405

11 June 1944
media-44306.jpeg UPL 44306 8th Air Force mission 405; June 11, 1944; Boulogne, France area. 447th Bomb Group strike photo 447th Bomb Group collection

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.

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.

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.

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.

Mission Statistics

  • Aircraft sent: 36

Connections

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People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-813458
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 446th Bomb Group 93rd Bomb Group
  • Service Numbers: O-434690
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot / Operations Officer
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18115880
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot
Air Force officer pinning award or ribbon on uniform of SSG Beeks
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 20441207
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Aircraft

42-102495
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Short Straw : Piccadilly Special
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 325th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Due Back
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 708th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The Duchess
  • Unit: 325th Bomb Squadron 92nd Bomb Group
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Ready Freddie
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Pretty Baby
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron

Revisions

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Contributorcmckeever
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Daughter - Carol Rollinger McKeever

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Contributorcmckeever
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Daughter - Carol Rollinger McKeever

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Mission details added courtesy of Diane Elizabeth Reese from 457th Bomb Group Mission Documents. http://www.457thbombgroup.org/

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ContributorEmily
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369th Bomb Squadron combat diary, courtesy of Wayne Tolmachoff

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ContributorAAM
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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'.

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