missing B17 03.03.1945 over Braunschweig/Magdeburg

[breidi81]

hi

i need your help pls!

i need the name (hopefully pics) of the 3 B17 shoot down at 03.03.1945 over braunschweig/magdeburg area

thx and regards
christian

[breidi81]

i only found this

5. The primary targets for 453 B-17s are the Wilke (53) and Brussing (77) oil plants and the MIAG munitions plant (61) at Brunswick and oil refineries at Dollbergen (37), Dedenhausen (53) and Nienhagen (56); 38 hit the secondary, Hildesheim (38); targets of opportunity are the marshalling yard at Bielefeld (36), Herford (23) and other (2); most attacks are visual; they claim 1-2-4 aircraft; 5 B-17s are lost and 53 damaged; 1 airman is WIA and 41 MIA. Escorting are 169 of 180 P-51s; they claim 0-0-4 aircraft in the air and 9-0-2 on the ground; 2 P-51s are lost (pilots MIA) and 1 damaged beyond repair.

[stgeorge64]

Your best bet to seek the answer to your question, is to ask here;

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The level of specialist knowledge of the membership is exhaustive.

Regards Richard.

[breidi81]

Your best bet to seek the answer to your question, is to ask here;

http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/index.php

The level of specialist knowledge of the membership is exhaustive.

Regards Richard.

thx a lot! the forum is fantastic for luftwaffe and air force research

and i found the B17

http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/16428