Chapter 48-23

23 (neumunster)- Munster                                                                                                                                                                          next mission

25Oct44

US mission 688

"Hit Munster marshalling yards and bombed by PFF. H2X (early radar) ship took over lead at IP (initial point of run) as GH went out. A lot of flak came up but helped by 5/10 cloud cover. One ship had to land at Brussels, and several crew members were hit. We had only one hole in our new ship, Latrine Humor.(discharge port)," Foster

A secondary target of the Oil Campaign of World War II, Münster was bombed on October 25, 1944 by 34 diverted B-24 Liberators during a mission to a nearby primary target, the Scholven / Buer synthetic oil plant at Gelsenkirchen. About 91% of the Old City and 63% of the entire city was destroyed by Allied air raids. [Wikipedia]

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489th Bomb Group

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Target for Today Excellent 1944 AA Corps Govt movie puts you right back there to cover a whole mission. Real military personnel although campy stilted dialog. 1 1/2 hr  if glitch/reload