448

30 June 1944

Mission Details

Description: AIRFIELD

Notes: 3rd Bomb Division was made up of 486th Bomb Group, 487th Bomb Group

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 105 T

COXYDE/FURNES (Opportunistic)

Description: AIRFIELD

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 20.6 T

EVEREUX/FAUVILLE (Primary)

Description: AIRFIELD

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 71.9 T

LE CULOT (Primary)

Description: AIRFIELD

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 45.4 T

MONTDIDIER (Primary)

Description: AIRFIELD

Notes: No enemy aircraft are encountered against these bombing missions. 1st Bomb Division was made up of 303rd Bomb Group, 379th Bomb Group, 384th Bomb Group & 390th Bomb Group of 3rd Bomb Division

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 74.1 T

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Aircraft

42-97150

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Silver Queen
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron 547th Bomb Squadron
A B-17 Flying Fortress (SO-K, serial number 42-97204) of the 547th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Bob (R.L.) Coleman, Conn.'

42-97204

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Skylark
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron

42-97271

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Boss Lady
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron

42-97309

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Kathleen Lady of Victory
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron

42-97320

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Hot Rock
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th 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'.