Missions 151-191

Mission Log for the 486th Bomb Group (H) 24 February 1945 to 21 April 1945 (glossary at the Bottom) [ Group \| 001-050 \| 051-100 \| 100-150 \| 151-191]

Mission		Target		Aircraft	Bombing		Flight
#	Date	TGT	Location	S/A	Tons	Rating	Time	Lead	Losses
151	02/24	U/P	Bremen, Ger	40/34	102	P	--:--	Dimel	0
Remarks			U/P secondary target. Bombed visually with PFF assist.
152	02/25	M/Y	Neuberg, Ger	40/36	108	F	--:--	Howell	1
Remarks			#648 (Wiley) lost, 9 POW. 'B' squad bombed primary visually. 'A' and 'C' squads bombed secondary target (M/Y) at München (Munich) by PFF with VIS assist.
153	02/26	RR/T	Berlin, Ger	26/24	72	U	--:--	Walker	0
Remarks			BTO by PFF.
154	02/27	A/I	Leipzig, Ger	39/36	108	U	--:--	Newman	1
Remarks			#943 (Moore) lost, 9 MIA. BTO by PFF of secondary target M/Y.
155	02/28	T/I	Kassel, Ger	43/42	135	U	--:--	Overing	0
Remarks			COL Overing led 486th & 4th CBW, 3rd BD, of the 8th AF bomber stream. Secondary hit (M/Y), BTO by PFF.
156	03/02	A/I	Lonnewitz, Ger	40/33	98	U	--:--	Whitney	0
Remarks			Secondary target bombed in Dresden. BTO by PFF.
157	03/03	R/I	Brunswick, Ger	40/36	123	P	--:--	Uhle	0
Remarks			LTCOL Uhle led 486th and 4th CBW.
158	03/04	A/I	Neuberg, Ger	42/37	102	U	--:--	Dimel	0
Remarks			Secondary target, M/Y, at Ingelstadt, BTO by PFF.
159	03/07	Oil	Castrop/Rauxel	41/39	136	U	--:--	Overing	0
Remarks			COL Overing group and wing leader. COL Burns led 'B' Group. BTO by PFF.
160	03/08	A/I	Frankfurt, Ger	43/41	131	U	--:--	Dimel	0
Remarks			Primary bombed by 'C' and 'D' squads BTO by PFF. 'A' and 'B' squads bombed secondary, M/Y, at Frankfurt. BTO by PFF.
161	03/09	M/Y	Frankfurt, Ger	43/43	97	F	--:--	Whitney	0
Remarks
162	03/10	M/Y	Dortmund, Ger	41/40	97	U	--:--	Simpson	0
Remarks			BTO by PFF.
163	03/11	Oil	Hamburg, Oil	39/37	70	U	06:10*	Newman	0
Remarks			MAJ Newman, Geroup and wing leader. Hamburg M/Y was secondary, BTO by PFF.
164	03/12	Port	Swinemünde, Ger	39/38	95	U	--:--	Uhle	0
Remarks			LTCOL Uhle, Geroup and wing leader. Secondary was M/Y at Swinemünde, BTO by PFF.
165	03/14	Oil	Nienhagen, Ger	39/37	128	G-P	--:--	Norton	0
Remarks			LTCOL Norton was group and wing leader. 'C' and 'D' squads bombed primary visually with poor results. 'A' and 'B' squads bombed TLR a M/Y at Osnabruck. Secondary hit using PFF.
166	03/15	M/Y	Oranienburg, Ger	39/39	117	F	--:--	McCabe	0
Remarks
167	03/17	oil	Ruhland, Ger	36/35	93	U	--:--	Whitney	0
Remarks			'A' and 'B' squads bombed TLR, a M/Y at Fulda. 'C' and 'D' squads also bombed TLR at Plauen. All runs BTO by PFF.
168	03/18		Berlin, Ger	44/39	115	U	--:--	Howell	0
Remarks			BTO by PFF. 3 A/C flew with the 447th BG.
169	03/19	oil	Ruhland, Ger	36/35	93	U	--:--	McCabe	0
Remarks			3 squads, all bombed TLR a Motor transport plant at Zwickau.
170	03/21	A/F	Marx, Ger	39/39	111	VG	--:--	Uhle	0
Remarks
171	03/22	BKS	Mulheim, Ger	42/40	101	E-P	--:--	E.M. Rex	0
Remarks			'C' squad had excellent results bombing visually. 3 A/C flew with the 94th BG.
172	03/23	M/Y	Holzwickede, Ger	39/37	128	G	--:--	Simpson	0
Remarks
173	03/24	A/F	Varel	39/38	128	VG	--:--	Cormier	0
Remarks			MAJ Cormier group and wing leader.
174	03/28	oil	Dedenhausen, Ger	40/38	114	F	--:--	Matthews	0
Remarks			Bombed secondary target a M/Y at Hannover. Bombed using PFF in 9/10 cloud.
175	03/30	oil	Hamburg	41/36	90	F	--:--	Whitney	1
Remarks			#142 Veal lost, 9 MIA. 'B' bombed primary visually. 'C' and 'D' squads bombed by PFF. 'A' squad bombed secondary target at Hamburg, U-boat pens, using PFF..
176	03/31	O/ST	Derben, Ger	38/36	120	U	--:--	Walker	0
Remarks			Bombed secondary, Brandenburg facilities, BTO by PFF.
177	04/03	Docks	Kiel, Ger	39/38	112.5	U	--:--	Overing	0
Remarks			COL Overing led the 486th and 4th CBW. Hit secondary target, Kiel city, BTO by PFF.
178	04/04	Docks	Kiel, Ger	39/39	115.5	U	--:--	Uhle	0
Remarks			LTCOL Uhle led group and wing. Bombed secondary target, Kiel City. BTO by PFF.
179	04/05	M/Y	Furth, Ger	39/30	60	G	--:--	COL Kieffer.	0
Remarks			"Homesick Angel" (Fadden) forced down in Germany. COL Kieffer's first mission as COL Overing's replacement.
180	04/07	A/F	Parchim, Ger	39/30	91.4	E-F	--:--	Simpson	2
Remarks			#9163 (Center) lost, 6 POW, 2 KIA, 1 MIA. #528 (Krenz), 8 POW/2 KIA. Primary target bombed visually by 3 squads with excellent results. 'D' squadron bombed secondary, M/Y at Schwerin, visually with fair results.
181	04/08	M/Y	Hof, Ger	33/31	93	G	--:--	Matthews	3
Remarks			#712 (Hohmann) lost, 5 KIA/3 POW/1 MIA. #020 (Sauler), 1 KIA/8 POW. #942 (Wood), 1 KIA/8 POW. A B17 from the 94th, flying with the 486th was also lost.
182	04/09	A/F	Neuburg, Ger	20/20	37	E	--:--	Whitney	0
Remarks
183	04/10	A/F	Briest, Ger	29/25	75	F	--:--	Cormier	4
Remarks			#580 (Dolan) and #820 (Thaler) shotdown, both crews MIA. #856 (Vanderhoef) and #970 (Lowe) forced down. MAJ Cormier led group and wing.
184	04/11	A/F	Ingolstadt, Ger	28/28	72	G	--:--	Eckenroth	0
Remarks
185	04/14	Guns	Royan, FR	29/29	73	G-F-P	--:--	Thompson	0
Remarks
186	04/15	guns	Royan, FR	37/35	69.3	G-P	--:--	Matthews	0
Remarks
187	04/16	guns	Royan, FR	40/38	114	E	--:--	Cormier	0
Remarks			MAJ Cormier led group and wing.
188	04/17	M/Y	Dresden, Ger	29/27	72	P	--:--	Walker	2
Remarks			#931 (Bartl) shotdown, 9 KIA. #001 (Allbright) 9 POW. Primary bombed by 'A' and 'B' squads by PFF. 'C' squad hit M/Y at Aussig, a primary for another BG. 'C' bombed visually.
189	04/19	M/Y	Pirna, Ger	30/29	87	G	--:--	Kieffer	0
Remarks
190	04/20	M/Y	Wustermark, Ger	29/29	72.5	F	--:--	Simpson	0
Remarks
191	04/21	jets	München, Ger	29/28	63.4	U	--:--	Uhle	0
Remarks			LTCOL Uhle led the 486th and 4th CBW. Bombed the LRT, Indolstadt M/Y, by PFF. Last combat mission for the 486th.
Victory Tour

* all mission times from this point forward are estimated from the flight log of Arnold "Ray" Welch, 832nd.
times inferred from "The War Stories of the O&W."

[ Group | 001-050 | 051-100 | 101-150 | 151-191]

Glossary

A/F - Air Field.
A/C - aircraft (friendly).
A/I - Aircraft industry.
BKS - Barracks
Br - Bridge (RR - railroad.)
BTO - Bomb Through Overcast.
C/C - Communications Center.
eA/C - aircraft (enemy).
F - Fair bombing results.
FLAK - Fliegerabwehrkanone (anti aircraft cannon).
G - Good bombing results.
GEE-H - Type of Bomb Through Overcast (BTO) radar.
Milk Run - An easy mission.
MPI - Main point of impact.
M/Y - Marshall yard.
NA - Not applicable.
N/B - No Ball (rocket sites).
O/ST - Oil storage.
P - Poor bombing results.
PFF - BTO radar.
RR/T - Railroad terminal.
S/A - Sortied/Attacked (not all Aircraft made it to target).
S/O - Synthetic oil.
T/I - Tank industry.
T/O - Target of opportunity.
T-O - Take off.
T/T - Tactical Target.
TLR - Target of last resort.
U - Bombs hit unobserved.
VG - Very good bombing results.

Mission Log for the 486th Bomb Group (H)