368 (65th Fighter Wing Field Order 99 and 66th Fighter Wing Field Order 61)
24 May 1944Mission 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.
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- 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: 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.
- 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: 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
Revisions
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'.