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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August 13, 1944 Mission to La Ciotat Gun Positions (Mission #274)




Squadron War Diary
486th Not assigned to this mission.
487th Not assigned to this mission.
488th From Mission Report: 1st box compact thru center. 2nd box started short and just to left of 1st box.
489th Not assigned to this mission.



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



Crew Lists and Mission Reports




Operation Orders
488th Squadron


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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