Summary:
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The 401st provided the Low Box of the 94th Combat Wing in this attack on the ball bearing works at Schweinfurt. Enemy fighters were agressive and persistent, with as many as 150 to 200 encountered during the mission, and some coming as close as 75 yards. Flak was heavy as well. Clouds over the target made observations of strike results impossible. The 401st lost two aircraft on this mission, B-17's piloted by Lt. Alfred B. Vokaty (42-31508) and by Lt. Baudinot Stimson (42-97464). Lt. Stephen Lozinski crash landed his B-17 at an RAF field on one wheel and with the bomb bay doors open. None of the crew was injured. Seven of the nineteen returning aircraft had wounded aboard.
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