340th BG Squadron Insignia
	486th B.S.	487th B.S.	488th B.S.	489th B.S.
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January 9, 1945 Mission to Ponte Tidone Railroad Bridge

Squadron	War Diary
340th HQ Diary	After having gone after the Pontetidone rail bridge in northern Italy yesterday and forced to turn around because of bad weather, our crews today went back to the objective and pounded it very successfully. The Palazzola rail bridge was also effectively bombed.
486th	Not assigned to this mission
487th	Six 487th bombers took off shortly after noon to again bomb the Pontetidone railroad bridge in northern Italy. Their pattern crossed the right portion of the bridge with direct hits observed. Weather was favorable to good bombing and no opposition was encountered. All planes returned safely to the base.
488th	Back to the same target as yesterday, this time with twelve aircraft and this time both boxes covered the bridge with their bombs for a bombing accuracy of 100%.
489th	Not assigned to this mission

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340th BG Squadron Insignia
	486th B.S.	487th B.S.	488th B.S.	489th B.S.
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