368 (65th Fighter Wing Field Order 99 and 66th Fighter Wing Field Order 61)

24 May 1944

Mission Details

BEAUMONT-SUR-OISE (Primary)

Description: RAILROAD AND HIGHWAY BRIDGES

Notes: 124 P-51s escorted by 24 P-51s are despatched to hit these bridges. 59 bomb Beaumont-sur-Oise and 34 bomb Soissons. 29 bomb the Leger/Albert Airfield. Claims include 2-0-1 on the ground.

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 23.5 T HE

CREIL (Primary)

Description: RAILROAD BRIDGE

Notes: 74 P-47s are despatched to Creil, 44 hit the bridge. 28 P47s are despatched to Verberie, 28 bomb. These fighter-bomber attacks on railroad bridges in France are all in preparation for the coming D-Day invasion to deny the Germans the capacity to move war materiel and troops to Normandy. 1 P-47 is damaged, No losses, no casualties.

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 20 T HE

Description: AIRFIELD

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 7.5 T HE

SOISSONS (Primary)

Description: RAILROAD AND HIGHWAY BRIDGES

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 12.5 T HE

VERBERIE (Primary)

Description: RAILROAD BRIDGE

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 8 T HE

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People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 832nd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Commanding Officer

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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'.