 Specific targets included a chemical plant in Ludwigshafen, an aircraft assembly plant in Brunswick, ball-bearing plants at Schweinfurt and Leipzig, synthetic oil refineries at Merseburg and Gelsenkirchen, marshalling yards at Hamm and Reims and airfields in Mesnil au Val and Berlin.The Group received another DUC for flying without fighter protection into central Germany to attack vital aircraft factories on 11 January 1944.On several occasions the Group attacked interdictory targets and operated in support of ground forces.