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303rd Bomb Group (H) History
December 9, 1944
303rd BG (H) Combat Mission No. 284
Target: Airfield at Stuttgart/Echterdingen, Germany and
Railroad Station at Stuttgart, Germany
Crews Dispatched: 42
Length of Mission: 8 hours, 10 minutes
Bomb Load: 38 x 100 lb H.E. M30 bombs
Bombing Altitudes: 25,200 & 24,700 ft
Ammo Fired: 600 rounds
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December 9, 1944
STRATEGIC OPERATIONS 8th AF: 2 missions are flown. Mission 743: 413 B-17s are dispatched to hit the Unterturkheim marshalling yard (262) and Boblingen (94) and Echterdingen (25) Airfields at Stuttgart, Germany using GH; targets of opportunity are Halingen (10) and other (4); 1 B-17 is lost, 4 damaged beyond repair and 63 damaged; 3 airmen are WIA and 9 MIA. Escorting are 247 P-47s and P-51s; they claim 1-0-0 aircraft without loss; 6 of 7 P-51s fly a scouting mission. Mission 744: 4 B-17s and 7 B-24s drop leaflets in the Netherlands, France and Germany during the night without loss.
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