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12 July 1944

Mission Details

ROUEN (Primary) (RC)

Description: V-1 MISSILE SITES

Notes: Mission aborted because of cloud cover. 144 RAF Spitfires escort. No losses or claims. 3rd Bomb Division was made up of 34th Bomb Group, 486th Bomb Group, 487th Bomb Group, 490th Bomb Group, 491st Bomb Group

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: NA

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People

John Albert Staedler

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 735th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-765853
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Nathan M Stark

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 708th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13133678
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner / Tail Gunner

Bernard E Vaughan

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 487th Bomb Group 493rd Bomb Group 861st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-816382
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Tazwell B Wingfield

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Flight Officer
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Aircraft

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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'.