Summary:
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The 401st put up the Low Box and the high squadron of the High Box of the 94th Combat Wing. Because of solid undercast, bombing was by PFF (radar), the Low Box bombing the city of Berlin and the High Box bombing Brandenberg. No enemy fighters were encountered. Flak was moderate to and from the target but intense and accurate over the target. Of the 742 heavy bombers over the target, 36 were shot down and 205 were damaged. The 401st lost Lt. Lt. J. D. Lenkeit and his crew when their B-17 (42-30855 "Old Massa") received a direct flak burst just behind the ball turret.
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