No part of this work may be reproduced or used in any forms or by any means - graphic, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying or information storage and retrieval systems - without written permission from the copyright holder. Library of Congress Catalog Number: 95-67618. Two days later, Allied fighters strafed the B-1? and set her ablaze, but Luftwaffe personnel had long since stripped all the salvageable equipment from the hulk.īook Design by Robert Biondi. She bellied in near Lingen, still onehundred miles from the English Channel. In the head-on attack flown by ace Gruppenkommandeur Heinz Bar, co-pilot Beran was killed and Osterberg was wounded. Ninety minutes later, touch Miss Ouachita would suffer a final encounter with the Fw 190s of JG 1, ten miles short of the Dutch border. Osterberg's only hope was a low level run for the Dutch coast. Reached the relative safety of the clouds far below. The enemy fighters having spent their 20mm ammo, drew alongside for one fateful moment, flew a curious escort to the shattered bomber before she Gunners Morningstar and Klem were seriously wounded, and engineer Brostrom was killed. Before reaching the target at Munster, she became separated from the 323rd Bomb Squadron elements high over Hanover where she was ravaged in at least four firing passes by enemy interceptors, possibly the Focke-Wulf 190s of JG 11. SOME DON'T GO DOWN EASY On February 21, 1944, the second day of the "Big Week" raids on the Wehrmacht aviation industry, the Ragged Irregulars lost Miss Ouachita, and she didn't go down easily.
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This book is dedicated to all the men of the 91st Bomb Group and especially to those who gave the supreme sacrifice so that the rest of the world might be free of tyranny.ĭust jacket artwork by Steve Ferguson, Colorado Springs, CO. For all that gave so much encouragement to this project, our appreciation. If there are others that we have missed, please accept our gratitude. William Potter, William Pulliam, Mike Rheam, Armando Sinibaldo, Jackie Starcer, Russell Strong, Robert Strane, Charles V. McConnell, Gerald McDowell, Allen Morey, Marvin Nichols, Jack Padgett, Earl Pate Jr., G. Lanfear, Roger Layer, Bill Leisure, Paul Limm, Cecil G. Davis, Hubert Donahue, Eighth Air Force Memorial Museum Foundation, Jeffrey Ethell, Paul Fishbourne, Vincent Fonke, Roger Freeman, "Tex" Frye, Jack Gaffney, Leonard Bass, Boeing Historical Library-Audio Visual Archives, Wilfred Bouchard, John Bunch, Paul Burnett, Herbert Carpenter, Robert Casey, Bill Conlon, Leonard Cook, Dale Darling, John D. Many thanks are also due our many contributors Bill Adams, Roger W. We would like to particularly recognize Hilary "Bud" Evers, 9Ist Bombardment Group Historian, for all his input and advice, to Joseph Harlick for his labor and cooperation in making so many wonderful photos available, and to Paul Andrews for his excellent listings of the 91st Group aircraft. in World War II Marion HI Havelaar W[TH William NHess Iįoreword by Roger A, Freeman Schiffer Military/Aviation History Atglen, PAĪCKNOWLEDGMENTS he Authors would like to express their sincere appreciation and gratitude to all of those who so generously assisted in this history.
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