Summary:
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The 401st furnished the Lead and High Box of the 94th Combat Wing. The original target was Berlin, but either heavy cloud cover or failure to rendezvous with fighter escort (the accounts differ) resulted in bombing the secondary target, Kiel. Bombing was by PFF (radar), but through breaks in the clouds bomb bursts were observed in the industrial section along the Kiel Canal. No enemey aircraft were sighted. Flak, while meager, was unusually accurate and resulted in the loss of Lt. Marian O. Hagan and his crew, flying "My Day" (42-30826).
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