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5 July 1944

Mission Details

Description: COMMUNICATIONS TARGETS

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 1.6 T

BOISSY-LE-BOIS (Primary)

Description: TRANSPORTATION TARGET

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 1.6 T

Description: BRIDGE

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 2.4 T

Description: TRANSPORTATION TARGET

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 1.7 T

ROUEN (Primary)

Description: TRANSPORTATION TARGET

Notes: P-47 Fighter Groups took part. This was a P-47 fighter-bomber mission. They claim 3-0-0 Luftwaffe aircraft in the air and 1-0-0 on the ground. Specific units not correlated in source data. LT COL Gabreski becomes the leading ace in the 8th Air Force with 28 victories.

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 5.5 T

Description: LOCKS

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 2.5 T

VEULETTES (Primary)

Description: BRIDGE

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 1.7 T

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People

William Lewis Brooks

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-692287 and 35714917
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Aircraft

A B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-95183) nicknamed "Briney Marlin" of the 458th Bomb Group flies low over countryside.

42-95183

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Briney Marlin
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron

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Sources

Lee Cunningham, 8th Air Force missions research database / Stan Bishop's 'Losses of the US 8th and 9th Air Forces', the Combat Chronology of the US Army Air Forces and the work of Roger Freeman including the 'Mighty Eighth War Diary'.