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April 25, 1945 Mission to Volargne Railroad Fill




Squadron War Diary
340th HQ Diary Operations today were directed against the Steinach (Austria) north and south rail bridges with excellent results, and also two alternate targets, San Ambrogio bridge and Volargne fill in Italy on the Brenner line, with good results.
486th No Mention
487th Operations slowed down today and there was only one mission taking off at 1003 hours to bomb Steinach South Railroad bridge in Austria. One box of the twelve ship formation bombed the primary and all bombs fell in the target area around the bridge and tunnel mouth. The other box bombed the alternate which was Volargne Railroad Fill and the pattern covered the tracks north of the target. Inaccurate anti-aircraft fire was observed, but it did not reach the formation.
488th Not assigned to this mission
489th Not assigned to this mission



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