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Introduction and Storyline
(Előszó és a Történet)

AAC BG Mission Narratives
(Bombázók bevetési jelentései)

AAC BG Mission Orders
(Bevetési parancsok)

Aircraft Downed in Hungary
(Kényszerleszállás Magyarországon)

460th BG Escape Statements
(460-as Bombázó Csoport Két menekülés leirása)

BG Mission Lists
(Bombázó csoportok bevetési listája)

Harrison Flats
(Harrison Sík)

S-2 Sees It Through  
(S-2 gondoskodik mindenről)

Newspaper Accounts
(Ujságcikkek)

A Great Miracle
(Egy nagy csoda)

Rededication
(A templomszentelés)

Reflections
(Elmélkedések)

Two Great Organs
(A székesegyház orgonái)

Church Bells Sound Recording
(Hangfelvétel)

The Final Chapter
(Utolsó Fejezet)

Memories of September 1947
(Emlékek 1947-ből)

3/4/15 Service Announcement
(Meghívó esti misére 2015, III. 4.)

Lost Art and Frescos
(Elveszett műkincsek és freskók)

YouTube movie of Cathedral story

Updated bomb damage photo gallery

8 Photo Essays
2018
Hungarian Translation of English Mission Orders for 3-4-1945. pdf
55th. Bomb Wing Report of March 1945. pdf
Photo Album: Personal Photos of Base Activity fm. 16mm Microfilm
Movie: Winter on the Danube - 3 mins. w/music
2019
6 photo-essays about the 1944 Normandy Landings
2020
Air Force Magazine - 3 Years Over Europe
2021
The London Blitz - Part 1
Their Finest Hour speech
2022
V-1 and V-2 Vengeance Weapons Used on England
2023
A Soldiers Photo Album
New! 2023
John F. Kennedy Assassination
Photo Albums
(Fénykép album)
Links
(Linkek)

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460th Bombardment Group
The 460th Bomb Group flew B-24 Liberators. This Group was stationed at Spinazzola, Italy. Their squadron designations are the 760, 761, 762 and 763.
464th Bombardment Group
The official web site for the WWII 464th Bombardment Group. The 464th has four squadrons - the 776, 777, 778 and the 779. This site has MACR reports, photos and other items of historical interest.
485th Bombardment Group
Web site dedicated to the 485th BG. The activation of the 485th Bomb Group took place at the Fairmont, Nebraska Army Air Field in September 1943, from the original cadre which was actually assembled from the 29th Bomb Group, stationed at Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho. The group consisted of four squadrons - 828th, 829th, 830th and 831st.
YouTube movie of Cathedral story
A short YouTube movie with music about the events of the Allied bombing on March 4, 1945. Produced from a two semester course on film making at a local college in 2007. The events are focused around the City of Szombathely, Hungary and its magnificent cathedral: The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. (23 min. Color and B/W with audio track)
      This website is dedicated to describing the events of Sunday, March 4, 1945 over the city of Szombathely, Hungary. Footnotes, references and historical documents will be added to the site as translations become available. The readers' interest and help with translations would be most appreciated - in both English and Hungarian.
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