The first page consists of documents from the 73rd Bomb Wing Mission Report.
source : Jim Bowman 500th Bomb Group Memorial Association

In Page 2 you will find two maps from the Mission Report and two Google maps

The first document below is the 497th Bomb Group Blackboard with A-28 appearing towards the bottom.
Next to Captain Hahn's name are the words EXPLODED OVER TARGET

Most of the other documents are tables from the Report and provide considerable
and concise information about several aspects of the mission.

The page titled Lost Aircraft provides a short summary of
the circumstances surrounding the B-29s that were lost.

This mission was one of the worst in terms of attacks by enemy aircraft
with Table VII documenting the number and types.

The third page of Mission #22 has excerpts from Jim Bowman's Day By Day.

497TH BOMB GROUP BLACKBOARD

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TABLE I AIRCRAFT PARTICIPATING

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TABLE II AIRCRAFT FAILING TO BOMB PRIMARY TARGET

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TABLE VII COMBAT DATA

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LOST AIRCRAFT
BLUE ARROW POINTS TO A-28
AIRCRAFT COMMANDER CAPTAIN HAHN

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BOMBING DATA
A-28 IS LAST B-29 ON THIS LIST

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