Mission Setback at Oberpfaffenhofen

Description

Captain Dewayne Bennett writes of the document tragety that resulted in heavy combat losses of the 41st Combat Wing’s ill planned mission to Oberfaffenhofen, Germany on 24 April 1944. Bennett survived this mission as well as being a sole squadron survivor on a mission to Schweinfurt, on 13 April 1944.

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