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5 May 1944
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UPL 19353
466th BG Mission Route Map
5 May 1944
Sottevast, France - No Ball Targets
Only four 466th BG aircraft sortied for this mission. All Returned safely 466th Bomb Group collection
5 May 1944
Sottevast, France - No Ball Targets
Only four 466th BG aircraft sortied for this mission. All Returned safely 466th Bomb Group collection
466th BG Historian
Mission Details
Sottevast, France
Description: V-1 MISSILE SITES
Notes: Bombing was by visual means when PATHFINDER (PFF) equipment failed.
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 76.5 T HE
Connections
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 446th Bomb Group 93rd Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: O-434690
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot / Operations Officer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15333425
- Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner/Airplane Armorer
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Ruth-Marie
- Unit: 467th Bomb Group 790th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Go Getter | Fate's Fortune
- Unit: 467th Bomb Group 789th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Yankee Buzz Bomb
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 752nd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Big Dick Hard To Hit
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: The Cat's Ass
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 752nd 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'.