BERCK (Primary)

Mission Statistics

• Tonnage Dropped: 51 T

BOULOGNE (Primary)

Mission Statistics

• Tonnage Dropped: 41 T

BOULOGNE (Primary)

Mission Statistics

• Tonnage Dropped: 92 T

CHATEAUDUN (Primary)

Description: AIRFIELD

Notes: 2nd Bomb Division was made up of 14CBW is 44th Bomb Group, 392nd Bomb Group, 492nd Bomb Group; 96CBW is 458th Bomb Group, 466th Bomb Group, 467th Bomb Group. This is the second mission of the day fro 492nd Bomb Group.

2nd Bomb Division

• Unit Hierarchy: Division
• Air Force: Eighth Air Force
• Type Category: Combat organisation

Mission Statistics

• Tonnage Dropped: 124 T

Mission Statistics

• Tonnage Dropped: 101T

DREUX (Primary)

Mission Statistics

• Tonnage Dropped: 46 T

Description: TRANSPORTATION TARGET

Notes: Heavy bombers are sent on tactical missions to hit airfields and choke points. 1st Bomb Division was made up of 1CBW is 91st Bomb Group, 381st Bomb Group, 398th Bomb Group; 41CBW is 303rd Bomb Group, 379th Bomb Group, 384th Bomb Group 94CBW is 351st Bomb Group, 401st Bomb Group, 457th Bomb Group. 3rd Bomb Division was made up of 45CBW is 96th Bomb Group, 388th Bomb Group, 452nd Bomb Group; 13CBW is 95th Bomb Group, 100th Bomb Group, 390th Bomb Group.

1st Bomb Division

• Unit Hierarchy: Division
• Air Force: Eighth Air Force
• Type Category: Bombardment

3rd Bomb Division

• Unit Hierarchy: Division
• Air Force: Eighth Air Force
• Type Category: Combat organisation

Mission Statistics

• Tonnage Dropped: 48 T

Mission Statistics

• Tonnage Dropped: 165 T

Description: AIRFIELD

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress

Notes: 457th BG - MISSION NO. 63 - GAEL, FRANCE 10 JUNE, 1944 After a lapse of one day, the invasion aerial offensive was renewed with the 457th providing the high box of the 94th Combat Wing assigned to bomb the Gael Airfield, located on the Brest Peninsula. Its location made it suitable for use by front line German Luftwaffe planes. The 1st Division dispatched only four Combat Wings. Major Theodore C. Hoffman was Air Commander and Lt. George C. MacDonald was pilot. The target was covered by a seven-tenths undercast and bombing was by instruments. The bomb results were not good There was no enemy fighter opposition and only meager flak. (Compilers Note: Practically all missions to the invasion area called for early morning takeoffs. During the summer months in this part of France, cumulus clouds build up in the day, preventing visual bombing except in the early morning hours. Even then it proved to be very difficult.)

1st Bomb Division

• Unit Hierarchy: Division
• Air Force: Eighth Air Force
• Type Category: Bombardment

457th Bomb Group

• Unit Hierarchy: Group
• Air Force: Eighth Air Force
• Type Category: Bombardment

Mission Statistics

• Tonnage Dropped: 72 T

Mission Statistics

• Tonnage Dropped: 46 T

MERLIMONT PLAGE (Primary)

Mission Statistics

• Tonnage Dropped: 75 T

Mission Statistics

• Tonnage Dropped: 109 T

ORLEANS/BRICY (Primary)

Mission Statistics

• Tonnage Dropped: 182 T

ST GABRIEL (Primary)

Mission Statistics

• Tonnage Dropped: 52 T

Mission Statistics

• Tonnage Dropped: 19 T

VANNES (Primary)

Mission Statistics

• Tonnage Dropped: 117 T

WIMEREAUX (Primary)

Description: TRANSPORTATION TARGET

Notes: 2nd Bomb Division was made up of 2nd Combat Bombardment Wing is 389th Bomb Group, 445th Bomb Group, 453rd Bomb Group; 20CBW is 93rd Bomb Group, 446th Bomb Group, 448th Bomb Group; 95CBW is 489th Bomb Group, 491st Bomb Group; 14CBW is 492nd Bomb Group;

2nd Bomb Division

• Unit Hierarchy: Division
• Air Force: Eighth Air Force
• Type Category: Combat organisation

Mission Statistics

• Tonnage Dropped: 67 T