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November 4, 1944 Mission to Villafranca D'Asti Railroad Bridge
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| 486th | Morning mission today to Asti on which very good results were achieved. Broke a series of stand-downs from Oct. 13!! Unfortunately the 489th lost a ship, but chutes were seen. |
| 487th | Not assigned to this mission. |
| 488th | Not assigned to this mission |
| 489th | The important railroad bridge near Villafranca di Asti came in for a heavy pounding from the Group today. Thirty-four tons of thousand pounders were unloaded withn the vicinity of the target. It will not be necessary for us to return there. But we paid dearly for the success of this mission. One of our planes, 9E, was hit by flak a few minutes off the target and crashed into the city of Alessandria. The ill-fated crew consisted of: Lt. Rossler, Pilot Lt. Gittings, Co-pilot Lt. Newman, Bombardier Sgt. Harris, Radio Operator Sgt. Corle, Turret Gunner Sgt. Mallicoat, Tail Gunner |
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