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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July 14, 1944 Mission to the Corbola Bridges

Squadron War Diary

486th Mission not mentioned in diary.

487th Twelve bombers of the 487th squadron took off at 09:20 hours to bomb the Carbola road bridge. They dropped their bombs in a good patten with the first box crossing the north end of the bridge and the second box extending across the middle in a loose pattern. Flak was evident, but inaccurate......Ten enemy fighters attacked other squadrons in the formation although none approached our flight.

488th Twelve ship mission to Corbola rail bridge, Italy. 100% again. Formation was jumped by fighters but no claims or losses.

489th During this period [July 14 - 20] we have been unusually active, striking hard and relentlessly at targets in Northern Italy.

Target in 1944

Target Today

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

Squadron	War Diary
486th	Mission not mentioned in diary.
487th	Twelve bombers of the 487th squadron took off at 09:20 hours to bomb the Carbola road bridge. They dropped their bombs in a good patten with the first box crossing the north end of the bridge and the second box extending across the middle in a loose pattern. Flak was evident, but inaccurate......Ten enemy fighters attacked other squadrons in the formation although none approached our flight.
488th	Twelve ship mission to Corbola rail bridge, Italy. 100% again. Formation was jumped by fighters but no claims or losses.
489th	During this period [July 14 - 20] we have been unusually active, striking hard and relentlessly at targets in Northern Italy.

Crew Lists and Mission Reports

Operations

488th Squadron

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