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Hi there Tom, Is this loss recorded in the 355th history? I don't have that one here. Do we know which squadron still flew 38s at the end of September 44? Thanks so much!

Question: define "RV" for me. I assume that means making the enemy coast.

Looking at the 2nd Bomb Division Field Order, the following groups were covering the Division, which went to Kassel: 361st FG 355th FG 4th FG 479th FG. The first fighters our 445th guys saw were P-38s, which were assigned on the return trip. Of the four fighter groups, the 479th is the...

All of the above regarding the 445th that you have learned from Mike comes through my own personal research. A few things: I have been told that the 445th was ordered to turn and hit Goettingen by a single individual. Many things he told me have been proven since by other documents that have...

Quote from Stephanie Brown: "It came to pass that I heard from Stephanie Brown and Diane Glase that Wilbur Brown became the top gunner for his aircraft; but Donna Jeppi relates that he was the flight engineer." Stephanie, Thank you so much for posting Brianna's wonderful account of your...

Bill, Who was Priest? He's not on our roster of 445th men who flew that day.

Erich, We have some older newsletters of interviews with Bob Volkman of the 361st FG. He was one of the pilots who flew in that battle and witnessed the dogfight. They did, in fact, intercept and draw off the LW. He witnessed several of the planes going down. It's a terrific interview. I'll see...

DR, I'd be interested in seeing sources on some of this. The 445th led the 2CW, but the 446th is the group leading the entire Division. The 2CW was the center of three wings that day. The 453rd and 389th were supposed to follow the 445th, even if they made a wrong turn, and they did not. If they...

The Kassel Mission stands as the worst loss for a single group from one airfield in a day. It is not the greatest loss overall in a day, no, for the 8th AAF, you are right in that. Many days they lost 60 bombers or more. They lost 28 on this one, but the difference is, they all came from one...

Hi Erich, They said at the time that the cover-up was for morale reasons. You are right in that. The book will not focus on the cover-up, although we now have information that the 445th may have turned deliberately to bomb Goettingen, rather than it being a navigational error that separated...

As far as we're aware in the Kassel Mission organization, a book has never been dedicated solely to telling the story of the Kassel Mission. It wasn't even mentioned in history books, since it was covered up, until 1986, and that was a passing mention. Then it began to appear, slowly. Now, there...

Testing the water to check interest in a book we are writing on the World War II's Kassel Mission, the air battle between the 445th BG and the entire Luftwaffe. More planes were lost from one field in one days battle on that day than ever in Air Force history. Does anyone have an idea why...