442
25 June 1944
Object Number - UPL 34111 - "Erupting bombs send smoke skyward at the bridge at Clamecy near Dijon, France as 8th USAAF heavy bombers unloaded, 25 June 44. This was part of the...
Mission Details
Description: BRIDGE
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 52 T
BRETIGNY (Primary)
Description: AIRFIELD
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 82 T
BUC (Primary)
Description: AIRFIELD
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 33 T
Description: TRANSPORTATION TARGET
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 65 T
ETAMPES/MONDESIR (Opportunistic)
Description: AIRFIELD
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 30.6 T
Description: TRANSPORTATION TARGET
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 36 T
NANTEUIL (Primary)
Description: TRANSPORTATION TARGET
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 63 T
Description: TRANSPORTATION TARGET
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 34.2 T
ORLY (Opportunistic)
Description: AIRFIELD
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 40.1 T
ORLY (Opportunistic)
Description: MARSHALLING YARDS
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 6 T
ROMILLY-SUR-SEINE (Opportunistic)
Description: TRANSPORTATION TARGET
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 27.9 T
Description: BRIDGE
Notes: 3rd Bomb Division was made up of B-17 is 94th Bomb Group, 95th Bomb Group, 96th Bomb Group, 100th Bomb Group, 385th Bomb Group, 388th Bomb Group, 390th Bomb Group, 447th Bomb Group, 452nd Bomb Group, 486th Bomb Group, 487th Bomb Group
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 77 T
Description: BRIDGE
Notes: In the USSR, B-17s and P-51s are flown, at daybreak, from dispersal bases to Poltave and Mirgorod and loaded and fueled with the intention of bombing the oil refinery at Drohobycz, Poland and then to proceed to USAAF bases in Italy. However, bad weather cancels the mission until tomorrow. All aircraft return to the dispersal bases for the night as a precaution against air attacks.
Vélizy, Villacoublay Air Base, France
Description: AIR DEPOT
Notes: 2nd Bomb Division was made up of 44th Bomb Group, 93rd Bomb Group, 389th Bomb Group, 392nd Bomb Group, 445th Bomb Group, 446th Bomb Group, 448th Bomb Group, 453rd Bomb Group, 458th Bomb Group, 466th Bomb Group, 467th Bomb Group, 489th Bomb Group, 491st Bomb Group, 492nd Bomb Group.
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 168.9 T
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-690016
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 18th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-758667
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Roarin Bill
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 407th Bomb Squadron 92nd Bomb Group
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Fire Ball Red
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron 412th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Spam Can : Black Magic : Shady Lady
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron 336th Bomb Squadron 535th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Mirandy
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
Revisions
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'.