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8 August 1944
media-7327.jpeg 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 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: 44th Bomb Group 506th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17097564 at enlistment, then O-700615
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32624262
  • Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-702206
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 835th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Nose Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 506th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Arise My Love and Come With Me
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
A B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-52518) nicknamed "Nobody's Baby" of the 466th Bomb Group in flight.
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Nobody's Baby
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron 787th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Stardust
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron 786th Bomb Squadron
A B-17 Flying Fortress (SO-K, serial number 42-97204) of the 547th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Bob (R.L.) Coleman, Conn.'
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Skylark
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Snuffy
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron

Revisions

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Report on Mission No 100 Clastres A/F France, 8 August 1944
466th BG Archives
NARA Research by Brad Sullivan

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Contributor466thHistorian
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466th BG Official Report of Mission No 100 - Clastres A/F. France - 8 August 1944

Date
Contributor466thHistorian
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466th BG Historian

Date
Contributor466thHistorian
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466th BG Historian

Date
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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