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30 August 1944Description
End of Operation Overlord.
466th BG - Primary target was the "No Ball" construction site at Villers L' Hopital, France. This target was one of the eight remaining "No Balls" assigned to the 8th AF and was known to be in operation. 35 a/c dispatched, with 34 a/c attacking. There were no losses. Results were unobserved due to 8-10/10th cloud coverage.
Mission Details
PAS-DE-CALAIS
Description: V-1 MISSILE SITES
Notes: 8 V-Weapon sites are the targets. -------- "NOBALL" Target Attacked: The 384th Bomb Group (H) dispatched 37 aircraft to form the lead group of the 41st "A" CBW. The primary target, "NOBALL" installations (V-1 launch sites), was attacked by all aircraft, except as noted.
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 556.7 T
Connections
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19115783 / O-761936
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-817438
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 801st Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron 785th Bomb Squadron 492nd Bomb Group
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: 785th BS Operations Officer - Crew Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron 786th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-700482
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Kentucky Colonel aka Helena II
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 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: Dark Angel
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Cover Girl
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Maggie
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
Revisions
466th BG Archives Mission Report on Mission #113, No Ball Target, 30 August 1944 NARA document research provided by Brad Sullivan
466th BG Archives - Combat Crew Mission Record chart 786th BS
"Attlebridge Diaries" - John Woolnough - page 115
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'.