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8 August 1944
8 August 1944
466th BG
The 466th BG hauled gas to this airfield on a "Truckin' Mission just over a month later on 19 September 1944 466th Bomb Group collection
466th BG Historian
Object Number - UPL 7327 - Strike Photo - Clastres Airfield, France 8 August 1944 466th BG The 466th BG hauled gas to this airfield on a "Truckin' Mission just over a...
Mission Details
Description: BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 213 T
Description: RAILROAD BRIDGES
Notes: 14 bridges are hit.
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 34.5 T
Description: AIRFIELD
Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
Notes: 466th BG sortied 24 B-24's that dropped 62.18 tons of bombs on this target. One aircraft (41-29387 "Snafu Snark") was damaged by flak, had four gunners bail out, and eventually crash landed at RAF Manston.
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 235.5 T
Description: AIRFIELD
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 136 T
LAON/ATHIES (Primary)
Description: AIRFIELD
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 33 T
PAS-DE-CALAIS (Primary)
Description: V-1 MISSILE SITES
Notes: 2nd Bomb Division was made up of 44th BG, 93rd BG, 389th BG, 392nd BG, 445th BG, 446th BG, 448th BG, 453rd BG, 458th BG, 466th BG, 467th BG, 489th BG, 491 BG, 492nd BG. 3rd Bomb Division was made up of B-24s is 34th BG, 486th BG, 491st Bomb Group, 493rd BG.
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 297.2 T
ROMILLY (Primary)
Description: AIR DEPOT
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 126 T
Connections
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 486th Bomb Group 835th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16092205
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 0756185
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 506th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 708th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-700918
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: White Angel
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 547th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Doasy Doats
- Unit: Base Air Depot 1 398th Bomb Group 603rd Bomb Squadron 491st Bomb Group 600th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Mairsy Doats
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron 546th Bomb Squadron 547th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Spook Six
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron 412th Bomb Squadron
Revisions
Report on Mission No 100 Clastres A/F France, 8 August 1944
466th BG Archives
NARA Research by Brad Sullivan
466th BG Official Report of Mission No 100 - Clastres A/F. France - 8 August 1944
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'.