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Summary:
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The entire 8th Air Force once again concentrated on the strategic railroad marshalling yards at Nurnburg, Germany, a facility critical to German efforts to halt the advance of the Russian Army. In all, 1,219 four engine bombers attacked the target, dropping nearly 3,000 tons of high explosives. While 362 aircraft sustained battle damage, not one was lost on this mission.
The 401st again put up three squadrons comprising the 94th Combat Wing "B" Group. Heavy cloud cover again made it necessary to utilize PFF (radar) bombing technique. While no visual observations were possible, the concentration of smoke markers and plotting of the PFF scope photographs indicated that a good bombing run was accomplished.
No enemy aircraft appeared but flak, described as "meager and accurate", was encountered over Frankfurt and over the target area. Seven 401st ships sustained minor battle damage.
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