340th Bombardment Group History

340th BG Patch

340th BG
Squadron Insignia
486th Insignia

487th Insignia

488th Insignia 489th Insignia
486th B.S.
487th B.S.
488th B.S.
489th B.S.
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May 26, 1944 Mission to Cortona Railroad Bridge




Squadron War Diary
486th Usual Squadron duties and missions.
487th Not assigned to this mission.
488th Mission to Tivoli and to Cortona R.R. bridge.
489th Not assigned to this mission.



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Crew Lists and Mission Reports




Crew List 486th



On the crew list for the 488th Bomb Squadron below, the bombardier
in plane 8A is listed as 2nd Lt. J. Heller. This is Joseph Heller, the
author of the novel Catch-22.



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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