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6 July 1944Mission Details
Description: V-1 MISSILE SITES
Notes: 6 V-weapon sites, 3 railroad bridges, a highway bridge and an airfield are targets.
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 654.5 T
Description: BRIDGE
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Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: The Pro-Kid
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Sleepy Lagoon
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Ole Tulik
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Sneakin Deacon
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
Revisions
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'.