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April 20, 1945 Mission to Volargne Railroad Fill
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| 486th | Not assigned to this mission | |
| 487th | First mission of the day took off at 1050 hours to bomb the Valorgne Railroad Fill in Northern Italy. No bombs from this Squadron's six ship formation were believed to have fallen within the target area. They encountered scant anti-aircraft fire from Ferrara, but it was inaccurate. | |
| 488th | Escort: P-51's Flak: Nil at target Heavy, scant, inaccurate to accurate from Ferrara. Results: 1st box scored direct hits across south portion of fill. 2nd box scored direct hits across north portion of fill. | |
| 489th | Not assigned to this mission |
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