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21 June 1944
21 June 1944 466th Bomb Group collection
466th BG Archives
Object Number - UPL 19319 - Strike Photo - Siracourt No-Ball Target 21 June 1944
Mission Details
Description: V-1 MISSILE SITES
Notes: 1 bomber is lost to AA fire. 99 P-47 provide escort, but no enemy aircraft are sighted, so they proceed to strafe railroad and canal targets. 2nd Bomb Division was made up of 44th Bomb Group, 93rd Bomb Group, 389th Bomb Group, 392nd Bomb Group, 445th Bomb Group, 446th Bomb Group, 448th Bomb Group, 453rd Bomb Group, 458th Bomb Group, 466th Bomb Group, 467th Bomb Group, 491st Bomb Group, 492nd Bomb Group
- Unit Hierarchy: Division
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Combat organisation
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 200 T
Description: V-1 MISSILE SITES
SIRACOURT (Primary)
Description: V-1 MISSILE SITES
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Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 569th Bomb Squadron
Revisions
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'.
