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Sunday, October 1 2006

Mission: Halberstadt

Like so many European cities, Halberstadt's history is devided into two periods: before and after "the bombing".

On Sunday April 8th 1945, the Pink Lady took off from polebrook airfield shortly after breakfast, and Captain Jay H. Maish put her into a holding pattern over the English coast while the entire bombing fleet would be assembled (1)...

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Sunday, September 10 2006

Mission: Royan

On Saturday April 14th, 1945, the Pink Lady participated in what would be the first day of a two-day bombing of the city of Royan and the surrounding area, in an attempt to dislodge the occupying German force... (Read a first-hand account of the bombing)

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