340th Bomb Group History

340th Bombardment Group History

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340th BG Squadron Insignia
	486th B.S.	487th B.S.	488th B.S.	489th B.S.
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April 3, 1944 Mission to Railroad Bridge Southeast of Orvieto

Squadron War Diary

486th Briefing was at 0830 hours and there were two targets, the first which was to be attacked by the 489th and 487th squadrons in that order. This target was the railroad bridge north of Orvieto, the same bridge we attacked the 1st and 2nd of April. It was obscured by clouds and both squadrons attempted to bomb a nearby highway bridge but overshot. The exact location of this bridge has not yet been determined.

The other target for today was to be bombed by the 488th and 486th squadrons respectively. This was the railroad bridge 9 1/2 miles southeast of Orvieto. This is also in the main line of the Florence-Rome railroad. Photos show four separate patterns; one accross the north end of the bridge, one 1300 feet south of the bridge or tracks. Each squadron furnished 12 airplanes for each of the two missions mentioned above. The A/A was heavy, meager, and accurate from Viterbo A/D and eight of the twleve ships were holed...

487th Not assigned to this mission.

488th Mission to Orvieto R.R. Bridge. Still no buono. Lt. Myers went off on a mission of his own. All ships holed.

489th Not assigned to this mission.

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Squadron	War Diary
486th	Briefing was at 0830 hours and there were two targets, the first which was to be attacked by the 489th and 487th squadrons in that order. This target was the railroad bridge north of Orvieto, the same bridge we attacked the 1st and 2nd of April. It was obscured by clouds and both squadrons attempted to bomb a nearby highway bridge but overshot. The exact location of this bridge has not yet been determined. The other target for today was to be bombed by the 488th and 486th squadrons respectively. This was the railroad bridge 9 1/2 miles southeast of Orvieto. This is also in the main line of the Florence-Rome railroad. Photos show four separate patterns; one accross the north end of the bridge, one 1300 feet south of the bridge or tracks. Each squadron furnished 12 airplanes for each of the two missions mentioned above. The A/A was heavy, meager, and accurate from Viterbo A/D and eight of the twleve ships were holed...
487th	Not assigned to this mission.
488th	Mission to Orvieto R.R. Bridge. Still no buono. Lt. Myers went off on a mission of his own. All ships holed.
489th	Not assigned to this mission.

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488th Squadron

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