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23 May 1944Mission Details
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Description: RAILROAD BRIDGE
Notes: 103 P-51s are despatched to hit this railroad bridge in Belgium. 75 bomb while 14 fly top cover. 1 P-51 is lost, pilot MIA. This is first fighter/bomber mission for P-51s by 8th Air Force.
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 17.5 T HE
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Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Baby Buggy
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 570th 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'.