More on the "Last Mission"

As you may or may not know from reading this blog, F/O Leland H. Pennington was lost on April 21st, 1945 near Zadar, Croatia. He was flying back to base in Ramitelli, Italy after a successful bomber-escort mission over the Attang-Puchheim Marshalling Yard in Austria. Following are some links with more information on this mission, which was one of the deadliest in the "ETO" during World War II. (Click the text to go to the sites)


416th Bomb Group Mission Report


German Article on the Attnang-Puchheim Raid (Translated)

A Before and After photo of the Attnang-Puchheim M/Y Raid