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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.

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 654.5 T

Description: BRIDGE

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Aircraft

43-37717

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The Pro-Kid
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron

44-6080

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

44-6105

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

44-6109

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

44-6141

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Sneakin Deacon
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron

Revisions

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ContributorJasonR
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Sources

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

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ContributorAAM
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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'.