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February 4, 1945 Mission to Lavis Railroad Diversion Bridge
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| 340th HQ Diary | The 487th squadron tackled two bridges in the Lavis rail diversion and did much to damage both. Lt. Ross [Charles R. Ross] of the 486th squadron was shot down by flak out of the lead of the three-plane element carrying phosphorous bombs to drop on the flak guns. [The other crew members lost were: Otis O. Outlaw, C.R. Fisher, T.D. Cahill, N. Vasil, J.T. Decker, E.B. Sichling] This scattered the other two planes and no phosphorous was dropped..... |
| 486th | Not assigned to this mission |
| 487th | Four planes of the eighteen ship formation sent out this morning to bomb Lavis Diversion were holed by intense flak encountered over the target. Lts. Cormack and Olson were slightly wounded while on the bomb run. All three boxes scored hits on the Diversion crossing it in two different places. Today's pattern was one of the most compact that has been accomplished in this Squadron for some time. Captain Sterling spent the evening marveling at the excellent bomb pattern shown on the photographs...... |
| 488th | Not assigned to this mission |
| 489th | Not assigned to this mission |
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