450

2 July 1944

Mission Details

Description: BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 2.3 T

BELLOY-SUR-SOMME (Primary)

Description: V-1 MISSILE SITES

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 31.8 T

Description: V-1 MISSILE SITES

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 56.1 T

Description: V-1 MISSILE SITES

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 54.8 T

Description: V-1 MISSILE SITES

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 60.4 T

Description: V-1 MISSILE SITES

Notes: 2nd Bomb Division was made up of 93rd Bomb Group, 389th Bomb Group, 445th Bomb Group, 446th Bomb Group, 448th Bomb Group,453rd Bomb Group, 458th Bomb Group, 466th Bomb Group, 467th Bomb Group. 3rd Bomb Division was made up of 34th Bomb Group, 486th Bomb Group, 487th Bomb Group.

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 102.5 T

Description: V-1 MISSILE SITES

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 83.6 T

Description: V-1 MISSILE SITES

Notes: PATHFINDER (PFF) attacks on NOBALL Targets 1st Bomb Division was made up of 92nd Bomb Group, 305th Bomb Group, 306th Bomb Group 3rd Bomb Division was made up of 385th Bomb Group

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 53.5 T

FRESSIN (Primary)

Description: V-1 MISSILE SITES

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 53.5 T

Description: V-1 MISSILE SITES

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 23.8 T

MONT LOUIS FERME (Primary)

Description: V-1 MISSILE SITES

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 26.2 T

Renescure, France

Description: V-1 MISSILE SITES

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 60.8 T

SAUTRICOURT

Description: V-1 MISSILE SITES

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 37.9 T

VIGNACOURT (Primary)

Description: V-1 MISSILE SITES

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 58 T

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People

Westcot Bell Stone

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron 787th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-661570
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Nathanial O Zemelman

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group 18th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-699301
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Aircraft

A B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-51190) nicknamed "Ann" of the 34th Bomb Group at Mount Farm. Image by Robert Astrella, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group. Written on slide casing: '34 BG, Mount Farm.'

42-51190

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Ann
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group 18th Bomb Squadron
A B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-95183) nicknamed "Briney Marlin" of the 458th Bomb Group flies low over countryside.

42-95183

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Briney Marlin
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron

Revisions

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http://www.8thafhs.com/maps.php?lat=50.7361&lon=2.3688&target_name=RENE…

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http://www.8thafhs.com/maps.php?lat=50.4263&lon=2.2916&target_name=SAUT…

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http://valortovictory.tripod.com/b24s/42-51190.htm

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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'.