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8 May 1944

Mission Details

BRUSSELS/SCHERBECK (Primary)

Description: MARSHALLING YARDS

Notes: 3rd Bomb Division was made up of 486th Bomb Group & 487th Bomb Group.

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 163.5 T HE

LA GLACERIE (Primary)

Description: V-1 MISSILE SITES

Notes: 3rd Bomb Division was made up of 95th Bomb Group, 96th Bomb Group, 100th Bomb Group, 388th Bomb Group, 390th Bomb Group, 452nd Bomb Group.

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 238 T HE

SOTTEVAST (Primary)

Description: V-1 MISSILE SITES

Notes: 1st Bomb Division was made up of 303rd Bomb Group, 379th Bomb Group, 384th Bomb Group.

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People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34645538
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34526247
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group
  • Service Numbers: 36517221
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Revisions

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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'.