340th Bomb Group History

340th Bombardment Group History

340th BG Patch

340th BG Squadron Insignia
	486th B.S.	487th B.S.	488th B.S.	489th B.S.
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February 7, 1945 Mission to Dogna Town Railroad Bridge

Squadron War Diary

486th The mission today dropped again in Northern Italy in the Brenner Pass and the squadron received 100% with probable hits directly on the target.
The weather appears to be getting warmer and the air crews are doubly grateful because there is no extreme discomfort with frozen fingers to contend with.

487th Not assigned to this mission.

488th Twelve planes to Dogna North rail bridge, Italy. Our bombing accuracy was 100%. Second box got mixed up and lead plane was on the wrong channel so only numbers one and four dropped.

489th [Not assigned to this mission.]

Following is an Intelligence Sumary of operations of the 57th Bomb Wing for today:
"Continued excellent flying weather prevailed over rail targets on the Brenner Pass line and in northeast Italy, and for the fourth consecutive day all of the missions dispatched reported good results. Bombing was particularly accurate against the targets on the important Piedicolle and Tarvision lines to Austria, where three spans were observed out after the attack on the Canale D'Isoniza railroad bridge, while direct hits were scored on the Dagna and Chiusaforte rail bridges. Three ME-109's made an unaggressive pass against the formation bombing the Lavis Rail Diversion bridge, but there were no claims. One B-25 is missing over enemy territory."

Target in 1945

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Squadron	War Diary
486th	The mission today dropped again in Northern Italy in the Brenner Pass and the squadron received 100% with probable hits directly on the target. The weather appears to be getting warmer and the air crews are doubly grateful because there is no extreme discomfort with frozen fingers to contend with.
487th	Not assigned to this mission.
488th	Twelve planes to Dogna North rail bridge, Italy. Our bombing accuracy was 100%. Second box got mixed up and lead plane was on the wrong channel so only numbers one and four dropped.
489th	[Not assigned to this mission.] Following is an Intelligence Sumary of operations of the 57th Bomb Wing for today: "Continued excellent flying weather prevailed over rail targets on the Brenner Pass line and in northeast Italy, and for the fourth consecutive day all of the missions dispatched reported good results. Bombing was particularly accurate against the targets on the important Piedicolle and Tarvision lines to Austria, where three spans were observed out after the attack on the Canale D'Isoniza railroad bridge, while direct hits were scored on the Dagna and Chiusaforte rail bridges. Three ME-109's made an unaggressive pass against the formation bombing the Lavis Rail Diversion bridge, but there were no claims. One B-25 is missing over enemy territory."

Crew Lists and Mission Reports

Crew List 488th

340th BG Squadron Insignia
	486th B.S.	487th B.S.	488th B.S.	489th B.S.
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