Subject: Aircrew casualities
From: Guy Alcala
Date: 9/29/03 8:36 PM Pacific Daylight Time
Message-id: 3F78FB42.14031EFC@junkpo

The scale of losses was a record at that time,

Guy


Yeah.. No way in hell a typicle mission. Those of us who flew missions in the
ETO the word Schweinfort sent shivers down our spines. Does your historical
research allow for shivers down the spine on that never to be forgotten "black"
mission which along with Ploesti defined missions that were pure hell.?


Arthur Kramer
344th BG 494th BS
England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany
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