorted B-24s strike at bridges at Ora, Italy Alternate target of Casarsa della Delizia railroad bridge and other various targets of opportunity in NE Italy including the Latisana railroad bridge and an airfield to the North were hit.
FRIDAY, 17 NOVEMBER 1944 STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): 630+ B-17s and B-24s attack Floridsdorf oil refinery in Vienna, Austria, and other industry in and near Vienna.
WEDNESDAY, 22 NOVEMBER 1944 STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): 88 B-24s attack a bridge at Ferrara, Italy
THURSDAY, 30 NOVEMBER 1944 STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): During the night of November 29/30, B-24s hit marshalling yards at Munich, Germany.
SATURDAY, 2 DECEMBER 1944 STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): 500 B-17s and B-24s attack North and South oil refineries in Blechhammer, Poland.
SATURDAY, 16 DECEMBER 1944 STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): 600 B-24s and B-17s bomb marshalling yards at Innsbruck, Austria and several scattered targets of opportunity;
TUESDAY, 19 DECEMBER 1944 STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): 400+ B-24s and B-17s attack rail sidings and marshalling yard at Rosenheim, Germany.
FRIDAY, 29 DECEMBER 1944 STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): 500 B-24s and B-17s bomb a rail line in Brenner, Italy The rail line rain North/South and was called Brenner Pass
THURSDAY, 4 JANUARY 1945 STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): 370+ B-24s and B-17s, escorted by 200+ fighters, bomb marshalling yards in Ora, Italy.
FRIDAY, 19 JANUARY 1945 STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): 400+ B-17s and B-24s attack North and South marshalling yards, a railroad bridge, and a highway bridge at Brod, Yugoslavia. Because of overcast, only 1 of 112 bombers sent against the Zagreb marshalling yard bombs the target while others abort.
THURSDAY, 1 FEBRUARY 1945 STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): 300+ B-17s and B-24s, escorted by 270+ P-38s and P-51s, attack an oil refinery in Moosbierbaum, Austria.
WEDNESDAY, 7 FEBRUARY 1945 STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): 680 B-17s and B-24s, escorted by 274 P-38s and P-51s, bomb the Lobau, Floridsdorf, Korneuburg and Kagran oil refineries refineries and several scattered targets of opportunity in Vienna, Austria.
WEDNESDAY, 14 FEBRUARY 1945 STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): 500+ B-24s and B-17s bomb marshalling yards and several scattered targets of opportunity in Zagreb, Yugoslavia
MONDAY, 19 FEBRUARY 1945 STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): 500 B-24s and B-17s, escorted by about 220 P-51s and P-38s, bomb 2 marshalling yards and the South station area in Vienna, Austria.
THURSDAY, 22 FEBRUARY 1945 STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): 350+ B-17s and B-24s, escorted by 300+ fighters, bomb 50+ separate communications targets, 25 marshalling yards and numerous railroad lines in Linz, Austria. This was called Operation CLARION.
SUNDAY, 25 FEBRUARY 1945 STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): 600+ B-17s and B-24s bomb 2 marshalling yards, the Linz benzol plant, an ordnance depot, and several targets of opportunity in Linz, Austria.
SUNDAY, 4 MARCH 1945 STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): 630+ B-24s and B-17s, with F-5s, P-38s and P-51s fighter escort, bomb 2 marshalling yards and several scattered targets of opportunity at Zagreb, Yugoslavia.
TUESDAY, 13 MARCH 1945 STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): 569 B-24s and B-17s, escorted by 280+ P-38s and P-51s, bomb the marshalling yard at Regensburg, Germany.
FRIDAY, 16 MARCH 1945 STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): 720+ B-24s and B-17s, escorted by 300+ fighters, bomb oil refineries and marshalling yards in Wiener Neustadet, Austria.
WEDNESDAY, 21 MARCH 1945 STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): 660+ B-24s and B-17s, with fighter escorts, bomb the Neuburg an der Donau Airfield in Neuburg. Information courtesy of Mike Alexander, grandson of Leo Rogers & 450th Bomb Group (H) The "Cottontails" of WWII and Turner Publishing Company Link To Crew Picture |
