393 - Fighter Bomber Mission

5 June 1944

Official Description

7 P-51 Fighter Bombers attack truck convoy near Lille, destroying 2 trucks.

Mission Details

LILLE

Description: TRUCK CONVOY

Notes: 7 of 8 P-51s attack a truck convoy near Lille, France

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 3.00

LILLE/VENDEVILLE

Description: AIRFIELD

Notes: The 8th P-51 bombs this airfield.

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 1.00

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People

  • 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
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 0756185
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Revisions

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Sources

USAAF Combat Chronology.

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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'.