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March 1945
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The 8th Air Force Hammers Germany during the month of March

01
Mission 857-858
1,228 bombers hit Germany


lost

7 aircraft lost
02
Mission 859-860
1,232 bombers hit oil facilities


lost

27 aircraft lost
03
Mission 861-862
1,102 bombers C-NE Germany


lost

17 aircraft lost
04
Mission 863-864
1,028 bombers hit Germany


lost

2 aircraft lost
05
Mission 865-6-7
oil targets
in Germany


lost

1 aircraft lost
06
Mission 868 Leaflets

leaflets
07
Mission 869-70-
71 various targets Ger.


lost

2 aircraft lost
08
Mission 872-3-4
1,353 bombers hit plants in Germany


plane

No aircraft lost
09
Mission 875-876
1,045 bombers hit Ger Plants


lost

7 aircraft lost
10
Mission 877-879
880 1,374 bombers attack


lost

2 aircraft lost
11
Mission 881-882
1,256 bombers hit Uboat yards


lost

5 aircraft lost
12
Mission 883-884
1,355 bombers hit rail yards


lost

5 aircraft lost
13
16 P-51s fly aircraft sweep in the Remagen Koblenz, Germany
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No aircraft lost
14
Mission 886-7-8
1,262 bombers oil, rail targets


lost

5 aircraft lost
15
Mission 889-890
1,353 bombers hit GerArmy HQ


lost

13 aircraft lost
16
22 B-24s fly CARPETBAGGER missions.
drop
17
Mission 892-893
1,328 bombers pound Germany


lost

7 aircraft lost
18
Mission 894-895
1,329 bombers hit Berlin


lost

19 aircraft lost
19
Mission 896-897
1,273 bombers
industrial plants


lost

16 aircraft lost
20
Mission 898-899
900 dock area at Hamburg


lost

7 aircraft lost
21
Mission 901-2-3-4-5 Major attack at Rhine

lost

16 aircraft lost
22
Mission 906-907
1,331 bombers hit Germany


lost

4 aircraft lost
23
Mission 908-9-0
1,276 bombers support Rhine Assault

lost

7 aircraft lost
24
Mission 911-912
1,749 bomber -1,375 fighters


lost

28 aircraft lost
25
Mission 913-914
1,009 bombers hit oil plants


lost

5 aircraft lost
26
Mission 915
attack oil, tank
plants in Germany


plane

No aircraft lost
27
Mission 916 Leaflets

leaflets
28
Mission 917
targets in Berlin and Hannover


lost

2 aircraft lost
29
All combat operations cancelled
because of weather


plane
30
Mission 918-919
port area at Hamburg


lost

10 aircraft lost
31
Mission 920
1,348 bombers hit Germany


lost

9 aircraft lost

Total Aircraft Lost in March 1945

223




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