398th Missions

398th Bomb Group
Memorial
Association

**398th Missions**

195 Combat Missions
*Here is Where We Found Our Targets*
May 1944 06 Sottevast, Fr. (1) 07 Berlin 08 Berlin 09 St. Dizier, France 11 Sarreguemines (5) 12 Lutzkendorf 13 Politz 19 Berlin 20 Villacoublay, Fr. 22 Kiel (10) 23 Saarbrucken 24 Berlin 25 Nancy/Essey, Fr. 27 Ludwigshafen 28 Ruhland (15) 29 Posen [Poznan], Pol. 30 Dessau 31 Mulhouse, France Scrubbed: 10 Nurnburg	June 1944 02 Boulogne, France 02 Paliseau, France (20) 03 Maninen, France 03 Manihen, France 04 Hardelot, France 05 Trouville, France 06 Courseulles, France (25) 06 Caen, France 07 Kerlin-Bastard, France 08 Tours, France 10 LeTouquet, France 12 Lille-Nord, France (30) 13 Beauvais, France 15 Bordeaux, France 18 Hamburg 19 Cazeaux, France) 20 Hamburg (35) 21 Berlin 22 LaVaupaliere, France 23 Fiefs, France 24 Belloy-sur-Somme, France 25 Toulouse, France (40) 27 Biennais, France Scrubbed: 06 Possibly Caen, France 13 Bremen 17 Amiens, France 19 Unknown Target in PM 26 Munich, Germany 29 Leipzig, Germany	July 1944 04 Tours, France 06 Cauchie D'Ecques, France 07 Leipzig 08 Humieres-Fresnoy, France (45) 09 Humieres, France 11 Munich 12 Munich 13 Munich 16 Munich (50) 18 Peenemunde 19 Lechfeld 20 Dessau 24 St. Lo, France 25 St. Lo, France (55) 28 Merseburg 29 Merseburg 31 Munich Scrubbed 06 Munich 10 Unknown Target in France 27 Munich Non-Operational 26 Newman Crash	August 1944 01 Villaroche, France 03 Saarbrucken (60) 04 Peenemunde 05 Doliberg 06 Brandenburg 08 Couvincourt, France 09 Saarbrucken (65) 11 Brest, France 12 Versailles, France 13 Le Manoir, France 15 Ostheim 16 Delitzsch (70) 24 Kolleda 25 Neubrandenburg 26 Gelsenkirchen 27 Schoenfeld 30 Kiel (75) Scrubbed 02 Lens, France
September 1944 03 Ludwigshafen 05 Ludwigshafen 08 Ludwigshafen 09 Mannheim 10 Stuttgart (80) 12 Brux, Czech 13 Lutzkendorf 17 Eindhoven, Holland 19 Hamm 22 Kassel (85) 25 Frankfurt 26 Osnabruck 27 Cologne 28 Magdeburg 30 Munster (90) Scrubbed 01 Ludwigshafen 06 Berlin 06 Bremen 07 Berlin 14 Berlin 16 Eindhoven, Holland 20 Location in "Happy Valley"	October 1944 02 Kassel 03 Nurnberg 05 Cologne 06 Neubrandenburg 07 Brux, Czech (95) 09 Schweinfurt 14 Cologne 15 Cologne 17 Cologne 22 Brunswick (100) 26 Munster 28 Munster 30 Hamm Scrubbed: 04 Cologne 25 Hamburg, Germany 27 Mannheim, Germany Non-Operational 21 Moore Crash	November 1944 02 Merseburg 04 Harburg (105) 05 Frankfurt 08 Merseburg 09 Metz, France 10 Cologne 21 Merseburg (110) 25 Merseburg 26 Misburg 27 Offenburg 29 Misburg 30 Merseburg (115)	December 1944 04 Soest 05 Berlin 09 Stuttgart 11 Frankfurt 12 Merseburg (120) 15 Kassel 18 Cologne 24 Koblenz 28 Koblenz 29 Bingen (125) 30 Bischofsheim 31 Blumenthal Scrubbed: 29 Liepzig
January 1945 01 Kassel 03 Cologne 05 Kall (130) 06 Cologne 08 Speyer 10 Ostheim 13 Germersheim 17 Paderborn (135) 20 Mannheim 21 Aschaffenburg 22 Sterkrade 23 Neuss 28 Cologne (140) 29 Niederlahnstein Scrubbed 15 Neuburg 16 Berlin 27 Bremen 31 Berlin	February 1945 01 Mannheim 03 Berlin 06 Chemnitz 09 Altenbeken (145) 14 Prague, Czech 15 Dresden 16 Munster 19 Munster 20 Nurnburg (150) 21 Nurnburg 22 Stendal 23 Eger, Czech 25 Munich 27 Leipzig (155) 28 Schwerte Scrubbed 02 Berlin 02 Dresden 05 Munich	March 1945 01 Neckarsulm 02 Bohlen 03 Chemnitz 04 Ulm (160) 05 Chemnitz 07 Siegen 08 Huls 09 Kassel 10 Sinsen (165) 11 Bremen 12 Dillenberg 14 Osnabruck 15 Oranienburg 17 Bohlen (170) 18 Berlin 19 Plauen 21 Rheine 22 Dorsten 23 Coesfeld (175) 24 Achmer 24 Twente/Enschede, Holland 28 Berlin 30 Bremen 31 Halle (180)	April 1945 04 Reinsehlen 05 Grafenwohr 07 Kohlenbissen 08 Derben 09 Oberpfaffenhofen (185) 10 Oranienburg 11 Kraiburg 13 Neumunster 15 Fort Royal, France 16 Regensburg (190) 17 Dresden 18 Rosenheim 19 Elsterwerda 21 Munich 25 Pilsen, Czech (195) Scrubbed 02 Tislund, Denmark

Above is the Official 398th Mission List. The source of this list is from the 398th Bomb Group Memorial Association Publication: 398th Bomb Group Remembrances by Allen Ostrom circa 1989. Spellings of towns are as they are in that publication. It should be noted that on some days there were multiple missions and sometimes part of the formation went to alternate targets because of weather, heavy flak, or other conditions. Thus data for individual crews may be inconsistent with the above list.
See 398th Mission Names and Locations for help in geographically locating our target locations. At this time includes only 20 of 195 mission at this time.
See 398th Transcribed Mission Data for a listing of transcribed formation charts, narratives, and other key data.
Volunteers are needed to transcribe various mission reports to add to the growing collection of information about each of the 398th Missions.
The 398th was based at Station 131 in Nuthampstead, England from April 1944 until May 1945. All missions left from Nuthampstead and were to Germany unless otherwise specified. Non-Germany missions included locations in France, Holland, and Czechoslovakia.
Clicking the active links above will take you to all the information that has been put on the 398th Web Page for that mission. Note that in some cases the information may be just a few sentences within a story and you will need to search around for the information associated with the mission link you clicked.