Hallo,
... Am 25. 11.1944 wurde um 11.40 Uhr das Flugfeld durch eine Fortress (B 17) und drei Jäger angegriffen ...
... Es war, nach meiner Meinung, kein geplanter Angriff ...
vielleicht sind die nachfolgenden Aufzeichnungen aus den Einsatzberichten der USAAF noch hilfreich? Am 25.11.1944 waren demnach durch die 8th Air Force zwei Einsätze (Mission 723 und 724) auf Industrieanlagen und Rangierbahnhöfe bei Merseburg und Bingen geplant, die 9th Air Force flog weitere Einsätze und Aufklärung gegen Einrichtungen im Bereich der im Text genannten Orte; Zitat (gekürzt):
Quelle: aircrewrembered.com
Gruß, J.H.
EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)
STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): 2 missions are flown.
Mission 723: 1,043 bombers and 965 fighters are dispatched to hit the synthetic oil plant at Merseburg, Germany using H2X and a marshalling yard; 8 bombers and 6 fighters are lost: 1. 671 of 766 hit the Leuna oil plant at Merseburg and 9 hit targets of opportunity; 8 B-17s are lost, 4 damaged beyond repair and 197 damaged; 7 airmen are KIA, 5 WIA and 64 MIA. Escort is 716 of 800 P-51s; they claim 9-0-8 aircraft on the ground; 6 P-51s are lost (pilots MIA) and 1 damaged beyond repair.
2. 254 of 271 B-24s hit the Bingen marshalling yard; 43 B-24s are damaged; 1 airman is WIA. Escort is 129 of 130 P-47s.
Mission 724: 7 B-17s and 6 B-24s drop leaflets in France, the Netherlands and Germany during the night.
The 36th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), VIII Fighter Command starts daily operations as a screening force for the bombardment divisions; it is assigned
the task of protecting the Eighth's primary VHF and fighter-to-bomber communications from interception during assembly; the increase of flak
batteries around German military and industrial installations soon compels the 36th to increase radar countermeasures on each mission; the 36th remains
on this assignment until the end of war in Europe
TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force):
In Germany, the 9th Bombardment Division hits an ordnance arsenal at Landau, road junctions, and an ammunition dump at Neustadt and Kaiserslautern; fighters escort the 9th Bombardment Division and Eighth AF, fly armed reconnaissance and support ground forces E of Aachen and between Merzig and Sarreguemines, France. ...