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Adiutant. •

''MISSION SUMMARY"

MISSION NQ 41 22ND. MAR_CH, 1944

94TH. CaveAT 8oMB l#NG 40/sr. 8oMBARDMENTGROtJp(H)

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Target No. 3 (e) 40 ERNST HEINKEL FLUGZEUGWERKE

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ORANIENBURG (Annahof) (GERMANY)

2000 YARDS

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A. BOMBER AIRCRAFT ASSEMBLY FACTORY (NORTH AND SOUTH AREAS).

B. FACTORY AIRFIELD.

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BRIEFING NemES

Target for today ie the BOMBER AIRJRAFr ASSEMBlY FACTORY, E EST HED KEL FLUGZEUG1 ERKE, which consists of an airfiel d and tl"IO .separate wor k

(a r eas. One to the orth,and one t o the SOUTH~ - ',·1HICH IS OlJRS. Specifical)y our MPI ie building 18 - a l arge f light hangar • Buildings on Southern end of A)D appear t o be of recent construction , Wth the .large r buildings of the hangar type . other buildings indicate that r epa i r work is possib)y done here . ONLY HE 177 S ARE lADE AT OU PRIMUY. THE I::i 0 DEFINITE INFCR!v!.AT I ON 0 THE NIDiB~R PRODUCED BUr BE3T ZdT IMA T~S ARE ~ per MONTH • AT TT.fr. .... E THRE:::: ffiflfl:lm FACTO I:!:S IN THI;., CO 'lPLEX A REA •

The 3rd BD is hitting the main Heinkel factory located ~~~jj~ Hf/:IJfh 2 :iles due fest of your target Hhere the components for He 177s are produced .

J A triple combina~'DDn blow as planned should knock out or materia-ly reduce~ He 177 production to a bare minimum.

/ OUR SS80NDARY TARtEr is the Friedrichstras3e Station located in the heart of 1 Big B. , and \'lill be attacked only if any conditions make a good vi sua l

run on the Primary impossibl e . It is i mportant that the given MPI :~ D NOT OUTSKIRTS OF TO\,~ JE ATTACKED . One of principl e passen6er stations

LAST RSSORT ARGEr IS ' NY .ILE'ARY OBJSCTIVE POSTIVELY ID,_:l~ 'riFIED AS BEDJG IN GE ~NY that can be attacked without disrupting fighter support .

ROUTEa Roll up screen and mention route and return. Friendly fighte r support is expected to cover our formation is as follows a

1 Gp pf P4T£ 5430- 0800 1 Gp of P51s 5400-0940 1 Gp of P5ls 5315-1200 1 Gp of F38s 5244- 1220 1 Gp of P47s 5240-0920

v 1 Gp of P47s 5240- 0800 1 Gp of P47s 521}0-0720

for all 2 Gp of P47s 5237- 0620- 1:hich divisions .

will provide area support

~~ 7 In addition 8 Gps of p;:~s , 2 Gps of P5l s and 2 Gps o£ P 38s supporting 2nd and 3rd Div. wi ll provide area support .

SH~ 1: 250 , 000 ~~p with route and appropriate land ma r ks .

SHOW BRIT:::SH NIGHT TARGET C f.~ Rl' , indicating uisual patterns on line of bombir g a ppr oach to target , ~ entioning bu i lt- up areas, etc .

SHO: GOS:U.,ING ERSFEOTIVE of approach as it appea rs in flight to traget.

SHO PHOTOGEA ·I{ OF T.?.RGET( P NNOT AT~D) j A:..SO OF SECONDARY .

SHO FLAK 1AP .!ITH OUTE* Lention that the Air Commander Hill take spe cia l n~te to st ay on course to avoid flak insta ' latione and deputies will call if course devietes 10 miles. t an hour afte r hitting coast going in 2 heavily defended towns will be met of Lubeck and Hamburg and

following briefed course you wil l have a path of 10 miles between the cone s of fire .

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LAST Mil-JUTE INTELLIGSl~CE • Possib l y one North boun d on route out . One expected: on r oute back.

I f you hav e to land away land at __ ~B~UN~G~A~Y~------------

1 Our lead Gp will discharge chaff at 5 ) 08-1)20E . Bate of chaff dis­charge will be 1 unit every ) sec. and continue fo r 11 min.

Boxes of leaflets will be dropped~ on Primary target, or if im­possible drop anyw~ere in Germany.

s ome rtemember B-17s some are E models and/may have s ilve r c ol ors . Also old ones have red border as well as new b l ue markings .

I an taking p i ctures are to call in t o R/ 0 and will report time,

I place and altitude • I f a B- 17 acts strange , possibly take p i ctures of him and try to identify h i m- perhaps even s i gnal him by use of Aldie Lamp as a means of challenge .

I I N AL HOT NE'.!S , especially of ditching seen, reports sightings if fixed by Gee or DR . RE .{E ER DON'T ,· AIT TIL YOU LAND TO GI VE ·rms INFOR tATION . EVERY SECOND OOUI::TS AT J.. TI LE LI KE THIS .

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SPECIAL IFSTRUCTIONS s I f forced down, make for the ports of STErT I N, ROSTOCK, , ISMAR, LUBECK AND DAN7IG, 'niTH DAN"; I G AND STETrnz YOUrt B:!.ST BSTS • . TRY TO STOW AvlAY ON A Sn'EDISH SHI P.YOU lv:DST ST0~1 A\;Ay TIL I1 S •. EDISH ',•ATERS , AND J..FTER RS/ CHING S'\/EDEN , DECLARE YOURS2LF l.N ESCAPER . AND ASK TO BE BlllT IH CONTACT ·.:ITH OUR :JONSULATE .

IF FORCED DO iN IN HOLLAND H AD FOR BELGIUM .AlJD T!.J:ENCE I N·ro F.J..NCE •

S';, DISH SHIPS HAVE BALCK FU::~ ELS Alm T:t£ SHIPS COLORS l RE iELLO\v sr . GEORGES C OSS ON A BLUE BACKGli.OUND . AN INDICJ..T I ON THAT I T I S A* BOUT TOS.A I L I S BY DISPLAYING A SQUARE BLUE FLAG :. I TH A ',/HirE SQUARE IN THE CENTER .

IF FORCED DC'\11'T IN DEHMARKMAKE FOR Sl'lEEEN. DANES ARE !illLPFUL. APF OACH FISHERFEN , DOCTORS AND SH .. LL FARi:·IERS . CON 1 r TRAVEL '. I THOUT DA I SH HELP .

IF FORCED DO:!N I N ROLAND, AVOID COASTAL AREAS . :t- OST IJUTCH , ILL HELP. j)Al'HOLIC CHURC' ES PREFER!' BLE TO r OTESTANT . IOU CA IDENTIFY QUISLI IGS

I EY EADGES \!Offi! II! LAPELS AIJD AVOID • GEffirAN ·iARKS AS •/ELL AS DUTCH H.; USE . TRAVEL BY BIKE IF POSSIBLE, BUT f'ONT STEAL 0 'E .

IF YOU LAND IN SWEDEN , STRESS THAT YOU FLIG:!T . AS NON OFERAT I Ol;t.L. 'VLK TO HO lTO orE AND ASK TO EE PUT IU ~·OUCH .• ITH r'.E CONSUL.t.rE . RE* l MBER I? IOU FLY Oi'ER S'dEDEN THAT TREY , ILL FIRE AA AFD SIGNAL YOU ro LAND . LO:!ER YOU U TDLJG GEAR TO INDICArE INTSN'r iOi~ Of:' LdJDI NG . ADVISABL~ TO sr:TER s· ::!:DEI; B" SOUTH CORF,IDOR ',."IICH I3 USED BY T'-IE BRiriSH OVL'RSSAS AIR'.1.AYS CORFORAriOl-, .

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1. llowin is the liat of Combat Crews participating in today'• saion~

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40 st Bombardment Group lH) A. • 0. No. 55?

SUBJECT: oading List

AAF, Station No. 128 March 22, 1944

TO_: Operati.ons Officer¥ 40lst Bombardment Groun ·(H), AAF, Station No. 128, A.P.O. #55?.

Plane 42.-39993

p Bingham, George F. CP Hoad, Francis w. N Tomlinson, Har ey G. B Lott, Eugene F. RO Gi roginia, Alex ( TT ugh, .Mred E. BTG Yeatts, Lawson K. TG Johns, Carl W. LWG Carey, Joe R. RWG Callahan, Michael J.

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Christens , Merv Kleppe, Fre H. King, Paul J. Weiman, Karl K. Spivey, Marion Fla , Robert D Nalbach, aul Lopez:, Juan C. Coluccio, Ant ny D. Maleh, Irvin L.

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U. S. ARMY

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SUBJECT: Comments of Crews .Participating in ission to AHLEN , GERMANY, 23 LL~A.rch 1944.

TO C01~UUIDING OFFICER, Station 128, APO . 557~ U. S. Army. (Thru Lt. Col. B. K. Voorhees and Lt. Col. A. C. Brooks.)

1. Lt. Byrd, Pilot, A/C 496: "most of crew mad gas pains as a result of the breakfast". Gunners want P-51' s to act more 1 ike friendly fighters. P-51 1 s were observed to queue up at 10 o'clock.

2. Lt .. Taylor, l.avigator, A/C 069 sug;ests a piece of cloth on flak suit to which oxygen hose could be attached.

3. Lt. Livingstone's crew state tnat mission was excellent ~om the standpoint of navit:ation and bomb lead.

4. Lt. C.L. ilson's crew said they had too long a wait for trans­~ortation after landing.

5o t. CUJ.ll.! .• ings, A/C 904: "flight plan way off, 20 minutes ahead of time at point 311 •

6. Lt. Hirsch, /c 521: "not briefed on a secondary target 11 o

7. Lt. Shaw, A/C 847 thinks formation flowx1 too fast ana let-dawn too fast.

8. S/Sgt Sellitto , A/C 622: ''formation of low squadron was poor, breakfast was poor too".

9. Lt. J,effery, A/C 891 : "mission was well led, good evasive action". All crew members state that they were second to land but last to get trans­portation.

10. Capt. J.uaupin , A/C 511 stated that rege.rdless of ro1lte and turns near tar~et area, a definite point along route should he designated for the boxes within wins to take interval. Today uncovering was a.one 1auch too soon resulting in wing formation being broken up and vulnerable for too long a period.

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