493rd Bomb Group Museum

Mission List

Date Mission Target Flying Time Target Type Aircraft
06/06/1944 1 Lisieux, France 06:35   B-24
07/06/1944 2 Tours, France 03:45 Airfield B-24
08/06/1944 3 Nantes, France 02:40   B-24
11/06/1944 4 Flers, France 05:55   B-24
12/06/1944 5 Beauvais-Tille, France 06:05 Airfield B-24
14/06/1944 6 Laon-Athes, France 06:30 Airfield B-24
15/06/1944 7 Toussus-le-Noble, France 06:35 Airfield B-24
17/06/1944 8 Laval, France 07:10 Airfield B-24
20/06/1944 9 Misburg, Germany 07:15 Oil refinery B-24
20/06/1944 10 La Haye, France 05:10 Construction Works B-24
22/06/1944 11 Etampes-Mondesir, France 07:25 Airfield B-24
23/06/1944 12 Coulommiers, France 06:35 Airfield B-24
24/06/1944 13 Orleans-Bracy, France 06:00 Airfield B-24
25/06/1944 14 St. Avold, France 07:05 Airfield B-24
25/06/1944 15 Romilly-Sur-Seine, France 07:15 Bridge B-24
28/06/1944 16 Melun, France 05:10   B-24
29/06/1944 17 Fallersleben, Germany 07:20 JU88 components part plant B-24
30/06/1944 18 Evreux-Fauville, France 05:30 Airfield B-24
06/07/1944 19 L'Isle Adam, France 04:50   B-24
08/07/1944 20 Le Grande Valle, France 05:35 V-1 [flying bomb] site B-24
08/07/1944 20a St Saens, France 05:30 V-1 [flying bomb] site B-24
12/07/1944 21 Mont Gournay, France 05:00 V-1 [flying bomb] site B-24
12/07/1944 21a Foret de St. Saens, France 05:30 V-1 [flying bomb] site B-24
14/07/1944 23 Montdidier, France 06:25 Airfield B-24
17/07/1944 24 Coulanges-sur-Yonne, France 08:10 Bridge/Railway junction B-24
18/07/1944 25 Caen area, France 05:15 Ground Support/Gun Batteries B-24
19/07/1944 26 Saarbrucken, Germany 06:00 Marshalling yard B-24
20/07/1944 27 Russelsheim, Germany 06:20 V-1 [flying bomb] factory B-24
21/07/1944 28 Kempten (Duren), Germany 06:15 Targets of Opportunity B-24
24/07/1944 29 Le Mesnil Eury 06:25 Ground support B-24
25/07/1944 30 St. Lo area, France 06:25 Ground support B-24
27/07/1944 31 St. Cicily & Wissant, France 04:20 Coastal Battery B-24
28/07/1944 32 Brussels, Belgium 05:20 Oil storage B-24
29/07/1944 33 Juvincourt, France 06:00 Airfield (JU-88s) B-24
31/07/1944 34 Creil, France 06:40 Airfield B-24
01/08/1944 35 Quincampoix, France 06:00 V-1 [flying bomb] site B-24
02/08/1944 36 Mont Cauvaire, France 06:00   B-24
02/08/1944 36a St. Gorges-sur-Fontaine, France 06:00   B-24
03/08/1944 37 Ghent, Belgium , 04:40 Oil Storage Tanks B-24
04/08/1944 38 Hemingstedt, Germany 06:10 Oil refinery B-24
05/08/1944 39 Halberstadt, Germany 06:50 Airfield B-24
06/08/1944 40 Mont Cauvaire, France 05:45   B-24
07/08/1944 41 Andenne/Givet, Belgium 05:40   B-24
08/08/1944 42 St. Gorges-sur-Fontaine, France 06:00   B-24
10/08/1944 43 St. Florentin, France 07:00 Oil storage B-24
11/08/1944 44 Toussus-le-Noble, France 06:00   B-24
13/08/1944 45 Seine River area, France 06:00   B-24
14/08/1944 46 Angouleme, France 07:00 Marshalling yard B-24
15/08/1944 47 Florennes, Belgium 04:40   B-24
16/08/1944 48 Halberstadt, Germany 06:40 Airfield B-24
18/08/1944 49 Roye/Amy, France 06:10   B-24
24/08/1944 50 Kiel, Germany 05:45   B-24
08/09/1944 51 Mainz, Germany 07:10 Ordnance Factory B-17
09/09/1944 52 Dusseldorf, Germany 07:00 Anti Aircraft shell Plant B-17
10/09/1944 53 Furth-Darmstadt, Germany 07:40 ME110 Components plant B-17
11/09/1944 54 Fulda, Germany 08:10   B-17
11/09/1944 54a Brux Czechoslovakia 08:40 Synthetic Oil Refinery B-17
12/09/1944 55 Magdeburg, Germany 07:15 Ordnance factory B-17
13/09/1944 56 Ludwigshafen, Germany 07:10 I.G. Farben Chemical Plant B-17
17/09/1944 57 Rotterdam, Netherlands 05:20 Support 82nd airborne/Flak Battery B-17
19/09/1944 58 Darmstadt-Limburg, Germany 07:20 Railway nr Rhine River B-17
22/09/1944 59 Kassel, Germany 06:45 Tiger Tank Factory B-17
25/09/1944 60 Strasbourg, France 06:35 Marshalling Yards B-17
26/09/1944 61 Bremen, Germany 07:25 Tank & Truck factory B-17
27/09/1944 62 Ludwigshafen, Germany 07:10 Marshalling Yards B-17
30/09/1944 63 Bielfeld, Germany 06:30 Marshalling yards B-17
02/10/1944 64 Kassel, Germany 07:40 Tiger Tank Factory B-17
03/10/1944 65 Nuremberg, Germany 08:20 Ordnance factory B-17
05/10/1944 66 Munster, Germany 05:45 Airfield (ME-109s) B-17
07/10/1944 67 Merseburg, Germany 08:00 Synthetic Oil Refinery B-17
09/10/1944 68 Gustavsburg, Germany 06:30 Ordnance Depot B-17
14/10/1944 69 Cologne, Germany 07:00 Oil Dump & Chemical B-17
15/10/1944 70 Cologne, Germany 06:50 Marshalling yard B-17
17/10/1944 71 Cologne, Germany 06:30 Marshalling yard B-17
18/10/1944 72 Kassel, Germany 07:00 Heinkel Engine Factory B-17
19/10/1944 73 Mannheim, Germany 06:40   B-17
22/10/1944 74 Munster, Germany 05:50   B-17
25/10/1944 75 Hamburg. Germany 07:30   B-17
30/10/1944 76 Merseburg, Germany 04:00 Synthetic Oil Refinery (Luena) B-17
02/11/1944 77 Merseburg, Germany 07:25 Synthetic Oil Refinery (Luena) B-17
04/11/1944 78 Hamburg, Germany 07:35 Oil refinery/Oil Storage B-17
05/11/1944 79 Ludwigshafen, Germany 07:00 Chemical Plant B-17
06/11/1944 80 Neumunster, Germany 07:15 Marshalling yard B-17
11/11/1944 81 Koblenz, Germany 06:20 Marshalling yard (recalled) B-17
16/11/1944 82 Duren, Germany 06:50 Ground support B-17
20/11/1944 83 Koblenz, Germany 04:50 Recalled B-17
21/11/1944 84 Merseburg, Germany 06:30 Synthetic Oil Refinery (Luena) B-17
25/11/1944 85 Merseburg, Germany 08:15 Synthetic Oil Refinery (Luena) B-17
26/11/1944 86 Paderborn, Germany 05:55 Marshalling Yard B-17
29/11/1944 87 Hamm, Germany 05:55 Marshalling yard B-17
30/11/1944 88 Merseburg, Germany 08:00 Synthetic Oil Refinery B-17
04/12/1944 89 Giessen, Germany 07:15 Marshalling Yard B-17
06/12/1944 90 Merseburg, Germany 07:30 Synthetic Oil refinery B-17
11/12/1944 91 Giessen, Germany 06:50 Marshalling yard B-17
12/12/1944 92 Darmstadt, Germany 07:10 Marshalling Yard B-17
15/12/1944 93 Hannover, Germany 06:30 Marshalling Yard B-17
23/12/1944 94 Hamburg, Germany 06:05 Oil refinery B-17
24/12/1944 95 Frankfort, Germany 08:40 Airfield B-17
24/12/1944 95 Darmstadt, Germany 08:40 Airfield B-17
25/12/1944 96 Ahrweiler, Germany 05:20 Railroad tunnel B-17
27/12/1944 97 Irlich (Koblenz), Germany 05:50 Railroad Bridge B-17
28/12/1944 98 Neuwied, Germany 06:15   B-17
29/12/1944 99 Frankfort, Germany 07:10   B-17
30/12/1944 100 Kassel, Germany 07:00 Marshalling yard/Tank Factory B-17
31/12/1944 100a Misburg, Germany 07:50 Oil Refinery B-17
02/01/1945 100b Bad Kreuznach, Germany  07:40 Marshalling yard B-17
07/01/1945 100c Paderborn, Germany 06:15   B-17
10/01/1945 100d Cologne, Germany 06:20 Railroad bridge B-17
13/01/1945 101 Bischofsheim, Germany 06:25 Marshalling yard B-17
14/01/1945 102 Derben, Germany 08:05   B-17
15/01/1945 103 Augsburg, Germany 08:25   B-17
16/01/1945 104 Bitterfeld, Germany 09:10   B-17
21/01/1945 105 Mannheim, Germany 07:40 Marshalling yard B-17
23/01/1945 106 Neuss, Germany 05:00   B-17
28/01/1945 107 Hohenbudberg, Germany 05:30   B-17
29/01/1945 108 Kassel, Germany 06:20 Tank factories/Railway Station B-17
03/02/1945 109 Berlin, Germany 08:05   B-17
06/02/1945 110 Chemnitz, Germany 08:40 Marshalling yard B-17
09/02/1945 111 Munster, Germany 07:00 Marshalling yard B-17
14/02/1945 112 Chemnitz, Germany 08:10   B-17
15/02/1945 113 Cottbus, Germany 08:40 Marshalling yard B-17
19/02/1945 114 Rheine, Germany 05:15 Marshalling Yard B-17
20/02/1945 115 Nuremberg, Germany 08:25 Marshalling Yard B-17
21/02/1945 116 Nuremberg, Germany 07:50   B-17
22/02/1945 117 Bamburg, Germany 09:20 Marshalling Yard B-17
23/02/1945 118 Kitzingen, Germany 08:10 Marshalling yard B-17
25/02/1945 119 Munich, Germany 08:25 Marshalling Yard B-17
26/02/1945 120 Berlin, Germany 08:20   B-17
27/02/1945 121 Leipzig, Germany 08:00 Marshalling yard B-17
28/02/1945 122 Kassel, Germany 06:50 Marshalling Yard B-17
01/03/1945 123 Ulm, Germany 08:00   B-17
03/03/1945 124 Steinhagen, Germany 07:00 Oil plant B-17
04/03/1945 125 Nuremberg, Germany 06:20 Recalled B-17
07/03/1945 126 Datteln, Germany 07:15   B-17
08/03/1945 127 Dortmund, Germany 07:35   B-17
10/03/1945 128 Soest, Germany 06:50 Marshalling Yard B-17
11/03/1945 129 Hamburg, Germany 06:40 Submarine pens, Oil & Rail Targets B-17
12/03/1945 130 Siegen, Germany 06:35   B-17
14/03/1945 131 Misburg, Germany 06:45 Oil refinery B-17
15/03/1945 132 Oranienburg, Germany 07:30 Ground Support B-17
17/03/1945 133 Bitterfeld, Germany 09:10   B-17
18/03/1945 134 Berlin, Germany 07:30 Rail Targets B-17
19/03/1945 135 Jena/Fulda, Germany 08:45 Optics plant/ B-17
21/03/1945 136 Bad Zwischenan, Germany 05:50 Airfield B-17
22/03/1945 137 Dusseldorf, Germany 05:50 Ground Support B-17
23/03/1945 138 Giesecke, Germany 06:30   B-17
24/03/1945 139 Varel, Germany 06:00 Airfield B-17
28/03/1945 140 Hannover, Germany 07:15 Marshalling Yard B-17
30/03/1945 141 Hamburg, Germany 06:50 Submarine pens & Oil Storage Depot B-17
31/03/1945 142 Brandenburg, Germany 08:25   B-17
03/04/1945 143 Kiel, Germany 06:50 Dry Docks & Submarine pens B-17
04/04/1945 144 Kiel, Germany 06:50 Dry Docks & Submarine pens B-17
05/04/1945 145 Unterschlauerbach, Germany 07:50   B-17
07/04/1945 146 Gustrow, Germany 08:10 Ordnance Depot B-17
08/04/1945 147 Grafenwohr, Germany 08:30 Tank Factory B-17
09/04/1945 148 Schleissein, Germany 08:15 Airfield B-17
10/04/1945 149 Neuruppin, Germany 07:55   B-17
11/04/1945 150 Ingolstadt, Germany 08:00 Marshalling Yard B-17
14/04/1945 151 Royan, France 07:45 Gun/Troop emplacements B-17
15/04/1945 152 Royan, France 08:30 Gun/Troop emplacements B-17
16/04/1945 153 Rochefort, France 06:55   B-17
17/04/1945 154 Roudnice, Czechoslovakia 08:45 Marshalling Yard B-17
18/04/1945 155 Kolin, Czechoslovakia 09:40 Marshalling Yard B-17
19/04/1945 156 Auszig, Czechoslovakia 08:45   B-17
20/04/1945 157 Nauen, Germany 07:30 Marshalling Yard B-17
01/05/1945 F1 Rotterdam 03:45 Food Mission B-17
02/05/1945 F2 Haarlem 03:30 Food Mission - Haarlem B-17
03/05/1945 F3 Amsterdam 02:45 Food Mission - Amsterdam AAF B-17
05/05/1945 F4 Amsterdam 03:00 Food Mission B-17
06/05/1945 F5 Amsterdam 02:55 Food Mission B-17
07/05/1945 F6 Amsterdam 03:05 Food Mission B-17
15/05/1945 R1 Horsching, Austria   Revival Mission B-17
16/05/1945 R2 Horsching, Austria   Revival Mission B-17
18/05/1945 R3 Horsching, Austria   Revival Mission B-17
20/05/1945 R4 Horsching, Austria   Revival Mission B-17