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COMBAT MISSIONS

The following is a list of combat missions flown by the 450th during WWII
Check the S2 Reports and the Target Pictures for additional information

1. 01/08/1944 Airdrome, Mostar Yugoslavia

2. 01/09/1944 Port Installations, Zara, Yugoslavia

3. 01/10/1944 Marshalling Yard, Skoplje, Yugoslavia

4. 01/13/1944 Airdrome, Perugia, Italy

5. 01/14/1944 Town, Mostar, Yugoslavia

6. 01/15/1944 Marshalling Yards, Prato, Italy

7. 01/16/1944 Harbor Installations, Ossopo, Italy – Alternate – Zara, Yugoslavia

8. 01/17/1944 Marshalling Yards, Arrezzo, Italy

9. 01/18/1944 Marshalling Yards, Pisa, Italy

10. 01/19/1944 Airdrome, Perugia, Italy – Alternate – Airdrome, Iesi, Italy

11. 01/20/1944 Airdrome, Guidonia, Italy

12. 01/21/1944 Marshalling Yards, Prato, Italy

13. 01/22/1944 Marshalling Yards, Arrezzo, Italy

14. 01/23/1944 Landing Ground, Launghezza, Rome, Italy – Airdrome, Rieti, Italy

15. 01/24/1944 Marshalling Yards, Skoplje, Yugoslavia

16. 01/27/1944 Airdrome, Istres-Letube, France

17. 01/28/1944 Marshalling Yards, Ferrara, Italy

18. 01/29/1944 Marshalling Yards, Siena, Italy

19. 01/30/1944 Airdrome, Udine, Italy

20. 01/31/1944 Airdrome, Aviano, Italy

21. 02/03/1944 Marshalling Yards, Pontassieve & Stimigliano, Italy

22. 02/04/1944 Submarine Pens, Toulon, France

23. 02/08/1944 Main Airdrome, Viterro, Italy

24. 02/10/1944 Town, Valmontone, Italy

25. 02/14/1944 Marshalling Yard, Verona, Italy

26. 02/16/1944 Marshalling Yards, Pontassieve, Italy

27. 02/17/1944 Storage Dump Anzio Beachhead, Italy

28. 02/20/1944 City, Carroceta, Italy (0) Target not reached

29. 02/22/1944 Obertraubling ME-109 Plant, Regensburg, Germany (2)

30. 02/23/1944 Aero Engine Works, Steyr, Austria (2)

31. 02/25/1944 Prufening Aircraft Factory, Regensburg, Germany (2)

32. 03/03/1944 Airdrome, Viterbo, Italy - (0) Target not bombed

33. 03/07/1944 Marshalling Yards, Cartaldo, Italy

34. 03/11/1944 Submarine Pens, Toulon, France

35. 03/17/1944 Schwechat Airdrome, Vienna, Austria (2)

36. 03/18/1944 Airdrome, Lavariano, Italy

37. 03/19/1944 Ball Bearing Plant, Steyr, Austria – Alt - Graz, Austria (2)

38. 03/24/1944 Ball Bearing Plant, Steyr, Austria – Alt – Rimini, Italy

39. 03/28/1944 Marshalling Yards, Mestre, Italy

40. 03/29/1944 Marshalling Yards, Bolzano, Italy

41. 03/30/1944 Marshalling Yards, Sofia, Bulgaria

42. 04/02/1944 Daimler-Puch Factory, Steyr, Austria (2)

43. 04/03/1944 Marshalling Yards, Budapest, Hungary (2)

44. 04/04/1944 Marshalling Yards, Bucharest, Rumania (2)

45. 04/05/1944 Marshalling Yards, Ploesti, Rumania (2)

46. 04/07/1944 Marshalling Yards, Mastre, Italy

47. 04/12/1944 Aircraft Assembly Factory, Weiner-Neustadt, Austria (2)

48. 04/13/1944 Vesces Airdrome, Budapest, Hungary (2)

49. 04/15/1944 Marshalling Yards, Bucharest, Rumania (2)

50. 04/16/1944 Marshalling Yards, Brasov, Rumania (2)

51. 04/17/1944 City Sofia, Bulgaria – PFF Bombing

52. 04/20/1944 Marshalling Yards, Treviso, Italy – Target not bombed

53. 04/21/1944 Marshalling Yards, Ploesti, Rumania - Target not reached

54. 04/23/1944 Aircraft Factory, Schwechat, Austria (2)

55. 04/24/1944 Marshalling Yards, Ploesti, Rumania (2)

56. 04/25/1944 Marshalling Yards, Varese, Italy

57. 04/28/1944 Harbor and RR Installations, Orbetello, Italy

58. 04/29/1944 Harbor Installations, Toulon, France

59. 04/30/1044 Marshalling Yards, Allessandria, Italy

60. 05/05/1944 Marshalling Yards, Ploesti, Rumania (2)

61. 05/06/1944 Northwest Marshalling Yards, Brasov, Rumania (2)

62. 05/07/1944 Marshalling Yards, Bucharest, Rumania – Mission Recalled (0)

63. 05/10/1944 Weiner-Neustadt, Austria – Target not reached (0)

64. 05/12/1944 Harbor Installations, San Stephano, Italy

65. 05/13/1944 Marshalling Yards, Piacenza, Italy

66. 05/14/1944 Marshalling Yards, Vicenza, Italy

67. 05/17/1944 Docks, Roads and RR, Porto San Stefano, Italy

68. 05/18/1944 Oil Refinery, Ploesti, Rumania -Target not reached (1)

69. 05/19/1944 Railroad Installations, Spezia, Italy

70. 05/22/1944 Railroad Bridge, Latisano, Italy

71. 05/23/1944 Troop Concentrations, Grataferrata, Italy

72. 05/24/1944 Wollersdorf Airdrome, Weiner-Neustadt, Austria (2)

73. 05/25/1944 Oil Storage Installations, Porto Marghera, Italy

74. 05/26/1944 Car Repair and Machine Shops, Nice, France

75. 05/27/1944 St. Charles Marshalling Yards, Marseille, France

76. 05/29/1944 Wollersdorf Airdrome, Weiner-Neustadt, Austria (2)

77. 05/30/1944 Ebreichsdorf Parts Factory, Vienna, Austria (2)

78. 05/31/1944 Romano Americano Oil Refinery, Ploesti, Rumania (2)

79. 06/02/1944 Marshalling Yards, Simera, Rumania (2)

80. 06/04/1944 Marshalling Yards, Genoa, Italy

81. 06/05/1944 Marshalling Yards, Castle-Ma-Giore, Italy

82. 06/06/1944 Romano Americano Oil Refinery Ploesti, Rumania (2)

83. 06/09/1944 Oberpfaffenhofen Airdrome Munich, Germany (2)

84. 06/10/1944 Oil Refinery, Trieste, Italy

85. 06/11/1944 Oil Storages, Constanto, Rumania (2)

86. 06/13/1944 Bayerische Allach Motornworks, Munich, Germany (2)

87. 06/14/1944 Oil Refinery, Osijck, Yugoslavia

88. 06/16/1944 Apollo Oil Refinery, Bratislavia, Czechoslovakia (2)

89. 06/22/1944 Marshalling Yards, Undine, Italy – Alternate - M/Y Ferrara, Italy

90. 06/24/1944 Romano Americano Oil Refinery, Ploesti, Rumania (2)

91. 06/26/1944 Heinkel Aircraft Factory, Schwechat, Austria (2)

92. 06/27/1944 Vesces Airdrome, Budapest, Hungary - Alt – M/Y Brod, Yugoslavia

93. 06/30/1944 Airdrome, Zagreb, Yugoslavia – Bombs not dropped

94. 07/02/1944 Vesces Airdrome, Budapest, Hungary (2)

95. 07/03/1944 Oil Storage Depot, Giurgiu, Rumania (2)

96. 07/04/1944 Railroad Bridge, Pitesti, Rumania (2)

97. 07/05/1944 Submarine Pens, Toulon, France

98. 07/06/1944 Railroad Bridge, Casarsa, Italy

99. 07/07/1944 Marshalling Yards, Zagreb, Yugoslavia

100 07/08/1944 Airdrome, Markersdorf, Germany – Alt - Town, Melk, Germany (2)

101. 07/09/1944 Concordia Vega Oil Refinery, Ploesti, Rumania (2)

102. 07/12/1944 Theoule Sur Mer Railroad Viaduct, Toulon, France

103. 07/13/1944 East Marshalling Yards, Brescia, Italy

104. 07/14/1944 Ferencevaros Marshalling Yards, Budapest, Hungary

105. 07/15/1944 Americano Romano Oil Refinery, Ploesti, Rumania (2)

106. 07/19/1944 Aircraft Components Factory, Neuaubing, Germany (2)

107. 07/20/1944 Lowenthal Airdrome, Freidrichshaven, Germany (2)

108. 07/21/1944 Horsching Airdrome, Horsching, Austria - Target not reached

109. 07/22/1944 Americano Romano Oil Refinery, Ploesti, Rumania (2)

110. 07/23/1944 Kucove Oil Refinery, Berat, Albania

111. 07/26/1944 Airdrome, Markersdorf, Germany (2)

112. 07/27/1944 Manfred Weiss Armament Works, Budapest, Hungary

113. 07/31/1944 Oil Storage, Targoviste, Rumania

114. 08/03/1944 Railroad Bridge, Ora, Italy

115. 08/06/1944 Submarine Pens, Toulon, France

116. 08/07/1944 Aircraft Dispersal Area, Alibunar, Yugoslavia

117. 08/09/1944 Vesces Airdrome, Budapest, Hungary

118. 08/10/1944 Oil Refineries, Ploesti, Rumania (2)

119. 08/12/1944 Gun Positions, Marseilles, France

120. 08/13/1944 Gun Positions, Toulon, France

121. 08/14/1944 Gun Positions, Savone, Italy

122. 08/15/1944 Beachhead, Southern France

123. 08/17/1944 Astro Romano Refinery, Ploesti, Rumania (2)

124. 08/20/1944 Marshalling Yards, Szolnok, Hungary

125. 08/22/1944 Lobau Underground Oil Storage Area, Vienna, Austria (2)

126 08/23/1944 Oil Refinery, Vosendorf, Austria (2)

127. 08/24/1944 Marshalling Yards, Vinkovci, Yugoslavia

128. 08/26/1944 Giurgiu & Ruschuk Railroad Ferry Boat, Rumania

129. 08/27/1944 Railroad Bridge, Ferrara, Italy

130. 08/28/1944 Marshalling Yards, Miskole, Hungary

131. 08/29/1944 Railroad Bridge, Ferrara, Italy

132 09/01/1944 Railroad Bridge, Kraljevo, Yugoslavia

133. 09/02/1944 Marshalling Yards, Kraljevo, Yugoslavia

134. 09/04/1944 Marshalling Yards, Trento, Italy

135. 09/05/1944 Railroad Bridge Ferraro, Italy

136. 09/06/1944 Troop Concentrations, Leskovac, Yugoslavia

137. 09/08/1944 West Marshalling Yards, Nis, Yugoslavia

138. 09/10/1944 SE Industrial Center, Vienna, Austria (2)

139. 09/12/1944 Allach R & W Engine Works, Munich, Germany (2)

140. 09/13/1944 Railroad Bridge, Ora, Italy

141. 09/15/1944 Marshalling Yards, Lorissa, Greece – Bombs not released

142. 09/17/1944 Marshalling Yards, Budapest, Hungary

143. 09/18/1944 South Railroad Bridge, Budapest, Hungary

144. 09/19/1944 Railroad Bridge, Kraljevo, Yugoslavia

145. 09/20/1944 Airdrome, Malacky, Austria (2)

146. 09/21/1944 Railroad Bridge, Novi Sad, Yugoslavia

147. 09/22/1944 West Marshalling Yards, Larissa, Greece – Bombs not released

148. 09/23/1944 Railroad Bridge, Ora, Italy

149. 09/24/1944 Kalamaki Airdrome, Athens, Greece

150. 10/04/1944 Brenner Pass, Bolzano, Italy

151. 10/07/1944 Winter Hafen Oil Depot, Vienna, Austria (2)

152. 10/10/1944 Marshalling Yards, Padua, Italy

153. 10/11/1944 Florisdorf & Kajren Oil Refineries, Vienna, Austria (2)

154. 10/12/1944 Troop Barracks, Bologna, Italy

155. 10/13/1944 Marshalling yards, Banhide, Hungary

156. 10/14/1944 Railroad Bridge, Maribor, Yugoslavia

157. 10/16/1944 Tank Works, St. Valentine, Austria (2)

158. 10/17/1944 Ordnance Works, Vienna, Austria (2)

159. 10/23/1944 Railroad Line, Brenner Pass, Italy

160. 10/29/1944 West Marshalling Yards, Munich, Germany (2)

161. 10/30/1944 Marshalling Yard, Klagenfurt, Austria – PFF Bombing (2)

162. 10/31/1944 Town Podgorica, Yugoslavia – Bombs not released

163. 11/01/1944 South Goods Siding, Vienna, Austria – Bombs not released

164. 11/03/1944 Oil Refinery, Moosbierbaum, Vienna, Austria – PFF Bombing (2)

165. 11/04/1944 West Marshalling Yards, Munich, Germany (2)

166 11/05/1944 Troop Concentrations, Podgorica, Yugoslavia – 6 Planes

167. 11/05/1944 Florisdorf Airdrome, Vienna, Austria – 28 Planes (2)

168. 11/06/1944 Moosbierbaum Oil Refinery, Vienna, Austria – 28 Planes (2)

169. 11/06/1944 Marshalling Yards, Sarajevo, Yugoslavia -12 Planes

170. 11/07/1944 Railroad, Brenner Pass, Italy

171. 11/08/1944 Troop Concentration, Mitrovica & Novi Pazar, Yugoslavia

172. 11/11/1944 Railroad Bridge, Ora, Italy – Mission called off

173. 11/12/1944 Railroad Bridge, Ora, Italy

174. 11/12/1944 Blechhammer Synthetic, Oppeln, Germany – 3 PFF Planes (2)

175. 11/15/1944 Marshalling Yard, Innsbruck, Austria – PFF Bombing

176. 11/16/1944 Troop Concentration, Sjenica, Yugoslavia- 14 Planes

177. 11/16/1944 West Marshalling Yards, Munich, Germany (2) – 28 Planes

178. 11/17/1944 Florisdorf Oil Refinery, Vienna, Austria (2)

179. 11/18/1944 Airdrome, Aviano, Italy

180. 11/19/1944 Schwechat Oil Refinery, Vienna, Austria (2)

181. 11/20/1944 Railroad Bridge, Doboj, Yugoslavia

182. 11/21/1944 Railroad Bridge, Doboj, Yugoslavia – Target not reached

183. 11/22/1944 Railroad Bridge, Ferrara, Italy

184. 11/23/1944 Brod Sava, Yugoslavia – Alt - Railroad Bridge, Zenic, Yugoslavia

185. 11/30/1944 West Marshalling Yards, Munich, Germany – 1 PFF Plane (2)

186. 12/02/1944 Marshalling Yards, Straszhof, Austria (2)

187. 12/03/1944 Industrial Area, Linz, Austria – 3 PFF Planes (2)

188. 12/06/1944 East Marshalling Yards, Sopron, Hungary (2)

189. 12/07/1944 Main Marshalling Yards Innsbruck, Austria – 3 PFF Planes

190. 12/08/1944 Moosbierbaum Oil Refinery, Vienna, Austria - 3 PFF Planes

191. 12/11/1944 Moosbierbaum Oil Refinery, Vienna, Austria - PFF Bombing

192. 12/12/1944 South Oil Refinery, Blechhammer, Germany – 6 PFF Planes (2)

193. 12/15/1944 Main Marshalling Yards, Rosenheim, Germany (2)

194. 12/16/1944 Main Marshalling Yards, Innsbruck, Austria

195. 12/17/1944 Main Marshalling Yards, Wels, Austria (2)

196. 12/18/1944 Florisdorf Oil Refinery, Vienna, Austria (2)

197. 12/19/1944 Marshalling Yards, Rosenheim, Germany (2)

198. 12/20/1944 Marshalling Yards, Salzburg, Austria (2)

199. 12/21/1944 West Marshalling Yards, Rosenheim, Germany (2)

200. 12/25/1944 West Marshalling Yards, Innsbruck, Austria

201. 12/26/1944 Adige Railroad Bridge, Ora, Italy

202. 12/27/1944 Railroad Loop Line, Brenner Pass, Italy

203. 12/28/1944 Railroad Loop Line, Brenner Pass, Italy

204. 12/29/1944 Railroad Loop Line, Brenner Pass, Italy

205. 01/04/1945 South Marshalling Yards, Bronzolo, Italy

206. 01/08/1945 North Main Marshalling Yards, Linz, Austria (2)

207. 01/15/1945 Southeast Railroad Yards, Vienna, Austria (2)

208. 01/19/1945 North Marshalling Yards, Brod, Yugoslavia

209. 01/20/1945 Verona/Parona, Italy – Railroad Bridge

210. 01/31/1945 Moosbierbaum Oil Refinery, Vienna, Austria (2)

211. 02/02/1945 Moosbierbaum Oil Refinery, Vienna, Austria – Target not reached

212. 02/05/1945 West Marshalling Yards, Salzburg, Austria (2)

213. 02/07/1945 Moosbierbaum Oil Refinery, Vienna, Austria (2)

214. 02/08/1945 Southeast Goods Depot, Vienna, Austria (2)

215. 02/09/1945 Moosbierbaum Oil Refinery, Vienna, Austria – 2 PFF Bombing (2)

216. 02/13/1945 Southeast Goods Depot, Vienna, Austria - 18 planes (2)

217. 02/13/1945 West Marshalling Yards, Zagreb, Yugoslavia – 18 planes

218. 02/14/1945 West Marshalling Yards, Zagreb, Yugoslavia

219. 02/15/1945 Matzleinddorf Marshalling Yards, Vienna, Austria (2)

220. 02/16/1945 Hall West Marshalling Yards, Southern Germany - Alternate (2)

221. 02/17/1945 Marshalling Yards, St. Valentin, Austria (2)

222. 02/18/1945 Main Marshalling Yards, Wels, Austria – Bombs not dropped

223. 02/19/1945 Penzinger Goods Station, Vienna, Austria (2)

224. 02/20/1945 Flume Shipyard, Brennero, Italy – Alternate Target

225. 02/21/1945 Matzleinsdorf Marshalling Yards, Vienna, Austria (2)

226. 02/22/1945 West Marshalling Yards, Rosenheim, Germany (2)

227. 02/23/1945 Locomotive Depot, Verona, Italy

228. 02/24/1945 Porto Nuovo Main Station, Verona, Italy

229. 02/25/1945 North Main Marshalling Yards, Linz, Austria (2)

230. 02/27/1945 Marshalling Yards, Salzburg, Austria (2)

231. 02/28/1945 Railroad Bridge, Isarco Albes, Italy

232. 03/01/1945 Moosbierbaum Oil Refinery, Vienna, Austria (2)

233. 03/02/1945 Marshalling Yards, Brescia, Italy – Alternate Target

234. 03/04/1945 Marshalling Yards, Zagreg, Yugoslavia

235. 03/08/1945 Locomotive Depot, Maribor, Hungary – Secondary Target (2)

236. 03/09/1945 Marshalling Yards, Maribor, Hungary

237. 03/12/1945 Florisdorf Marshalling Yards, Vienna, Austria (2)

238. 03/13/1945 Main Marshalling Yards, Regensburg, Germany (2)

239. 03/14/1945 Railroad Bridge, Varazdin, Yugoslavia

240. 03/15/1945 Moosbierbaum Oil Refinery, Vienna, Austria (2)

241. 03/16/1945 Marshalling Yards, Weiner-Neustadt, Austria (2)

242. 03/19/1945 Marshalling Yards, Landshut, Germany (2)

243. 03/20/1945 Marshalling Yards, Amsteeten, Austria – Alternate Target (2)

244. 03/21/1945 Airdrome, Newburg, Germany (2)

245. 03/22/1945 Southeast Goods Depot, Vienna, Austria (2)

246. 03/23/1945 South Marshalling Yards, St. Polten, Austria (2)

247. 03/24/1945 Airdrome, Newberg, Germany (2)

248. 03/25/1945 Oberchon Airdrome, Cheb, Czechoslovakia (2)

249. 03/26/1945 Marshalling Yards, Bruck Ad Lietha, Austria (2)

250. 03/30/1945 North Station & Goods Depot, Vienna, Austria (2)

251. 03/31/1945 North Main Marshalling Yards, Linz, Austria (2)

252. 04/01/1945 Marshalling Yards, St. Polten, Austria (2)

253. 04/02/1945 Railroad River Bridge, Sulm, Austria

254. 04/05/1945 Railroad Bridge, Dravograd, Yugoslavia

255. 04/06/1945 Porto Nuovo Marshalling Yards, Verona, Italy

256. 04/07/1945 Railroad Bridge, Vipiteno, Italy – Target not reached

257. 04/08/1945 Railroad Bridge, Vipiteno, Italy

258. 04/09/1945 Apple Area Operations Buckland, Northeast Italy

259. 04/10/1945 Gun Emplacements (D +1) Northeast, Italy

260. 04/11/1945 Campodazzo Railroad Bridge, Brenner Pass, Italy

261. 04/12/1945 Railroad Bridge, Casarsa, Italy

262. 04/14/1945 Munitions Factory, Spilimbergo, Italy

263. 04/15/1945 Railroad Bridge, Casarsa, Italy

264. 04/15/1945 Gun Positions (D + 5) "Buckland" Bologna, Italy

265. 04/16/1945 Gun Positions (D + 6) "Buckland" Bologna, Italy

266. 04/17/1945 Enemy Occupied Buildings & Defenses (D +7) Bologna, Italy

267. 04/18/1945 Tactical Defenses, 5^th Army Support, Bologna, Italy

268. 04/19/1945 Railroad Viaduct, Avisio, Italy

269. 04/20/1945 Railroad Viaduct, Mairhof, Austria (2)

270. 04/21/1945 Road Bridge, Legnago, Italy - Target not reached

271. 04/23/1945 Bridge, Legnato, Italy

272. 04/24/1945 San Ambrogio Marshallling Yards, Verona, Italy

273. 04/25/1945 North Main Marshalling Yards, Linz, Austria (2)

274. 04/26/1945 Ammunitions Dump, Casarsa, Italy

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