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1944	June	July	August	September	October	November	December
1945	January	Febuary	March	April

Mission Number	Target	Date	Flying Time	Target Type
June 1944 – Flying B-24s, “Liberators”
1	Lisieux, France	06 – D-Day	6:35
2*	Tours, France	07	3:45	Airfield
3	Nantes, France	08	2:40
4	Flers, France	11	5:55
5*	Beauvais-Tille, France	12	6:05	Airfield
6	Laon-Athes, France	14	6:30
7*	Toussus-le-Noble, France	15	6:35	Airfield
8	Laval, France	17	7:10
9*	Misburg, Germany	20	7:15	Oil refinery
10	La Haye, France	20	5:10
11	Etampes-Mondesir, France	22	7:25
12	Coulommiers, France	23	6:35
13	Orleans-Bracy, France	24	6:00
14	St. Avold, France	25	7:05
15	Romilly-Sur-Seine, France	25	7:15
16	Melun, France	28	5:10
17	Fallersleben, Germany	29	7:20
18	Evreux-Fauville, France	30	5:30
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JULY 1944 – Flying B-24s, “Liberators”
19	L'Isle Adam, France	06	4:50
20	Le Grande Valle, France	08	5:35
21*	Mont Gournay, France	12	5:00	V-1 [flying bomb] site
22	Foret de St. Saens, France	12	5:30
23	Montdidier, France	14	6:25
24	Coulanges-sur-Yonne	17	8:10
25	Caen area, France	18	5:15
26	Saarbrucken, Germany	19	6:00
27*	Russelsheim, Germany	20	6:20	V-1 [flying bomb] factory
28	Kempten (Duren), Germany	21	6:15
29*	Le Mesnil Eury	24	6:25	Ground support
30*	St. Lo area, France	25	6:25	Ground support
31	St. Cicily-Wissant	27	4:20
32*	Brussels, Belgium	28	5:20	Oil storage
33*	Juvincourt, France	29	6:00	Airfield
34	Creil, France	31	6:40
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AUGUST 1944 – Flying B-24 “Liberators”
35*	Quincampoix, France	01	6:00	V-1 [flying bomb] site
36	Mont Cauvaire, France	02	6:00
36a	St. Gorges-sur-Fontaine, France	02	6:00
37	Ghent, Belgium Brussels, Belgium	03	4:40
38*	Hemingstedt, Germany	04	6:10	Oil refinery
39	Halberstadt, Germany	05	6:50
40	Mont Cauvaire, France	06	5:45
41	Andenne/Givet, Belgium	07	5:40
42	St. Gorges-sur-Fontaine, France	08	6:00
43*	St. Florentin, France	10	7:00	Oil storage
44	Toussus-le-Noble, France	11	6:00
45	Seine River area, France	13	6:00
46*	Angouleme, France	14	7:00	Railroad yard
47	Florennes, Belgium	15	4:40
48	Halberstadt, Germany	16	6:40
49	Roye/Amy, France	18	6:10
50	Kiel, Germany	24	5:45
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SEPTEMBER 1944 – Flying B-17s, “Flying Fortresses”
51	Mainz, Germany	08	7:10
52	Dusseldorf, Germany	09	7:00
53	Furth-Darmstadt, Germany	10	7:40
54	Fulda, Germany	11	8:10
55*	Magdeburg, Germany	12	7:15	Ordnance factory
56	Ludwigshafen, Germany	13	7:10
57	Rotterdam, Netherlands	17	5:20
58	Darmstadt-Limburg, Germany	19	7:20
59	Kassel, Germany	22	6:45
60	Strasbourg, France	25	6:35
61*	Bremen, Germany	26	7:25	Tank factory
62	Ludwigshafen, Germany	27	7:10
63	Bielfeld, Germany	30	6:30
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OCTOBER 1944 – Flying B-17s, “Flying Fortresses”
64	Kassel, Germany	02	7:40
65*	Nuremberg, Germany	03	8:20	Ordnance factory
66	Munster, Germany	05	5:45
67	Merseburg, Germany	07	8:00
68	Gustavsburg, Germany	09	6:30
69	Cologne, Germany	14	7:00
70	Cologne, Germany	15	6:50
71*	Cologne, Germany	17	6:30	Railroad yard
72	Kassel, Germany	18	7:00
73	Mannheim, Germany	19	6:40
74	Munster, Germany	22	5:50
75	Hamburg. Germany	25	7:30
76*	Merseburg, Germany	30	4:00	Recalled
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NOVEMBER 1944 – Flying B-17s, “Flying Fortresses”
77	Merseburg, Germany	02	7:25
78*	Hamburg, Germany	04	7:35	Oil refinery
79	Ludwigshafen, Germany	05	7:00
80*	Neumunster, Germany	06	7:15	Railroad yard
81	Koblenz, Germany	11	6:20
82*	Duren, Germany	16	6:50	Ground support
83	Koblenz, Germany	20	4:50	Recalled
84	Merseburg, Germany	21	6:30
85	Merseburg, Germany	25	8:15
86*	Paderborn, Germany	26	5:55	Railroad yard
87	Hamm, Germany	29	5:55
88	Merseburg, Germany	30	8:00
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DECEMBER 1944 – Flying B-17s, “Flying Fortresses”
89	Giessen, Germany	04	7:15
90*	Merseburg, Germany	06	7:30	Oil refinery
91	Giessen, Germany	11	6:50
92	Darmstadt, Germany	12	7:10
93	Hannover, Germany	15	6:30
94*	Hamburg, Germany	23	6:05	Oil refinery
95	Frankfort, Germany	24	8:40
95	Darmstadt, Germany	24	8:40
96*	Ahrweiler, Germany	25	5:20	Railroad tunnel
97	Irlich (Koblenz), Germany	27	5:50
98	Neuwied, Germany	28	6:15
99	Frankfort, Germany	29	7:10
100*	Kassel, Germany	30	7:00	Railroad yard
100a	Misburg, Germany	31	7:50
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JANUARY 1945 – Flying B-17s, “Flying Fortresses”
100b*	Bad Kreuznach, Germany	02	7:40	Railroad yard
100c	Paderborn, Germany	07	6:15
100d*	Cologne, Germany	10	6:20	Railroad bridge
101*	Bischofsheim, Germany	13	6:25	Railroad yard
102	Derben, Germany	14	8:05
103	Augsburg, Germany	15	8:25
104	Bitterfeld, Germany	16	9:10
105	Mannheim, Germany	21	7:40
106	Neuss, Germany	23	5:00
107	Hohenbudberg, Germany	28	5:30
108	Kassel, Germany	29	6:20
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FEBRUARY 1945 – Flying B-17s, “Flying Fortresses”
109	Berlin, Germany	03	8:05
110	Chemnitz, Germany	06	8:40
111	Munster, Germany	09	7:00
112	Chemnitz, Germany	14	8:10
113	Cottbus, Germany	15	8:40
114	Rheine, Germany	19	5:15
115	Nuremberg, Germany	20	8:25
116	Nuremberg, Germany	21	7:50
117	Bamburg, Germany	22	9:20
118	Kitzingen, Germany	23	8:10
119	Munich, Germany	25	8:25
120	Berlin, Germany	26	8:20
121	Leipzig, Germany	27	8:00
122	Kassel, Germany	28	6:50
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MARCH 1945 – Flying B-17s, “Flying Fortresses”
123	Ulm, Germany	01	8:00
124	Steinhagen, Germany	03	7:00
125	Nuremberg, Germany	04	6:20	Recalled
126	Datteln, Germany	07	7:15
127	Dortmund, Germany	08	7:35
128	Soest, Germany	10	6:50
129	Hamburg, Germany	11	6:40
130	Siegen, Germany	12	6:35
131	Misburg, Germany	14	6:45
132	Oranienburg, Germany	15	7:30
133	Bitterfeld, Germany	17	9:10
134	Berlin, Germany	18	7:30
135	Jena-Fulda, Germany	19	8:45
136	Bad Zwischenan, Germany	21	5:50
137	Dusseldorf, Germany	22	5:50
138	Giesecke, Germany	23	6:30
139	Varel, Germany	24	6:00
140	Hannover, Germany	28	7:15
141	Hamburg, Germany	30	6:50
142	Brandenburg, Germany	31	8:25
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APRIL 1945 – Flying B-17s, “Flying Fortresses”
143	Kiel, Germany	03	6:50
144	Kiel, Germany	04	6:50
145	Unterschlauerbach, Germany	05	7:50
146	Gustrow, Germany	07	8:10
147	Grafenwohr, Germany	08	8:30
148	Schleissein, Germany	09	8:15
149	Neuruppin, Germany	10	7:55
150	Ingolstadt, Germany	11	8:00
151	Royan, France	14	7:45
152	Royan, France	15	8:30
153	Rochefort, France	16	6:55
154	Roudnice, Czechoslovakia	17	8:45
155	Kolin, Czechoslovakia	18	9:40
156	Auszig, Czechoslovakia	19