340th BG Squadron Insignia
	486th B.S.	487th B.S.	488th B.S.	489th B.S.
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April 10, 1944 Mission to Orte Railroad Bridge (North)

Squadron	War Diary
486th	Target was the RR bridge north of Orte. Briefing at 0800 - take-off at 0920. The 486th had 6 B-25's and bombed 3700 feet beyond the bridge.
487th	487th sent six B-25's out at 9:58 to bomb a railroad bridge 3 miles northwest of Orte, Italy. They were over the target at 11:32 dropping their 24x1000 bomb load in a pattern extending across the tracks with one possible direct hit on the north end of the bridge. No ack-ack was encountered although two ME 109's were observed north of Terni, but didn't attack the formation.
488th	Mission to R.R. Bridge at Attigliano. Ruined that bridge. Getting ready to move to Corsica much to everybody's disgust. We're perfectly happy in this nice location in which we have the best and most compact set-up yet.
489th	Our planes returned to bomb the bridge at Orte. This time direct hits were scored on the bridge itself, completely demolishing it.

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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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