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14 July 1944Mission Details
MONTDIDIER (Primary)
Description: AIRFIELD
Notes: 40 bombers fail to bomb because of malfunction of blind-bombing equipment. 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.
- Unit Hierarchy: Division
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Combat organisation
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 94.5 T
PERRONE (Primary)
Description: AIRFIELD
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 122.5 T
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People
- 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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Full House
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
Revisions
ContributorAAM
Changes
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'.