GROUP: 486th Bombardment Group (H)
MONTH: December 1944
STATISTICAL SUMMARY
DATE PRIMARY TARGET AIRBORNE AIRCRAFT LOST AIRCRAFT BOMBING TONS ON TARGET PERSONNEL SOR-
TIES		 CLAIMS E/A
DIS AB E/A AA UNK PT ST LR TO FAIL PT ST LR TO KIA MIA WIA DE PR DA
12-4 Mainz M/Y, Germany 26 1 0 0 0 0 25 0 0 1 0 73.5 0 0 0 0 0 25 0 0 0
12-6 Merseburg, Germany 41 2 0 1 1 0 37 0 2 2 0 89.2 0 5.0 18 0 0 40 0 0 0
12-10 Koblenz M/Y, Germany 38 0 0 0 0 0 38 0 0 0 0 83.1 0 0 0 0 1 38 0 0 0
12-11 Giessen M/Y, Germany 34 3 0 0 0 0 31 0 0 3 0 91.5 0 0 0 0 0 32 0 0 0
12-12 Darmstadt M/T, Germany 40 3 0 0 0 37 0 0 0 3 110.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 0 0 0
12-16 Stuttgart, Germany 38 0 0 0 0 0 38 0 0 0 0 112.0 0 0 0 0 0 38 0 0 0
12-23 Homberg, Germany 45 3 0 0 0 35 0 0 5 5 87.0 0 0 15.0 0 0 0 42 0 0 1
12-24 Pforzheim, Germany 53 3 0 0 0 36 0 0 4 13 0 98.1 0 10.9 0 0 0 53 0 0 0
12-26 Koblenz, Germany 37 0 0 0 0 22 0 0 1 14 67.5 0 0 16.8 0 0 0 37 0 0 0
12-28 Moselle M/Y, Koblenz, Ger. 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 38 0 0 0 0 104.0 0 0 0 38 0 0 0
12-29 Aschaffenburg, Germany 41 3 0 0 0 36 0 0 2 3 90.0 0 0 5.0 0 2 0 40 0 0 0
12-30 Mannheim, Germany 39 2 0 0 0 37 0 0 0 2 0 110.8 0 0 0 1 0 38 0 0 0
12-31 Harburg Oil Refinery, Ger. 40 5 0 0 0 39 0 0 1 0 116.3 0 0 3.1 0 0 0 40 0 0 0
TOTALS 13 Missions 510 17 0 1 1 242 200 0 15 47 470.8 658.2 0.0 144.5 18 2 3 498 0 0 1
TOTAL TONNAGE DROPPED   1,273.5  
Glossary
AA – Anti-aircraft artillery (FLAK)   DIS – Dispatched   LR – Target of Last Resort   ST – Secondary Target
AB – Aborted   E/A – Enemy aircraft   MIA – Missing in Action   TO – Target of Opportunity
DA – Damaged   FAIL – Failed to attack   PR – Probably destroyed   Unk – Unknown cause
DE – Confirmed Destroyed   KIA – Killed in Action   PT – Primary Target   WIA – Wounded in Action
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