Summary:
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The 401st furnished the three Boxes making up the 94th Combat Wing "B" formation. Bombing was conducted visually with excellent results, the strike photos disclosing concentrations of hits within 1,000 feet of the MPI and craters blanketing the MPI area. No enemy aircraft appeared, but the bombers encountered accurate barrage and tracking flak. This resulted in the loss of one 401st aircraft, "Round Tripper" (No. 42-31369), piloted by Lt. J. J. Sauerwald. However, the plane made it to the Baltic Sea, where it went down. All crew members survived and were captured. Sgt. Alex Garen, Jr., tail gunner on Lt. H. J. Oschsenhirt's crew, was killed by a flak burst.
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