Strike Photos & Mission Maps
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Strike Photos & Mission Maps
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Mission maps, or track charts as they were often referred, were passed out to airmen during a pre-mission briefing. They commonly denoted the dog leg's course to the target, codewords for key parts of the mission, and major flak batteries that would be crossed en route. At the target, cameras mounted in each bomber took pictures of the bombing impact so accuracy of bombing could be assessed by HQ staff on base.
Collection Items
Track Chart Mission No. 5, 2nd Bomb Division, Wiener Neustadt
Track Chart Oct 18 44
Track chart from first mission on D-DayThey first flew to Manchester, rallyed and then flew to the coast of Normandy
Track chart from unknown mission
Track chart February 22, 1945Would've been given to Navigator at Briefing
44th Bomb Group Targets for August 1944 Map & Index
44th Bomb Group Targets for September 1944 Map & Index
Sep 44 Targets Map
44th Bomb Group Targets for October 1944 Map & Index
44th Bomb Group Targets for November 1944 Map & Index
44th Bomb Group Targets for December 1944 Map & Index
44th Bomb Group Targets for January 1945 Map & Index
Feb 45 Targets
44th Bomb Group Targets for February 1945 Map & Index
44th Bomb Group Targets for March 1945 Map & Index
44th Bomb Group Targets for April 1945 Map & Index
Mission over Neumanster, Germany, April 12,1945 Strike Photo
April 11, 1945, Lead Crew, Aerial Shot
Strike photo from the diversionary bombing of the Pas de Calais
5/14/43 mission to Kiel Shipyard6 A/C over the target of a formation of 17
Koblenz Marshalling Yards, Aerial Photo
Destruction around Cologne Cathedral
April 15, 1945, Pocket of German Troops, Bolongue, Franced, Fired by Napalm Bombs
April 22, 1944, bombs fall over a target at Hamm
Strike Photo of Unknown Target in Europe
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