405
11 June 1944
Timothy Motz, from Pictorial History of the 447th Bombardment Group (H) https://www.americanairmuseum.com/media/41056
Object Number - UPL 44306 - 8th Air Force mission 405; June 11, 1944; Boulogne, France area. 447th Bomb Group strike photo
Description
Flew a sortie flight to the French Coast at 24,000 feet. 8th Combat Flight. No flak.
Mission Details
Description: BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 174 T
Description: BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 9 T
Description: AIRFIELD
Notes: 1,055 bombers are despatched and 914 fighter sorties are flown. Original mission was to hit priority targets in Germany, but the weather remains foul. Over 400 bombers abort due to weather or the absence or malfunction of their PATHFINDER (PFF) radar bombing equipment. 1st Bomb Division was made up of 91st Bomb Group, 92nd Bomb Group, 351st Bomb Group, 381st Bomb Group, 401st Bomb Group, 457th Bomb Group. 3rd Bomb Division was made up of 94th Bomb Group, 95th Bomb Group, 96th Bomb Group, 100th Bomb Group, 388th Bomb Group, 390th Bomb Group, 447th Bomb Group, 452nd Bomb Group, 486th Bomb Group, 487th Bomb Group. All aircraft from 3rd Bomb Divisionfailed to bomb.
- Unit Hierarchy: Division
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
![Three B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 94th Bomb Group are attacked by a Nazi Fighter aircraft during a mission. Printed caption on reverse of print: 'A-62641 USAF: Nazi fighter plane attacking Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortresses" during a bomb run over enemy installations somewhere in Europe, 10 September 1944. 100th[sic] Bomb Group, 3rd Bomb Division. U.S. Air Force Photo.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-408505.jpg.webp?itok=zJwHCUjh)
- Unit Hierarchy: Division
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Combat organisation
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 83 T
BEAUMONT-SUR-OISE (Primary)
Description: AIRFIELD
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 38 T
Description: AIRFIELD
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 79 T
Description: AIRFIELD
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 30 T
Description: TRANSPORTATION TARGET
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 81 T
Description: AIRFIELD
Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
Notes: 4457th BG - MISSION NO. 64 - BERNAY-ST. MARTIN AIRFIELD, FRANCE 11 JUNE, 1944 On the sixth day of the invasion, the Eighth Air Force continued attacks against airfield and communications points to the rear of the German lines. The 457th comprised the high box of the 94th Combat Wing and dispatched eighteen craft to the airfield at Bernay-St.Martin, thirty miles east of Le Havre. It was a small dirt field, a satellite to a larger nearby field. Captain Wilbur D. Snow served as Air Commander with Lt. Alfred W. Fischer as pilot. The target area had complete undercast which made bombing results unobserved. Gee Box fixes indicated the bombs were dropped away from the briefed target. The bomb mn was made at 15,000 feet. There was no enemy aircraft opposition and no flak was encountered.
- Unit Hierarchy: Division
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 111 T
BLOIS/ST DENIS (Primary)
Description: AIRFIELD
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 123 T
CONCHES (Secondary)
Description: AIRFIELD
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 80 T
CORMEILLES-EN-VEXIN (Primary)
Description: AIRFIELD
Notes: All B-24 Bomb Groups participated except 448th Bomb Group. 2nd Bomb Division was made up of 44th Bomb Group, 93rd Bomb Group, 389th Bomb Group, 392nd Bomb Group, 445th Bomb Group, 446th Bomb Group, 453rd Bomb Group, 458th Bomb Group, 466th Bomb Group, 467th Bomb Group, 489th Bomb Group, 491st Bomb Group, 492nd Bomb Group.
- Unit Hierarchy: Division
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Combat organisation
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 92 T
CREIL (Primary)
Description: AIRFIELD
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 51 T
DINARD/PLUERTUIT (Primary)
Description: AIRFIELD
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 91 T
MERLIMONT PLAGE (Primary)
Description: AIRFIELD
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 77 T
MONTAUBAN (Opportunistic)
Description: MARSHALLING YARDS
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 128 T
MONTFORD (Primary)
Description: BRIDGE
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 70 T
POIX (Opportunistic)
Description: AIRFIELD
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 13 T
PONTAUBAULT (Primary)
Description: BRIDGE
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 96 T
TOUCQUET-PARIS-PLAGE (Primary)
Description: AIRFIELD
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 68 T
Description: AIRFIELD
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 57 T
SAINT-ANDRÉ-DE-L'EURE / ILLIERS-L'ÉVÊQUE
Description: DID NOT BOMB
Notes: Thew 306th Bomb Group sent 36 aircraft as 40th "B" Combat wing and 12 aircraft as high group of 40th "C" Combat Wing to targets in France. The wing leader of the "b" group climbed to 20,000 feet above England to get above the clouds and other combat wings did not follow. As a result, at the target other combat wings were below the clouds over the target and the wing leader was afraid to drop bombs for fear of hitting the aircraft below.
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Mission Statistics
- Aircraft sent: 36
Connections
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 331st Bomb Squadron 65th General Hospital
- Service Numbers: 55619
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier / Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: The Bold Sea Rover
- Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 486th Bomb Group 733rd Bomb Squadron 835th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Wolves Inc.
- Unit: 467th Bomb Group 789th Bomb Squadron 791st Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Rough Riders
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 492nd Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron 856th Bomb Squadron 857th Bomb Squadron 858th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 325th Bomb Squadron 92nd Bomb Group
Related videos and documents
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53158
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 88, 11 Jun 1944, Bernay/St. Martin
Revisions
Mission details added courtesy of Diane Elizabeth Reese from 457th Bomb Group Mission Documents. http://www.457thbombgroup.org/
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'.
