The 483rd Bomb Group Archive

Mission

Mission 180

14 March 1945 · Almasfuzito oil refinery

Date
14 March 1945
Target as printed
Almasfuzito, Hungary oil refinery
Aircraft lost
1
Sources
assoc-mission-summary (row 180)

Target

Aircraft lost

Photographs and loss sheets

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Statements from the loss reports

Eyewitness statement, page 6 · 14 March 1945
CONFIDENTIAL
TO WHOM IT MAY
mile flying Tail Gunner on No. 5 Plane, I saw 017, which was
No. 7 Plano, fill behind and lose altitude very 2t utga after
wo had left the target area, All four props were spinning. I didnit
cealise the plane was in troubles
of s/sgt Robert Riokette
V s/agt Rober's Ricketta
ACK 391.40860
Tail Quinner
Flane de 852
A TRUZ COPY
Waeter WALTER L. GE.ASS, L Electry JR.
Oaptain, Air Gorpa
Operations officer
CONFIDENTIAL
there +

National Archives, MACR 12822, page 6 · Machine-read from microfilm, uncorrected.

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