340th Bombardment Group History

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487th B.S.
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February 12, 1945 Mission to Ala Railroad Bridge




Squadron War Diary
486th Not assigned to this mission
487th Not assigned to this mission.
488th Six planes and three as anti-flak element on Ala rail bridge, Italy. A big miss.
489th We sent fifteen planes to our familiar hunting grounds in the northern part of Italy and probably knocked out another railroad bridge.



Target in 1945
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German 88mm Flak Gun Positions (Photographs courtesy Odorico Tonello)

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Crew List 488th


340th BG
Squadron Insignia
486th Insignia

487th Insignia

488th Insignia 489th Insignia
486th B.S.
487th B.S.
488th B.S.
489th B.S.
Click on the squadron insignia above for links to digitized squadron histories

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