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303rd Bomb Group (H) History . . .

01 December           

01 December 1943
303rd BG (H) Combat Mission No. 85
Target: City area of Solingen, Germany (PFF Bombing)
Crews Dispatched: 20 plus one spare
Crews Lost: 2Lt. G.W. Luke, Jr., 1 KIA, 7 POW, 2 EVD;
1 crewman with very bad frostbite
Length of Mission: 6 hours, 25 minutes
Bombing Load: 8x500 lb G.P. & 20 M47A1 65 lb Incendiaries
Bombing Altitude: 26,700 ft
Ammo Fired: 1,445 rounds
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