October, 1944

October, 1944 was a period of rebuilding for the 445th Bomb Group. New crews came in to replace the losses from the Kassel mission of 27 Sept 44. This was the first month that they suffered no losses to enemy action. They did suffer the loss of a lead crew from the 701st Bomb Squadron on a training mission flown 31 October 1944. Thirty aircraft were dispatched, but only 29 reached the rendezvous point. No distress call or wreckage was ever found.

Msn #	Date	Location	Target	A/C Sent	A/C Lost
172	10/02	Hamm, Germany	Railroad Marshalling Yard	20	0
173	10/03	Lachen, Germany	Speyerdorf German Air Field	30	0
174	10/05	Rheine, Germany	Railroad Marshalling Yard	30	0
175	10/06	Hamburg, Germany	Rhenania oil refinery	30	0
176	10/07	Kassel, Germany	Henschel Armored Vehicle Plant	40	0
177	10/09	Koblenz, Germany	Railroad Marshalling Yard	32	0
178	10/12	Osnabruck, Germany	Railroad Marshalling Yard	32	0
179	10/14	Kaiserslautern, Germany	Railroad Marshalling Yard	10	0
180	10/14	Cologne, Germany	Kalk Railroad Marshalling Yard	24	0
181	10/15	Reischoltz, Germany	Oil Refinery	24	0
182	10/17	Cologne, Germany	Ford Motor Works	36	0
183	10/18	Leverkusen, Germany	Industrial Complex	10	0
184	10/19	Mainz, Germany	Railroad Marshalling Yard	21	0
185	10/22	Hamm, Germany	Railroad Marshalling Yard	33	0
186	10/25	Münster, Germany	Synthetic Oil Target	11	0
187	10/25	Neumünster, Germany	German Air Field	11	0
188	10/26	Minden, Germany	Mittelland Canal	32	0

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