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6 July 1944

Mission Details

Description: V-1 MISSILE SITES

Notes: 6 V-weapon sites, 3 railroad bridges, a highway bridge and an airfield are targets.

The insignia of the 388th Bomb Group.

388th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
The insignia of the 390th Bomb Group.

390th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
The insignia of the 447th Bomb Group.

447th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
The insignia of the 452nd Bomb Group.

452nd Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
The insignia of the 490th Bomb Group.

490th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 654.5 T

Description: BRIDGE

Connections

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People

Nathanial O Zemelman

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group 18th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-699301
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Edward A Zolnierzak

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33670081
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Aircraft

42-31484

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Mairsy Doats
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron 546th Bomb Squadron 547th Bomb Squadron

42-31854

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Baby Buggy
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 570th Bomb Squadron

42-38014

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Little America II
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron 546th Bomb Squadron
A B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-51190) nicknamed "Ann" of the 34th Bomb Group at Mount Farm. Image by Robert Astrella, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group. Written on slide casing: '34 BG, Mount Farm.'

42-51190

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Ann
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group 18th Bomb Squadron
Ten men in Air Force uniform posed in front of a military airplane. Six men standing to the rear, four men kneeling in front. The men are wearing combat flying gear.

42-97072

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Green Mountain Gal
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron 547th Bomb Squadron

Revisions

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Sources

http://valortovictory.tripod.com/b24s/42-51190.htm

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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'.