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The Marauders took off fOl <strong>the</strong>ir first night mission in a cold, £;ll>tI r.un SOIl1C IK'''illll'h predllted t lr.it a third of t lun w oul«] Illd ict u ru<br />

Drawings By Capt. Raymond Creekmore<br />

f\U{ FOJ{CI-: Staff<br />

TI IE Xlaraudcrs. once condemned as too hot to haucllc.<br />

were <strong>the</strong> first Amcric.m bombers to make succc.sful<br />

night-bombmg missions in force from Crcat Britain.<br />

striking first on ~Ia\' 22. and <strong>the</strong> fifth time on [ulv 7 when<br />

nine were lost. ;\'e\\'s of <strong>the</strong>se operations \\'as \\'ithlteld for<br />

;1 l iinc since <strong>the</strong> iirst four \\TrC made without alms. ,\11<br />

\LiLluder 11Igllt missions \\'CIT led bv 9th <strong>Air</strong> Forcc 1'~ltllfinders<br />

\\lliclt m:rdc possible bombil{g tltrouglt xolid cloud<br />

cover TIIC If'tontlts of night training paid on gcncromll' at<br />

(1:1\\11 on [nne () \\'llcn tlte first '\ornl~Ill(II' landings \\'l'IC<br />

prelTdl'l1 III 112(, alLlCks. <strong>the</strong> pLrrICS LIking ofF in tltc cl.uk ,<br />

German searchlights clllght Cl \Lir;llIder ctlkd "I IOIlll'sick," and Cl gllllilcr IUS wounded bv<br />

NOVEMBER, 19~4<br />

fr'lgillenh. Bornb.u dicr gal'e<br />

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