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Summary:
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The 401st furnished the High Box of the 94th Combat Wing on this mission, whose primary target was the oil refinery at Politz, in eastern Germany near the Baltic Sea. When broken clouds became a solid undercast over Germany, the Wing Leader ordered PFF (radar) bombing of the secondary target, the City of Stettin. Because of cloud conditions, the 401st was forced to bomb ahead of the PFF aircraft. However, the Group Bombardier, Capt. Kuenning, was able to see the city in his bombsight and the Group released on his bombs.
One 401st aircraft, piloted by Lt. S. N. Tonti, was hit by flak and, after limping to the Danish coast escorted by friendly fighters, wisely judged that he could not make it back to England and made for Sweden.
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