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Target Cities Bombed by the 303rd BG(H)
[exert from "Might in Flight" Copyright ©1997 Harry D. Gobrecht]
MISSION SUMMARY
MISSION LIST
| TARGET | MISSION # / DATE | A/C
LOST |
| NORTH SEA | | |
| Air Sea Rescue | (062) 23 Aug 43 | -- |
| Diversion | (063) 24 Aug 43 | -- |
| BELGIUM | | |
| Antwerp | (029) 05 Apr 43 | -- |
| | (033) 04 May 43 | -- |
| Brussels | (068) 07 Sept 43 | -- |
| Brussels/Evere | (133) 10 Apr 44 | -- |
| La Culot | (195) 30 June 44 | -- |
| Liege | (230) 18 Aug 44 | -- |
| St. Vith | (296) 03 Jan 45 | -- |
| CZECHOSLOVAKIA | | |
| Brux | (241) 12 Sept 44 | 2 |
| Pilsen (Plzen) | (364) 25 Apr 45 | 1 |
| DENMARK | | |
| Esbjerg | (233) 27 Aug 44 | 2 |
| FRANCE | | |
| Amiens | (023) 23 Mar 43 | -- |
| Amiens/Gilsy | (065) 31 Aug 43 | 1 |
| Azeville/Lessay & Caen | (171) 05 June 44 | -- |
| Beau Le Roger | (046) 28 June 43 | -- |
| Beaumetz/Les Aires | (197) 06 July 44 | -- |
| Blanville | (160) 25 May 44 | -- |
| Boix Coquerel | (100) 21 Jan 44 | -- |
| | (114) 28 Feb 44 | 1 |
| Bordeaux (Ship Osorno) | (094) 31 Dec 43 | -- |
| Bordeaux/Royan | (359) 14 Apr 45 | -- |
| | (360) 15 Apr 45 | -- |
| Brest | (018) 27 Feb 43 | -- |
| | (225) 11 Aug 44 | -- |
| Caen | (172) 06 June 44 | -- |
| (A) | (173) 06 June 44 | -- |
| | (223) 08 Aug 44 | -- |
| Cambrai/Epinoy | (178) 12 June 44 | 1 |
| Cauche d'Ecques | (234) 30 Aug 44 | -- |
| Chartes | (129) 27 Mar 43 | -- |
| | (222) 07 Aug 44 | -- |
| Chateaudon | (200) 09 July 44 | -- |
| Creil | (210) 23 July 44 | 2 |
| Creil/Coulommers | (180) 14 June 44 | -- |
| Dannes | (167) 02 June 44 | -- |
| Dijon | (106) 06 Feb 44 | 1 |
| Dijon/Longvic | (130) 28 Mar 44 | -- |
| Douai | (069) 09 Sept 43 | -- |
| Etaples | (199) 08 July 44 | -- |
| Evreux | (179) 13 June 44 | -- |
| | (227) 13 Aug 44 | -- |
| Fiefs | (184) 19 June 44 | -- |
| Flers/Fiefs | (220) 05 Aug 44 | -- |
| Flers/Noireau | (175) 07 June 44 | -- |
| Fresnoy | (217) 03 Aug 44 | -- |
| Gravelines | (219) 04 Aug 44 | -- |
| Juvincourt | (182) 16 June 44 | -- |
| | (193) 28 June 44 | 1 |
| Juvisy | (168) 02 June 44 | -- |
| La Possonnier | (181) 25 June 44 | -- |
| Le Mans | (048) 04 July 43 | 1 |
| Le Meillard
(B) | (099) 14 Jan 44 | 1 |
| Le Toquet | (170) 04 Jun 44 | -- |
| Lille | (005) 06 Dec 42 | -- |
| | (010) 13 Jan 43 | -- |
| | (189) 22 June 44 | 1 |
| Lorient | (003) 22 Nov 42 | -- |
| | (008) 30 Dec 42 | -- |
| | (020) 06 Mar 43 | 1 |
| | (030) 15 Apr 43 | -- |
| | (037) 17 May 43 | -- |
| Lorient/Brest | (011) 23 Jan 43 | 5 |
| Lyon/Bron | (145) 30 Apr 44 | -- |
| Meaulite | (034) 13 May 43 | -- |
| Mertz | (226) 12 Aug 44 | -- |
| Metz/Frescaty | (141) 25 Apr 44 | -- |
| Mimoyecques | (154) 15 May 44 | -- |
| Nantes | (070) 16 Sept 43 | -- |
| | (071) 23 Sept 43 | -- |
| | (R) 26 Sept 43 | 1 |
| | (177) 10 June 44 | 1 |
| Orleans | (105) 05 Feb 44 | -- |
| | (176) 08 June 44 | -- |
| Orleans/Bricy | (216) 01 Aug 44 | -- |
| Orly | (156) 20 May 44 | -- |
| Paris | (028) 04 Apr 43 | 1 |
| (B) | (045) 26 June 43 | -- |
| | (047) 29 June 43 | -- |
| | (050) 14 July 43 | 1 |
| | (059) 16 Aug 43 | -- |
| Perrone/Jussy | (205) 17 July 44 | -- |
| Peterborough (BL) | 14 May 44 | -- |
| Poix/Abbeyville | (049) 10 July 43 | -- |
| Poix/Amiens | (058) 15 Aug 43 | -- |
| Predein | (185) 19 June 44 | -- |
| Rennes | (021) 08 Mar 43 | -- |
| Romilly | (007) 20 Dec 42 | 1 |
| Romilly/Seine | (066) 03 Sept 43 | -- |
| Rouen | (006) 12 Dec 42 | 2 |
| | (022) 12 Mar 43 | -- |
| | (026) 28 Mar 43 | -- |
| St. Cecily | (169) 03 June 44 | -- |
| St.Jean D'Ang | (086) 05 Dec 43 | -- |
| St. Lo | (211) 24 July 44 | -- |
| | (212) 25 July 44 | -- |
| St. Nazaire | (001) 17 Nov 42 | -- |
| | (002) 18 Nov 42 | -- |
| | (004) 23 Nov 42 | 1 |
| | (009) 03 Jan 43 | 4 |
| | (016) 16 Feb 43 | 2 |
| | (032) 01 May 43 | 2 |
| | (040) 29 May 43 | 1 |
| Sens | (192) 25 June 44 | -- |
| Sottevast | (138) 20 Apr 44 | -- |
| | (142) 27 Apr 44 | -- |
| | (148) 28 May 44 | -- |
| Thioniville | (149) 09 May 44 | -- |
| Toul/Croix de Metz | (143) 27 Apr 44 | -- |
| Toulouse | (191) 25 June 44 | 1 |
| Vacqueriette | (092) 24 Dec 43 | -- |
| Vire/Conde sur Noirea | (174) 06 June 44 | -- |
| Watten | (064) 27 Aug 43 | 1 |
| Wizernes | (123) 19 Mar 44 | -- |
| | (128) 26 Mar 44 | 1 |
| | (188) 22 June 44 | 1 |
| GERMANY | | |
| Aschaffenburg | (305) 21 Jan 45 | 2 |
| Altenbecken/Osnabruck | (277) 26 Nov 44 | 2 |
| Anklam | (076) 09 Oct 43 | 1 |
| | (232) 25 Aug 44 | -- |
| Aschersleben | (111) 22 Feb 44 | 5 |
| Augsburg | (121) 16 Mar 44 | -- |
| Bayreuth | (352) 05 Apr 45 | -- |
| Berlin | (118) 06 Mar 44 | -- |
| | (120) 09 Mar 44 | -- |
| | (125) 22 Mar 44 | -- |
| | (144) 29 Apr 44 | 2 |
| | (146) 07 May 44 | -- |
| (B) | (150) 04 May 44 | -- |
| | (147) 08 May 44 | -- |
| | (155) 19 May 44 | 1 |
| | (159) 24 May 44 | 1 |
| | (187) 21 June 44 | 3 |
| | (311) 03 Feb 45 | -- |
| | (324) 26 Feb 45 | 1 |
| | (339) 18 Mar 45 | 2 |
| | (347) 28 Mar 45 | 3 |
| Betzdorf | (335) 12 Mar 45 | -- |
| Bohlen/Erfurt | (338) 17 Mar 45 | -- |
| Bonn/Brilon/Cologne/Euskirchen | (300) 10 Jan 45 | 3 |
| Bonn/Koln | (117) 04 Mar 44 | -- |
| Bottrup/Hamm | (267) 04 Nov 44 | -- |
| | (269) 06 Nov 44 | -- |
| Bremen | (031) 17 Apr 43 | -- |
| | (042) 13 June 43 | -- |
| | (075) 08 Oct 43 | -- |
| | (083) 26 Nov 43 | 1 |
| | (084) 29 Nov 43 | 2 |
| | (088) 13 Dec 43 | -- |
| | (089) 16 Dec 43 | -- |
| | (090) 20 Dec 43 | 3 |
| | (190) 24 June 44 | 1 |
| | (334) 11 Mar 45 | -- |
| | (348) 30 Mar 45 | 1 |
| Bruchsal | (327) 01 Mar 45 | -- |
| Brunswick | (102) 30 Jan 44 | -- |
| | (261) 22 Oct 44 | -- |
| Bullay | (292) 29 Dec 44 | -- |
| Chemnitz | (328) 02 Mar 45 | -- |
| Coesfield | (077) 10 Oct 43 | -- |
| Cologne | (162) 28 May 44 | -- |
| | (247) 27 Sept 44 | -- |
| | (249) 02 Oct 44 | -- |
| | (251) 05 Oct 44 | -- |
| | (257) 15 Oct 44 | 1 |
| | (258) 17 Oct 44 | -- |
| | (259) 18 Oct 44 | -- |
| | (271) 10 Nov 44 | 1 |
| | (298A) 06 Jan 45 | -- |
| | (308) 28 Jan 45 | -- |
| Deipoholz | (110) 21 Feb 44 | -- |
| Dessau | (208) 20 July 44 | -- |
| Dortmund/Harpenerweg | (331) 07 Mar 45 | -- |
| Dresden | (253) 07 Oct 44 | -- |
| | (314) 14 Feb 45 | -- |
| | (315) 15 Feb 45 | 2 |
| | (362) 17 Apr 45 | 2 |
| Duren | (079) 20 Oct 43 | 2 |
| Eisenach | (242) 13 Sept 44 | 2 |
| Erkner (Berlin) | (116) 03 Mar 44 | -- |
| | (119) 08 Mar 44 | 1 |
| Emden | (072) 27 Sept 43 | -- |
| | (073) 02 Oct 43 | 1 |
| | (087) 11 Dec 43 | -- |
| Erang | (289) 23 Dec 44 | -- |
| Essen | (332) 08 Mar 45 | 1 |
| Euskirchen | (291) 27 Dec 44 | -- |
| Frankfurt | (101) 29 Jan 44 | 1 |
| | (104) 04 Feb 44 | -- |
| | (107) 08 Feb 44 | -- |
| | (108) 11 Feb 44 | -- |
| | (124) 20 Mar 44 | -- |
| | (127) 24 Mar 44 | -- |
| | (268) 05 Nov 44 | -- |
| Frankfurt/Hochstenbach | (115) 02 Mar 44 | 1 |
| Freiham | (358) 11 Apr 45 | -- |
| Friedrichroda | (312) 06 Feb 45 | -- |
| Friedrichsafen | (323) 25 Feb 45 | -- |
| Furstenau | (345) 24 Mar 45 | -- |
| Gelsenkirchen | (057) 12 Aug 43 | 1 |
| | (081) 05 Nov 43 | 1 |
| | (221) 06 Aug 44 | -- |
| | (265) 01 Nov 44 | -- |
| | (272) 11 Nov 44 | 1 |
| | (274) 20 Nov 44 | -- |
| | (317) 19 Feb 45 | -- |
| Gelsenkirchen/Duisberg | (276) 23 Nov 44 | -- |
| Gladbeck | (343) 22 Mar 45 | -- |
| | (344) 23 Mar 45 | -- |
| Hagen | (326) 28 Feb 45 | -- |
| Halberstadt | (165) 30 May 44 | 1 |
| Halle | (349) 31 Mar 45 | -- |
| Hamburg | (044) 25 June 43 | 3 |
| | (053) 25 July 43 | 1 |
| | (054) 26 July 43 | -- |
| | (183) 18 June 44 | -- |
| | (186) 20 June 44 | 1 |
| | (322) 24 Feb 45 | -- |
| | (341) 20 Mar 45 | 2 |
| Hamm | (139) 22 Apr 44 | 2 |
| | (262) 25 Oct 44 | -- |
| | (264) 30 Oct 44 | -- |
| Hamm/Ahlem | (126) 23 Mar 44 | -- |
| Hamm/Osnabruck | (244) 19 Sept 44 | -- |
| Hannover | (051) 17 July 43 | -- |
| | (329) 03 Mar 45 | -- |
| Hamm (A) | (013) 02 Feb 43 | -- |
| (A) | (015) 14 Feb 43 | -- |
| Heddernheim | (074) 14 Oct 43 | 1 |
| Heiterblick | (194) 29 June 44 | 1 |
| Heligoland Isl. | (036) 15 May 43 | 1 |
| | (055) 29 July 43 | -- |
| Hesepe/Hopsten | (342) 21 Mar 45 | -- |
| Hitsacker | (354) 07 Apr 45 | -- |
| Hollriegelskreuth | (207) 19 July 44 | 1 |
| Huls | (043) 22 June 43 | 1 |
| Ingolstadt | (302) 15 Jan 45 | -- |
| Kaiserlautem | (293) 03 Dec 44 | -- |
| Kall | (298B)07 Jan 45 | -- |
| Kall/Blankenheim | (288) 19 Dec 44 | -- |
| Kassel | (137) 19 Apr 44 | -- |
| | (295) 01 Jan 45 | -- |
| Kiel | (035) 14 May 43 | 1 |
| | (038) 19 May 43 | -- |
| | (095) 04 Jan 44 | 1 |
| | (096) 05 Jan 44 | 1 |
| | (157) 22 May 44 | -- |
| | (350) 03 Apr 45 | -- |
| Kitzingen | (321) 23 Mar 45 | -- |
| Koblenz | (287) 18 Dec 44 | -- |
| Langendreer | (316) 16 Feb 45 | 1 |
| Lechfeld/Oberepfaffen Hofen | (122) 18 Mar 44 | -- |
| Leipzig | (325) 27 Feb 45 | -- |
| | (353) 06 Apr 45 | 2 |
| Leipzig/Hettstedt | (109) 20 Feb 44 | -- |
| Ludwigshafen | (093) 30 Dec 43 | 1 |
| | (097) 07 Jan 44 | -- |
| | (209) 21 July 44 | -- |
| | (235) 03 Sept 44 | -- |
| | (236) 05 Sept 44 | -- |
| | (237) 08 Sept 44 | -- |
| | (238) 09 Sept 44 | 1 |
| Lutzkendorf | (240) 11 Sept 44 | -- |
| | (313) 09 Feb 45 | 3 |
| Magdeburg | (248) 28 Sept 44 | 11 |
| Mainz | (245) 21 Sept 44 | -- |
| Mannheim | (161) 27 May 44 | -- |
| | (260) 19 Oct 44 | -- |
| | (285) 11 Dec 44 | -- |
| | (301) 13 Jan 45 | 3 |
| | (304) 20 Jan 45 | -- |
| | (310) 01 Feb 45 | -- |
| Marienburg | (132) 09 Apr 44 | 1 |
| Merseburg | (152) 12 May 44 | -- |
| | (213) 28 July 44 | -- |
| | (214) 29 July 44 | -- |
| | (231) 24 Aug 44 | 2 |
| | (275) 21 Nov 44 | 4 |
| | (283) 06 Dec 44 | -- |
| | (286) 12 Dec 44 | -- |
| Merzhausen | (290) 27 Dec 44 | -- |
| Metz | (270) 09 Nov 44 | 2 |
| Minden | (336) 14 Mar 45 | -- |
| Misberg | (279) 29 Nov 44 | -- |
| Muckau | (198) 07 July 44 | -- |
| Munich | (201) 11 July 44 | -- |
| | (202) 12 July 44 | -- |
| | (203) 13 July 44 | 1 |
| | (204) 16 July 44 | 1 |
| | (215) 31 July 44 | - |
| Munster | (263) 26 Oct 44 | -- |
| Neuss | (294) 31 Dec 44 | -- |
| | (307) 23 Jan 45 | -- |
| Nieder-Breisig | (297) 05 Jan 45 | -- |
| Nurenberg | (318) 20 Feb 45 | -- |
| | (319) 21 Feb 45 | -- |
| Oberlahnstein | (281) 02 Dec 44 | -- |
| Offenburg | (278) 27 Nov 44 | -- |
| Operpfaffenhofen | (140) 24 Apr 44 | 3 |
| Oranienburg | (136) 18 Apr 44 | 1 |
| | (357) 10 Apr 45 | 1 |
| Oschersleben | (098) 11 Jan 44 | 11 |
| Osnabruck | (014) 04 Feb 43 | 1 |
| | (091) 22 Dec 43 | -- |
| | (246) 26 Sept 44 | 1 |
| Paderbon | (303) 17 Jan 45 | -- |
| Peenemunde | (206) 18 July 44 | -- |
| | (218) 04 Aug 44 | -- |
| Pirmasens | (224) 09 Aug 44 | -- |
| Plauen | (340) 19 Mar 45 | 1 |
| Rotha(Leipzig) | (163) 28 May 44 | 1 |
| Saarbrucken | (151) 11 May 44 | 1 |
| | (158) 23 May 44 | -- |
| | (256) 14 Oct 44 | -- |
| Schwerte | (333) 01 Mar 45 | -- |
| Schweich/Koblenz | (299) 08 Jan 45 | -- |
| Schweinfirt | (060) 17 Aug 43 | -- |
| | (078) 14 Oct 43 | 1 |
| | (112) 24 Feb 44 | 2 |
| | (135) 13 Apr 44 | 1 |
| | (254) 09 Oct 44 | -- |
| Shafstadt | (355) 08 Apr 45 | -- |
| Siegen | (309) 29 Jan 45 | -- |
| Soest | (282) 04 Dec 44 | -- |
| Soligan | (085) 01 Dec 43 | 2 |
| Sorau | (134) 11 Apr 44 | -- |
| Stedorf | (131) 29 Mar 44 | -- |
| Sterkrade | (266) 02 Nov 44 | 1 |
| | (306) 22 Jan 45 | 1 |
| Stettin | (153) 13 May 44 | -- |
| Stralsund | (252) 06 Oct 44 | -- |
| Straubing | (361) 16 Apr 45 | -- |
| Stuggart | (067) 06 Sept 43 | 1 |
| | (284) 09 Dec 44 | -- |
| Stuttgart | (228) 14 Aug 44 | -- |
| | (239) 10 Sept 44 | -- |
| Stuggart/Augsburg | (113) 25 Feb 44 | -- |
| Treunbrietzen | (363) 20 Apr 45 | -- |
| Ulm (R) | 16 Dec 44 | 1 |
| | (330) 04 Mar 45 | -- |
| Ulzen | (320) 22 Feb 45 | -- |
| Unterloss | (351) 04 Apr 45 | -- |
| Uschlag(Kassel) | (056) 30 July 43 | 1 |
| Vegesack | (024) 18 Mar 43 | 1 |
| Weisweiler | (273) 16 Nov 44 | -- |
| Wesseling | (250) 03 Oct 44 | -- |
| Wesseling/Koblenz | (255) 11 Oct 44 | 2 |
| Wiesbaden | (229) 15 Aug 44 | 9 |
| Wilhelmshaven | (012) 27 Jan 43 | -- |
| | (017) 26 Feb 43 | -- |
| | (025) 22 Mar 43 | -- |
| | (039) 21 May 43 | -- |
| | (041) 11 June 43 | 1 |
| | (080) 03 Nov 43 | -- |
| | (103) 03 Feb 44 | 1 |
| Wolfratshausen | (356) 09 Apr 45 | -- |
| Zeitz/Mersburg | (280) 30 Nov 44 | -- |
| Zossen | (337) 15 Mar 45 | 1 |
| NETHERLANDS | | |
| Gilze-Rijen | (061) 19 Aug 43 | 2 |
| | (166) 31 May 44 | -- |
| | (196) 05 July 44 | -- |
| Eindhoven | (243) 17 Sept 44 | -- |
| Rotterdam | (019) 04 Mar 43 | -- |
| | (027) 31 Mar 43 | 2 |
| Twente/Ensch | (346) 24 Mar 45 | -- |
| NORWAY | | |
| Heroya | (052) 24 July 43 | -- |
| Knaben | (082) 16 Nov 43 | -- |
| POLAND | | |
| Posen | (164) 29 May 44 | -- |
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(A) Mission aborted
(B) No bombs dropped
(BL) Blarney Mission - Exercise in preparation for D-Day missions
(R) Mission recalled |
Note: Losses do not include non-combat crashes, accidents in the United Kingdom, or aircraft that returned badly damaged from combat missions and were subsequently salvaged.
NUMBER OF LOSSES
| Number | Missions |
| 11 | 2 |
| 9 | 1 |
| 5 | 2 |
| 4 | 2 |
| 3 | 8 |
| 2 | 25 |
| 1 | 73 |
| Loses | 113 (31%) |
| No loses | 251 (69%) |
| Total | 364 (100%) |
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TEN TOP CITY LOSSES
| | City | Lost | Msns |
| 1 | Berlin & Erkner | 14 | 7 |
| 2 | Magdeburg | 11 | 1 |
| 3 | Oschersleben | 11 | 1 |
| 4 | St.Nazaire | 10 | 5 |
| 5 | Wiesbaden | 9 | 1 |
| 6 | Bremen | 8 | 5 |
| 7 | Hamburg | 7 | 4 |
| 8 | Lorient | 6 | 2 |
| 9 | Merseburg | 6 | 2 |
| 10 | Aschersleben | 5 | 1 |
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MISSION SUMMARY
| Country | Missions |
| North Sea | 2 |
| Belgium | 7 |
| Czechoslovokia | 2 |
| Denmark | 1 |
| France | 101 |
| Germany | 241 |
| Netherlands | 7 |
| Norway | 2 |
| Poland | 1 |
| Total | 364 |
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