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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April 20, 1945 Mission to Recoaro Terme Army Group "C" Headquarters

Squadron War Diary

486th Two targets today and one of them was very interesting. It was the German army group headquarters for Italy. It was well hit and we hope we caught a lot of brass with their pants down. More trouble with the SHORAN equipment aborted the other mission.

487th The target for six bombers taking off at 1135 hours was the German Headquarters at Recoaro, Italy. They also encountered flak coming from Ferrara although this was accurate and one plane was holed. Buildings #10, #11 and #12 (our target) were well covered. Direct hits were observed on all three buildings.

488th Not assigned to this mission

489th Not assigned to this mission

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Squadron	War Diary
486th	Two targets today and one of them was very interesting. It was the German army group headquarters for Italy. It was well hit and we hope we caught a lot of brass with their pants down. More trouble with the SHORAN equipment aborted the other mission.
487th	The target for six bombers taking off at 1135 hours was the German Headquarters at Recoaro, Italy. They also encountered flak coming from Ferrara although this was accurate and one plane was holed. Buildings #10, #11 and #12 (our target) were well covered. Direct hits were observed on all three buildings.
488th	Not assigned to this mission
489th	Not assigned to this mission

Additional Information:

Author Web Link

Giuseppe Versolato Headquarters "Group C" German Army
Web page includes photos and crew list for the 487th Bomb Squadron.

Italian Website www.biographiadiunabomba.it
Web page includes photos of damage on the ground.

Dal Lago, Rasia, Trivelli,
Valente, Versolato These five authors have written an entire book about this raid on the German HQ. It can be found here: Edizioni Menin
A description of the contents of the book are here: In Italian and In English

Luca Valente Bombs Away!
Web page includes dramatic photos of the German Headquarters both before and after the attack
as well as photos of the people mentioned in the book.

Author	Web Link
Giuseppe Versolato	Headquarters "Group C" German Army Web page includes photos and crew list for the 487th Bomb Squadron.
Italian Website	www.biographiadiunabomba.it Web page includes photos of damage on the ground.
Dal Lago, Rasia, Trivelli, Valente, Versolato	These five authors have written an entire book about this raid on the German HQ. It can be found here: Edizioni Menin A description of the contents of the book are here: In Italian and In English
Luca Valente	Bombs Away! Web page includes dramatic photos of the German Headquarters both before and after the attack as well as photos of the people mentioned in the book.

Crew Lists and Mission Reports

Crew List 486th

Operations and Sortie Reports

340th BG Squadron 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