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Summary:
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This was the second successive mission to Munich in an effort to disrupt the flow of supplies to the Russian front--an effort to help our Russian allies, who were launching a major offensive.
The 401st formed the Lead and Low Boxes (18 planes each) of the 94th Combat Wing "A" formation. Again the City was completely blotted out by clouds, so bombing was conducted by PFF (radar). No enemy aircraft were encountered. Moderate to intense flak was reported over the target, but as one report noted, it was "obviously not pointed at the 401st because only two aircraft received battle damage."
On this mission the 8th Air Force as a whole deployed 1,100 bombers over Munich, bringing the total weight of bombs dropped on the City in two days to 6,000 tons.
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