463rd Bombardment Group History / 1944 Missions
# Date Mission Target Aircraft Results Enemy Aircraft Destroyed Sent Lost Destroyed Probable Damgaged 0 18 Mar Villa Orba, Italy Udine Ammo Depot unk 1 unknown unknown unknown unknown 00 19 Mar Klagenfurt, Germany Unknown unk 2 unknown unknown unknown unknown 1 30 Mar Imotsky, Yugoslavia Airfield 39 0 poor 0 0 0 2 2 Apr Brod, Yugoslavia Marshalling Yards 34 0 poor 0 0 0 3 3 Apr Brod, Yugoslavia Marshalling Yards 38 0 good 0 0 0 4 5 Apr Nis, Yugoslavia Marshalling Yards 38 0 good 0 0 0 5 6 Apr Zagreb, Yugoslavia Airfield 38 2 poor 0 2 0 6 7 Apr Treviso, Italy Marshalling Yards 35 1 excellent 0 0 0 7 12 Apr Fischamend, Austria Aircraft Factory 37 0 fair 2 0 1 8 13 Apr Gyor, Hungary Aircraft Factory 32 0 excellent 1 0 1 9 14 Apr Ploesti, Romania Marshalling Yards 36 0 not bombed 0 0 0 10 16 Apr Belgrade, Yugoslavia Ammo Depot 35 0 excellent 0 0 0 11 17 Apr Belgrade, Yugoslavia Marshalling Yards 35 0 good 0 0 0 12 20 Apr Vicenza, Italy Marshalling Yards 34 0 not bombed 0 0 0 13 23 Apr Wiener- Neustadt, Aus. Aircraft Factory 35 0 fair 0 0 0 14 24 Apr Ploesti, Romania Marshalling Yards 36 1 excellent 5 3 0 15 28 Apr Piombino, Italy Docks 37 0 excellent 0 0 0 16 29 Apr Toulon, France Submarine Pens 34 1 fair 0 0 0 17 30 Apr Varese, Italy Aircraft Factory 34 1 good 0 0 0 18 5 May Ploesti, Romania Oil Refinery 35 4 poor 0 0 0 19 6 May Brasov, Romania Oil Refinery 35 0 poor 0 0 0 20 7 May Bucharest, Romania Marshalling Yards 35 0 excellent 0 0 0 21 10 May Wiener-Neustadt, Aus. Aircraft Factory 34 7 excellent 16 5 0 22 12 May Portorerraio, Italy Docks 35 0 excellent 0 0 0 23 13 May Trento, Italy Marshalling Yards 36 0 fair 0 0 0 24 14 May Piacenza, Italy Airfield 33 0 good 0 0 0 25 18 May Ploesti, Romania Oil Refinery 35 6 poor 28 30 12 26 19 May Portomaggiore, Italy Oil / Shipping 26 0 excellent 0 0 0 27 22 May Avezzano, Italy Marshalling Yards 26 0 poor 0 0 0 28 24 May Vienna, Austria Atzgerdorf A/C Factory 31 0 poor 9 2 0 29 26 May Ste-Etienne, France Marshalling Yards 29 0 excellent 0 0 0 30 27 May Avignon, France Marshalling Yards 31 0 poor 0 0 0 31 29 May Wiener-Neustadt, Aus. Wallersdorg A/D 28 0 excellent 0 0 0 32 30 May Zagreb, Yugoslavia Marshalling Yards 28 0 good 0 0 0 33 31 May Ploesti, Romania Oil Refinery 27 0 poor 0 0 0 34 2 Jun Oradea, Romania Marshalling Yards 27 1 good 0 0 0 35 4 Jun Nice, France Var River Bridge 27 0 excellent 0 0 0 36 5 Jun Pioppi Viaduct, Italy Reno River RR Bridge 27 1 excellent 0 0 0 37 6 Jun Belgrade, Yugoslavia Marshalling Yards 28 1 excellent 0 0 0 38 8 Jun Pola, Italy Reno River RR Bridge 27 0 excellent 0 0 0 39 9 Jun Oberpaffenhoffen, Ger Airfield 28 0 poor 0 0 0 40 10 Jun Mestre, Italy Marshalling Yards 27 1 excellent 0 0 0 41 11 Jun Smederevo, Yugoslavia Marshalling Yards 27 0 good 0 0 0 42 13 Jun Oberpaffenhoffen, Ger Airfield 25 1 good 0 0 0 43 14 Jun Budapest, Hungary Oil Refinery 27 3 good 0 0 0 44 16 Jun Vienna, Austria Kagran-Vacuum O/R 23 1 poor 0 0 0 45 22 Jun Modena, Italy Marshalling Yards 26 0 good 0 0 0 46 23 Jun Ploesti, Romania Oil Refinery 27 0 excellent 2 0 1 47 25 Jun Sete, France Marshalling Yards 27 1 excellent 0 0 0 48 26 Jun Vienna, Austria Oil Refinery 26 0 fair 0 0 0 49 27 Jun Budapest, Hungary Marshalling Yards 25 1 fair 0 1 0 50 30 Jun Banja Luka, Yugoslavia Airfield 25 0 excellent 0 0 0 51 2 Jul Budapest, Hungary Oil Refinery 24 0 poor 0 0 0 52 4 Jul Brasov, Romania Photogen Oil Refinery 24 0 excellent 0 0 0 53 5 Jul Montpelier, France Marshalling Yards 27 0 good 0 0 0 54 6 Jul Bergamo, Italy Steel Factory 26 0 good 0 0 0 55 7 Jul Blechhammer, Ger. Oil / Shipping 26 4 fair 16 0 3 56 8 Jul Vienna, Austria Zwolfaxing Ammo Depot 24 3 excellent 0 0 0 57 9 Jul Ploesti, Romania Oil Refinery 21 0 fair 0 0 0 58 13 Jul Verona, Italy Marshalling Yards 24 0 good 0 0 0 59 14 Jul Budapest, Hungary Marshalling Yards 25 1 good 0 0 0 60 15 Jul Ploesti, Romania Oil Refinery 25 0 poor 0 0 0 61 16 Jul Vienna, Austria Oil Depot 27 0 fair 0 0 0 62 18 jul Memmingen, Germany Airfield 25 0 excellent 0 0 0 63 19 Jul Munich, Germany Oil Refinery 25 1 excellent 0 0 0 64 20 Jul Memmingen, Germany Airfield 27 0 excellent 0 0 0 65 21 Jul Brux, Czech. Synthetic Oil Refinery 26 0 poor 0 0 0 66 22 Jul Ploesti, Romania Oil Refinery 24 0 fair 0 0 0 67 24 Jul Turin, Italy Tank Repair Works 25 0 excellent 0 0 0 68 25 Jul Linz, Austria H. Goering Tank Works 27 2 good 0 0 0 69 26 Jul Wiener-Neudorf, Aus. Aircraft Factory 21 0 poor 0 0 0 70 28 Jul Ploesti, Romania Oil Refinery 23 1 unjnown 0 0 0 71 30 Jul Brod, Yugoslavia Marshalling Yards 26 0 excellent 0 0 0 72 31 Jul Ploesti, Romania Xenia Oil Refinery 25 1 fair 0 0 0 73 3 Aug Friedrichshafen, Ger. Hydrogen Factory 21 0 poor 0 0 0 74 6 Aug Le Pouzin, France Bridge 27 0 excellent 0 0 0 75 7 Aug Blechhammer, Ger. South Synthetic O/R 26 0 excellent 0 0 0 76 9 Aug Gyor, Hungary A/C Component Factory 28 0 excellent 0 0 0 77 10 Aug Ploesti, Romania Oil Refinery 27 0 excellent 0 0 0 78 12 Aug Savona, Italy Shore Guns 20 0 poor 0 0 0 79 13 Aug Savona, Italy Shore Guns 24 0 good 0 0 0 80 14 Aug St. Raphael, France Shore Guns 27 0 good 0 0 0 81 15 Aug Valence, France Bridge 28 4 excellent 0 0 0 82 17 Aug Nis, Yugoslavia Airfield 23 1 good 0 0 0 83 18 Aug Ploesti, Romania Oil Refinery 27 0 excellent 0 0 0 84 19 Aug Ploesti, Romania Xenia Oil Refinery 24 1 poor 0 0 0 85 22 Aug Blechhammer, Ger. Oil Refinery 26 2 poor 0 0 0 86 23 Aug Wiener-Neustadt, Aus. Aircraft Factory 26 0 poor 0 0 0 87 24 Aug Pardubice, Czech. Airfield 28 0 fair 0 0 0 88 25 Aug Brno, Czech. Airfield 27 0 excellent 0 0 0 89 26 Aug Aviso, Italy Railroad Bridge 28 0 good 0 0 0 90 27 Aug Blechhammer, Ger. North Oil Refinery 28 0 fair 0 0 0 91 28 Aug Moosbierbaum, Aus. Oil Refinery 28 0 good 0 0 0 92 29 Aug Bohumin, Czech. Oil Refinery 28 0 good 0 0 0 93 30 Aug Novi Sad, Yugoslavia Marshalling Yards 28 1 poor 0 0 0 94 1 Sep Tesica Morava, Czech. Railroad Bridge 28 0 excellent 0 0 0 95 3 Sep Belgrade, Yugoslavia Sava River RR Bridge 27 0 excellent 0 0 0 96 4 Sep Genoa, Italy Submarine Pens 28 0 excellent 0 0 0 97 5 Sep Budapest, Hungary Railroad Bridge 28 0 poor 0 0 0 98 6 Sep Oradea, Romania Railroad Bridge 28 0 excellent 0 0 0 99 8 Sep Brod, Yugoslavia Railroad Bridge 28 0 fair 0 0 0 Sarajevo, Yugoslavia Railroad Bridge poor 100 10 Sep Vienna, Austria Schwecat Oil Refinery 28 0 good 0 0 0 101 12 Sep Munich, Germany Lechfeld Airfield 28 1 poor 0 0 0 102 13 Sep Blechhammer, Ger. Oil Refinery 28 2 not bombed 0 0 0 103 15 Sep Athens, Greece Kalamaki Airfield 27 0 excellent 0 0 0 104 17 Sep Budapest, Hungary Marshalling Yards 26 0 good 0 0 0 105 18 Sep Novi Sad, Yugoslavia Railroad Bridge 28 0 good 0 0 0 106 20 Sep Szob, Hungary Railroad Bridge 28 0 good 0 0 0 107 21 Sep Bekescaba, Hungary Marshalling Yards 28 0 good 0 0 0 108 22 Sep Munich, Germany BMW Motor Works 27 0 poor 0 0 0 109 23 Sep Brux, Czech. Synthetic Oil Refinery 27 1 unobserved 0 0 0 110 4 Oct Pordenone, Italy Railroad Bridge 12 0 excellent 0 0 0 111 4 Oct Munich, Germany Marshalling Yards 23 0 poor 0 0 0 112 7 Oct Vienna, Austria Lobau Oil Refinery 24 0 excellent 0 0 0 113 7 Oct Nove Zamky, Hungary Marshalling Yards 13 0 good 0 0 0 114 10 Oct Mestre, Italy Porto Marghera M/Y 28 0 poor 0 0 0 115 11 Oct Graz, Austria Motor Works 18 0 unobserved 0 0 0 116 12 Oct Bologna, Italy Bivouac Area 36 0 fair 0 0 0 117 13 Oct Blechhammer, Ger. South Oil Refinery 22 0 poor 0 0 0 Vienna, Austria Florisdorff Refinery 18 2 unknown 0 0 0 118 14 Oct Nove Zamky, Hungary Marshalling Yards 33 0 good 0 0 0 119 16 Oct Linz, Austria Area Bombing 36 0 unobserved 0 0 0 120 17 Oct Blechhammer, Ger. South Oil Refinery 28 1 unobserved 0 0 0 121 20 Oct Regensburg, Germany Oil / Shipping 35 0 unobserved 0 0 0 122 23 Oct Plaven, Germany Industrial Area 34 0 unobserved 0 0 0 123 25 Oct Klagenfurt, Germany Aircraft factory 1 0 unobserved 0 0 0 124 26 Oct Innsbruck, Austria Marshalling Yards 2 0 good 0 0 0 125 28 Oct Munich, Germany Marshalling Yards 2 0 unobserved 0 0 0 126 2 Nov Moosbierbaum, Ger. Oil Refinery 3 0 unobserved 0 0 0 127 3 Nov Vienna, Austria South Ordance Depot 1 0 unobserved 0 0 0 128 4 Nov Regensburg, Germany Winterhofen Oil Depot 36 0 unobserved 0 0 0 129 5 Nov Vienna, Austria Florisdorf Oil Refinery 27 0 unobserved 0 0 0 130 6 Nov Deutsch Wagram, Aus. Strashoff M/Y 36 0 unobserved 0 0 0 131 7 Nov Maribor, Yugoslavia Marshalling Yards 26 0 good 0 0 0 132 7 Nov Vienna, Austria Florisdorf Oil Refinery 3 0 unobserved 0 0 0 133 11 Nov Salzburg, Austria Marshalling Yards 31 0 unobserved 0 0 0 134 12 Nov Blechhammer, Ger. South Oil Refinery 2 0 unobserved 0 0 0 135 15 Nov Linz, Austria Benzol Oil Refinery 3 0 unobserved 0 0 0 136 16 Nov Innsbruck, Austria Marshalling Yards 35 1 poor 1 0 0 137 17 Nov Salzburg, Austria Marshalling Yards 32 0 unobserved 0 0 0 138 18 Nov Vienna, Austria Oil Refinery 35 0 unobserved 0 0 0 139 18 Nov Visegard, Yugoslavia Troop Concentrations 8 0 unobserved 0 0 0 140 19 Nov Vienna, Austria Winterhofen Oil Depot 27 0 unobserved 0 0 0 141 20 Nov Brno, Czech. Marshalling Yards 35 0 unobserved 0 0 0 142 22 Nov Munich, Germany West Marshalling Yards 36 0 unobserved 0 0 1 143 24 Nov Linz, Austria Benzol Oil Refinery 6 0 unobserved 0 0 0 144 30 Nov Linz, Austria Benzol Oil Refinery 2 0 unobserved 0 0 0 145 7 Dec Spittel, Austria Communications 1 0 unobserved 0 0 0 146 8 Dec Moosbierbaum, Aus. Oil Refinery 3 0 excellent 0 0 0 147 9 Dec Regensburg, Germany Marshalling Yards 36 2 unobserved 0 0 0 148 12 Dec Blechhammer, Ger. South Oil Refinery 6 1 unobserved 0 0 0 149 18 Dec Odertal, Germany Oil Refinery 34 0 unobserved 0 0 0 150 19 Dec Vienna, Austria Marshalling Yards 37 0 unobserved 0 0 0 151 20 Dec Regensburg, Germany Oil / Shipping 35 1 unobserved 0 0 0 152 25 Dec Brux, Czech. South Synthetic O/R 27 1 fair 0 0 0 153 26 Dec Ordertal, Germany Oil Refinery 27 0 fair 0 0 0 154 27 Dec Linz, Austria Marshalling Yards 33 1 unobserved 0 0 0 155 28 Dec Regensburg, Germany Oil / Shipping 16 0 poor 0 0 0 156 29 Dec Innsbruck, Austria Marshalling Yards 29 0 poor 0 0 0

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