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2 August 1944

Mission Details

Description: BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 27.9 T

Description: V-1 MISSILE SITES

Notes: 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. 3rd Bomb Division was made up of 94th Bomb Group, 95th Bomb Group, 100th Bomb Group, 34th Bomb Group, 385th Bomb Group, 388th Bomb Group, 390th Bomb Group, 447th Bomb Group, 452nd Bomb Group, 486th Bomb Group, 487th Bomb Group, 490th Bomb Group, 493rd Bomb Group

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 188.4 T

Description: AIRFIELD

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 42.5 T

Description: RAIL BRIDGE

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 65.5 T

BEAUTOR (Primary)

Description: RAIL BRIDGE

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 62.5 T

Description: RAIL BRIDGE

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 33 T

Description: RAIL BRIDGE

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 93 T

PAS-DE-CALAIS (Primary)

Description: V-1 MISSILE SITES

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 457.9 T

Description: BRIDGE

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 47 T

THENNES (Opportunistic)

Description: BRIDGE

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 88 T

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Aircraft

A B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-95183) nicknamed "Briney Marlin" of the 458th Bomb Group flies low over countryside.

42-95183

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Briney Marlin
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron

42-97194

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Good Pickin
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron 336th Bomb Squadron

42-97215

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Scooter
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron

42-97257

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Knock-Out Baby!
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
The nose art of a B-17G Flying Fortress (serial number 42-97334) nicknamed "H-a-a-rd Luck!" of the 390th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '390.'

42-97334

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: H-A-A-RD LUCK!
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th 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'.