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COMBAT MISSIONS

The following is a list of combat missions flown by the 450th during WWII
Check the S2 Reports and the Target Pictures for additional information



1.                     01/08/1944               Airdrome, Mostar Yugoslavia

2.                     01/09/1944               Port Installations, Zara, Yugoslavia

3.                     01/10/1944               Marshalling Yard, Skoplje, Yugoslavia

4.                     01/13/1944               Airdrome, Perugia, Italy

5.                     01/14/1944               Town, Mostar, Yugoslavia

6.                     01/15/1944               Marshalling Yards, Prato, Italy

7.                     01/16/1944               Harbor Installations, Ossopo, Italy – Alternate – Zara, Yugoslavia

8.                     01/17/1944               Marshalling Yards, Arrezzo, Italy

9.                     01/18/1944               Marshalling Yards, Pisa, Italy

10.                   01/19/1944               Airdrome, Perugia, Italy – Alternate – Airdrome, Iesi, Italy

11.                   01/20/1944               Airdrome, Guidonia, Italy

12.                   01/21/1944               Marshalling Yards, Prato, Italy

13.                   01/22/1944               Marshalling Yards, Arrezzo, Italy

14.                   01/23/1944               Landing Ground, Launghezza, Rome, Italy – Airdrome, Rieti, Italy

15.                   01/24/1944               Marshalling Yards, Skoplje, Yugoslavia

16.                   01/27/1944               Airdrome, Istres-Letube, France

17.                   01/28/1944               Marshalling Yards, Ferrara, Italy

18.                   01/29/1944               Marshalling Yards, Siena, Italy

19.                   01/30/1944               Airdrome, Udine, Italy

20.                   01/31/1944               Airdrome, Aviano, Italy

21.                   02/03/1944               Marshalling Yards, Pontassieve & Stimigliano, Italy

22.                   02/04/1944               Submarine Pens, Toulon, France           

23.                   02/08/1944               Main Airdrome, Viterro, Italy

24.                   02/10/1944               Town, Valmontone, Italy

25.                   02/14/1944               Marshalling Yard, Verona, Italy

26.                   02/16/1944               Marshalling Yards, Pontassieve, Italy

27.                   02/17/1944               Storage Dump Anzio Beachhead, Italy

28.                   02/20/1944               City, Carroceta, Italy (0) Target not reached

29.                   02/22/1944               Obertraubling ME-109 Plant, Regensburg, Germany (2)

30.                   02/23/1944               Aero Engine Works, Steyr, Austria (2)

31.                   02/25/1944               Prufening Aircraft Factory, Regensburg, Germany (2)

32.                   03/03/1944               Airdrome, Viterbo, Italy - (0) Target not bombed

33.                   03/07/1944               Marshalling Yards, Cartaldo, Italy

34.                   03/11/1944               Submarine Pens, Toulon, France

35.                   03/17/1944               Schwechat Airdrome, Vienna, Austria  (2)

36.                   03/18/1944               Airdrome, Lavariano, Italy

37.                   03/19/1944               Ball Bearing Plant, Steyr, Austria – Alt - Graz, Austria  (2)

38.                   03/24/1944               Ball Bearing Plant, Steyr, Austria – Alt – Rimini, Italy

39.                   03/28/1944               Marshalling Yards, Mestre, Italy

40.                   03/29/1944               Marshalling Yards, Bolzano, Italy

41.                   03/30/1944               Marshalling Yards, Sofia, Bulgaria

42.                   04/02/1944               Daimler-Puch Factory, Steyr, Austria  (2)

43.                   04/03/1944               Marshalling Yards, Budapest, Hungary (2)

44.                   04/04/1944               Marshalling Yards, Bucharest, Rumania  (2)

45.                   04/05/1944               Marshalling Yards, Ploesti, Rumania  (2)

46.                   04/07/1944               Marshalling Yards, Mastre, Italy

47.                   04/12/1944               Aircraft Assembly Factory, Weiner-Neustadt, Austria (2)

48.                   04/13/1944               Vesces Airdrome, Budapest, Hungary (2)

49.                   04/15/1944               Marshalling Yards, Bucharest, Rumania  (2)

50.                   04/16/1944               Marshalling Yards, Brasov, Rumania  (2)

51.                   04/17/1944               City Sofia, Bulgaria – PFF Bombing

52.                   04/20/1944               Marshalling Yards, Treviso, Italy – Target not bombed

53.                   04/21/1944               Marshalling Yards, Ploesti, Rumania  - Target not reached

54.                   04/23/1944               Aircraft Factory, Schwechat, Austria (2)

55.                   04/24/1944               Marshalling Yards, Ploesti, Rumania (2)

56.                   04/25/1944               Marshalling Yards, Varese, Italy

57.                   04/28/1944               Harbor and RR Installations, Orbetello, Italy

58.                   04/29/1944               Harbor Installations, Toulon, France

59.                   04/30/1044               Marshalling Yards, Allessandria, Italy

60.                   05/05/1944               Marshalling Yards, Ploesti, Rumania  (2)

61.                   05/06/1944               Northwest Marshalling Yards, Brasov, Rumania  (2)

62.                   05/07/1944               Marshalling Yards, Bucharest, Rumania – Mission Recalled (0)

63.                   05/10/1944               Weiner-Neustadt, Austria – Target not reached (0)

64.                   05/12/1944               Harbor Installations, San Stephano, Italy

65.                   05/13/1944               Marshalling Yards, Piacenza, Italy

66.                   05/14/1944               Marshalling Yards, Vicenza, Italy

67.                   05/17/1944               Docks, Roads and RR, Porto San Stefano, Italy

68.                   05/18/1944               Oil Refinery, Ploesti, Rumania -Target not reached (1)   

69.                   05/19/1944               Railroad Installations, Spezia, Italy

70.                   05/22/1944               Railroad Bridge, Latisano, Italy

71.                   05/23/1944               Troop Concentrations, Grataferrata, Italy

72.                   05/24/1944               Wollersdorf Airdrome, Weiner-Neustadt, Austria (2)

73.                   05/25/1944               Oil Storage Installations, Porto Marghera, Italy

74.                   05/26/1944               Car Repair and Machine Shops, Nice, France

75.                   05/27/1944               St. Charles Marshalling Yards, Marseille, France

76.                   05/29/1944               Wollersdorf Airdrome, Weiner-Neustadt, Austria  (2)

77.                   05/30/1944               Ebreichsdorf Parts Factory, Vienna, Austria  (2)

78.                   05/31/1944               Romano Americano Oil Refinery, Ploesti, Rumania (2)

79.                   06/02/1944               Marshalling Yards, Simera, Rumania  (2)

80.                   06/04/1944               Marshalling Yards, Genoa, Italy

81.                   06/05/1944               Marshalling Yards, Castle-Ma-Giore, Italy

82.                   06/06/1944               Romano Americano Oil Refinery Ploesti, Rumania (2)

83.                   06/09/1944               Oberpfaffenhofen Airdrome Munich, Germany (2)

84.                   06/10/1944               Oil Refinery, Trieste, Italy

85.                   06/11/1944               Oil Storages, Constanto, Rumania (2)

86.                   06/13/1944               Bayerische Allach Motornworks, Munich, Germany (2)

87.                   06/14/1944               Oil Refinery, Osijck, Yugoslavia

88.                   06/16/1944               Apollo Oil Refinery, Bratislavia, Czechoslovakia (2)

89.                   06/22/1944               Marshalling Yards, Undine, Italy – Alternate - M/Y Ferrara, Italy

90.                   06/24/1944               Romano Americano Oil Refinery, Ploesti, Rumania (2)

91.                   06/26/1944               Heinkel Aircraft Factory, Schwechat, Austria (2)

92.                   06/27/1944               Vesces Airdrome, Budapest, Hungary - Alt – M/Y Brod, Yugoslavia

93.                   06/30/1944               Airdrome, Zagreb, Yugoslavia – Bombs not dropped

94.                   07/02/1944               Vesces Airdrome, Budapest, Hungary (2)

95.                   07/03/1944               Oil Storage Depot, Giurgiu, Rumania (2)

96.                   07/04/1944               Railroad Bridge, Pitesti, Rumania (2)

97.                   07/05/1944               Submarine Pens, Toulon, France

98.                   07/06/1944               Railroad Bridge, Casarsa, Italy

99.                   07/07/1944               Marshalling Yards, Zagreb, Yugoslavia

100                 07/08/1944               Airdrome, Markersdorf, Germany – Alt - Town, Melk, Germany (2)

101.                07/09/1944               Concordia Vega Oil Refinery, Ploesti, Rumania (2)

102.                07/12/1944               Theoule Sur Mer Railroad Viaduct, Toulon, France

103.                07/13/1944               East Marshalling Yards, Brescia, Italy

104.                07/14/1944               Ferencevaros Marshalling Yards, Budapest, Hungary

105.                07/15/1944               Americano Romano Oil Refinery, Ploesti, Rumania (2)

106.                07/19/1944               Aircraft Components Factory, Neuaubing, Germany (2)

107.                07/20/1944               Lowenthal Airdrome, Freidrichshaven, Germany (2)

108.                07/21/1944               Horsching Airdrome, Horsching, Austria - Target not reached

109.                07/22/1944               Americano Romano Oil Refinery, Ploesti, Rumania (2)

110.                07/23/1944               Kucove Oil Refinery, Berat, Albania

111.                07/26/1944               Airdrome, Markersdorf, Germany (2)

112.                07/27/1944               Manfred Weiss Armament Works, Budapest, Hungary  

113.                07/31/1944               Oil Storage, Targoviste, Rumania

114.                08/03/1944               Railroad Bridge, Ora, Italy

115.                08/06/1944               Submarine Pens, Toulon, France

116.                08/07/1944               Aircraft Dispersal Area, Alibunar, Yugoslavia

117.                08/09/1944               Vesces Airdrome, Budapest, Hungary

118.                08/10/1944               Oil Refineries, Ploesti, Rumania (2)

119.                08/12/1944               Gun Positions, Marseilles, France

120.                08/13/1944               Gun Positions, Toulon, France

121.                08/14/1944               Gun Positions, Savone, Italy

122.                08/15/1944               Beachhead, Southern France

123.                08/17/1944               Astro Romano Refinery, Ploesti, Rumania (2)

124.                08/20/1944               Marshalling Yards, Szolnok, Hungary

125.                08/22/1944               Lobau Underground Oil Storage Area, Vienna, Austria (2)

126                 08/23/1944               Oil Refinery, Vosendorf, Austria (2)

127.                08/24/1944               Marshalling Yards, Vinkovci, Yugoslavia

128.                08/26/1944               Giurgiu & Ruschuk Railroad Ferry Boat, Rumania

129.                08/27/1944               Railroad Bridge, Ferrara, Italy

130.                08/28/1944               Marshalling Yards, Miskole, Hungary

131.                08/29/1944               Railroad Bridge, Ferrara, Italy

132                 09/01/1944               Railroad Bridge, Kraljevo, Yugoslavia

133.                09/02/1944               Marshalling Yards, Kraljevo, Yugoslavia

134.                09/04/1944               Marshalling Yards, Trento, Italy

135.                09/05/1944               Railroad Bridge Ferraro, Italy

136.                09/06/1944               Troop Concentrations, Leskovac, Yugoslavia

137.                09/08/1944               West Marshalling Yards, Nis, Yugoslavia

138.                09/10/1944               SE Industrial Center, Vienna, Austria (2)

139.                09/12/1944               Allach R & W Engine Works, Munich, Germany (2)

140.                09/13/1944               Railroad Bridge, Ora, Italy

141.                09/15/1944               Marshalling Yards, Lorissa, Greece – Bombs not released

142.                09/17/1944               Marshalling Yards, Budapest, Hungary

143.                09/18/1944               South Railroad Bridge, Budapest, Hungary

144.                09/19/1944               Railroad Bridge, Kraljevo, Yugoslavia

145.                09/20/1944               Airdrome, Malacky, Austria (2)

146.                09/21/1944               Railroad Bridge, Novi Sad, Yugoslavia

147.                09/22/1944               West Marshalling Yards, Larissa, Greece – Bombs not released

148.                09/23/1944               Railroad Bridge, Ora, Italy

149.                09/24/1944               Kalamaki Airdrome, Athens, Greece

150.                10/04/1944               Brenner Pass, Bolzano, Italy

151.                10/07/1944               Winter Hafen Oil Depot, Vienna, Austria (2)

152.                10/10/1944               Marshalling Yards, Padua, Italy

153.                10/11/1944               Florisdorf & Kajren Oil Refineries, Vienna, Austria (2)

154.                10/12/1944               Troop Barracks, Bologna, Italy

155.                10/13/1944               Marshalling yards, Banhide, Hungary

156.                10/14/1944               Railroad Bridge, Maribor, Yugoslavia

157.                10/16/1944               Tank Works, St. Valentine, Austria (2)

158.                10/17/1944               Ordnance Works, Vienna, Austria (2)

159.                10/23/1944               Railroad Line, Brenner Pass, Italy

160.                10/29/1944               West Marshalling Yards, Munich, Germany  (2)

161.                10/30/1944               Marshalling Yard, Klagenfurt, Austria – PFF Bombing (2)

162.                10/31/1944               Town Podgorica, Yugoslavia – Bombs not released

163.                11/01/1944               South Goods Siding, Vienna, Austria – Bombs not released

164.                11/03/1944               Oil Refinery, Moosbierbaum, Vienna, Austria – PFF Bombing (2)

165.                11/04/1944               West Marshalling Yards, Munich, Germany (2)

166                 11/05/1944               Troop Concentrations, Podgorica, Yugoslavia – 6 Planes

167.                11/05/1944               Florisdorf Airdrome, Vienna, Austria – 28 Planes (2)

168.                11/06/1944               Moosbierbaum Oil Refinery, Vienna, Austria – 28 Planes (2)

169.                11/06/1944               Marshalling Yards, Sarajevo, Yugoslavia -12 Planes

170.                11/07/1944               Railroad, Brenner Pass, Italy

171.                11/08/1944               Troop Concentration, Mitrovica & Novi Pazar, Yugoslavia

172.                11/11/1944               Railroad Bridge, Ora, Italy – Mission called off

173.                11/12/1944               Railroad Bridge, Ora, Italy

174.                11/12/1944               Blechhammer Synthetic, Oppeln, Germany – 3 PFF Planes (2)

175.                11/15/1944               Marshalling Yard, Innsbruck, Austria – PFF Bombing

176.                11/16/1944               Troop Concentration, Sjenica, Yugoslavia- 14 Planes

177.                11/16/1944               West Marshalling Yards, Munich, Germany (2) – 28 Planes

178.                11/17/1944               Florisdorf Oil Refinery, Vienna, Austria (2)

179.                11/18/1944               Airdrome, Aviano, Italy

180.                11/19/1944               Schwechat Oil Refinery, Vienna, Austria (2)

181.                11/20/1944               Railroad Bridge, Doboj, Yugoslavia

182.                11/21/1944               Railroad Bridge, Doboj, Yugoslavia – Target not reached

183.                11/22/1944               Railroad Bridge, Ferrara, Italy

184.                11/23/1944               Brod Sava, Yugoslavia – Alt - Railroad Bridge, Zenic, Yugoslavia

185.                11/30/1944               West Marshalling Yards, Munich, Germany – 1 PFF Plane (2)

186.                12/02/1944               Marshalling Yards, Straszhof, Austria (2)

187.                12/03/1944               Industrial Area, Linz, Austria – 3 PFF Planes (2)

188.                12/06/1944               East Marshalling Yards, Sopron, Hungary (2)

189.                12/07/1944               Main Marshalling Yards Innsbruck, Austria – 3 PFF Planes

190.                12/08/1944               Moosbierbaum Oil Refinery, Vienna, Austria - 3 PFF Planes

191.                12/11/1944               Moosbierbaum Oil Refinery, Vienna, Austria - PFF Bombing

192.                12/12/1944               South Oil Refinery, Blechhammer, Germany – 6 PFF Planes (2)

193.                12/15/1944               Main Marshalling Yards, Rosenheim, Germany (2)

194.                12/16/1944               Main Marshalling Yards, Innsbruck, Austria

195.                12/17/1944               Main Marshalling Yards, Wels, Austria (2)

196.                12/18/1944               Florisdorf Oil Refinery, Vienna, Austria (2)

197.                12/19/1944               Marshalling Yards, Rosenheim, Germany (2)

198.                12/20/1944               Marshalling Yards, Salzburg, Austria (2)

199.                12/21/1944               West Marshalling Yards, Rosenheim, Germany (2)

200.                12/25/1944               West Marshalling Yards, Innsbruck, Austria

201.                12/26/1944               Adige Railroad Bridge, Ora, Italy

202.                12/27/1944               Railroad Loop Line, Brenner Pass, Italy

203.                12/28/1944               Railroad Loop Line, Brenner Pass, Italy

204.                12/29/1944               Railroad Loop Line, Brenner Pass, Italy

205.                01/04/1945               South Marshalling Yards, Bronzolo, Italy

206.                01/08/1945               North Main Marshalling Yards, Linz, Austria (2)

207.                01/15/1945               Southeast Railroad Yards, Vienna,  Austria (2)

208.                01/19/1945               North Marshalling Yards, Brod, Yugoslavia

209.                01/20/1945               Verona/Parona, Italy – Railroad Bridge

210.                01/31/1945               Moosbierbaum Oil Refinery, Vienna, Austria (2)

211.                02/02/1945               Moosbierbaum Oil Refinery, Vienna, Austria – Target not reached         

212.                02/05/1945               West Marshalling Yards, Salzburg, Austria (2)

213.                02/07/1945               Moosbierbaum Oil Refinery, Vienna, Austria (2)

214.                02/08/1945               Southeast Goods Depot, Vienna, Austria (2)

215.                02/09/1945               Moosbierbaum Oil Refinery, Vienna, Austria – 2 PFF Bombing (2)

216.                02/13/1945               Southeast Goods Depot, Vienna, Austria - 18 planes (2)

217.                02/13/1945               West Marshalling Yards, Zagreb, Yugoslavia – 18 planes

218.                02/14/1945               West Marshalling Yards, Zagreb, Yugoslavia

219.                02/15/1945               Matzleinddorf Marshalling Yards, Vienna, Austria (2)

220.                02/16/1945               Hall West Marshalling Yards, Southern Germany - Alternate (2)

221.                02/17/1945               Marshalling Yards, St. Valentin, Austria (2)

222.                02/18/1945               Main Marshalling Yards, Wels, Austria – Bombs not dropped

223.                02/19/1945               Penzinger Goods Station, Vienna, Austria (2)

224.                02/20/1945               Flume Shipyard, Brennero, Italy – Alternate Target

225.                02/21/1945               Matzleinsdorf Marshalling Yards, Vienna, Austria (2)

226.                02/22/1945               West Marshalling Yards, Rosenheim, Germany (2)

227.                02/23/1945               Locomotive Depot, Verona, Italy

228.                02/24/1945               Porto Nuovo Main Station, Verona, Italy

229.                02/25/1945               North Main Marshalling Yards, Linz, Austria (2)

230.                02/27/1945               Marshalling Yards, Salzburg, Austria (2)

231.                02/28/1945               Railroad Bridge, Isarco Albes, Italy

232.                03/01/1945               Moosbierbaum Oil Refinery, Vienna, Austria (2)

233.                03/02/1945               Marshalling Yards, Brescia, Italy – Alternate Target

234.                03/04/1945               Marshalling Yards, Zagreg, Yugoslavia

235.                03/08/1945               Locomotive Depot, Maribor, Hungary – Secondary Target (2)

236.                03/09/1945               Marshalling Yards, Maribor, Hungary

237.                03/12/1945               Florisdorf Marshalling Yards, Vienna, Austria (2)

238.                03/13/1945               Main Marshalling Yards, Regensburg, Germany (2)

239.                03/14/1945               Railroad Bridge, Varazdin, Yugoslavia

240.                03/15/1945               Moosbierbaum Oil Refinery, Vienna, Austria (2)

241.                03/16/1945               Marshalling Yards, Weiner-Neustadt, Austria (2)

242.                03/19/1945               Marshalling Yards, Landshut, Germany (2)

243.                03/20/1945               Marshalling Yards, Amsteeten, Austria – Alternate Target (2)

244.                03/21/1945               Airdrome, Newburg, Germany (2)

245.                03/22/1945               Southeast Goods Depot, Vienna, Austria (2)

246.                03/23/1945               South Marshalling Yards, St. Polten, Austria (2)

247.                03/24/1945               Airdrome, Newberg, Germany (2)

248.                03/25/1945               Oberchon Airdrome, Cheb, Czechoslovakia (2)

249.                03/26/1945               Marshalling Yards, Bruck Ad Lietha, Austria (2)

250.                03/30/1945               North Station & Goods Depot, Vienna, Austria (2)

251.                03/31/1945               North Main Marshalling Yards, Linz,  Austria (2)

252.                04/01/1945               Marshalling Yards, St. Polten, Austria (2)

253.                04/02/1945               Railroad River Bridge, Sulm, Austria

254.                04/05/1945               Railroad Bridge, Dravograd, Yugoslavia

255.                04/06/1945               Porto Nuovo Marshalling Yards, Verona, Italy

256.                04/07/1945               Railroad Bridge, Vipiteno, Italy – Target not reached

257.                04/08/1945               Railroad Bridge, Vipiteno, Italy

258.                04/09/1945               Apple Area Operations Buckland, Northeast Italy

259.                04/10/1945               Gun Emplacements (D +1) Northeast, Italy

260.                04/11/1945               Campodazzo Railroad Bridge, Brenner Pass, Italy

261.                04/12/1945               Railroad Bridge, Casarsa, Italy

262.                04/14/1945               Munitions Factory, Spilimbergo, Italy

263.                04/15/1945               Railroad Bridge, Casarsa, Italy

264.                04/15/1945               Gun Positions (D + 5) "Buckland" Bologna, Italy

265.                04/16/1945               Gun Positions (D + 6) "Buckland" Bologna, Italy

266.                04/17/1945               Enemy Occupied Buildings & Defenses (D +7) Bologna, Italy

267.                04/18/1945               Tactical Defenses, 5th Army Support, Bologna, Italy

268.                04/19/1945               Railroad Viaduct, Avisio, Italy

269.                04/20/1945               Railroad Viaduct, Mairhof, Austria (2)

270.                04/21/1945               Road Bridge, Legnago, Italy - Target not reached

271.                04/23/1945              Bridge, Legnato, Italy

272.                04/24/1945               San Ambrogio Marshallling Yards, Verona, Italy

273.                04/25/1945               North Main Marshalling Yards, Linz, Austria (2)

274.                04/26/1945               Ammunitions Dump, Casarsa, Italy



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