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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May 3, 1944 Mission to Todi North Railroad Bridge

Squadron War Diary

Group HQ This campaign in Italy against enemy communications lines is as mechanical and unvarying as a machine operation in a factory. We hit a bridge near Todi today and damaged it considerably, but the chances are by tomorrow evening German engineers will have repaired it. The same target will fall to the 321st or the 310th groups the following day, while we will batter at their targets of two days ago.

486th Briefing at 0730 hours - take-off at 0859. Target was RR bridge 5 miles north of Todi. Bombing results of the 486th was the 1st element laying a pattern across the south approach and the second element bombed the north approach and middle of bridge with a direct hit on the midle and north approach.

487th Todi North Railroad Bridge was the target for our Group formation in which six ships of the 487th participated. At 10:18 hours the formation dropped their devastating load in what may prove to be the most concentrated piece of bombing to date in this theater of War. Bombs started just short, covering the bridge at the center and right center placing the bridge in the category of a “has been.” No enemy opposition was encountered on this most successful attack.

488th Mission to Todi R.R. bridge.

489th Record is missing

Target in 1944

Target Today

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Squadron	War Diary
Group HQ	This campaign in Italy against enemy communications lines is as mechanical and unvarying as a machine operation in a factory. We hit a bridge near Todi today and damaged it considerably, but the chances are by tomorrow evening German engineers will have repaired it. The same target will fall to the 321st or the 310th groups the following day, while we will batter at their targets of two days ago.
486th	Briefing at 0730 hours - take-off at 0859. Target was RR bridge 5 miles north of Todi. Bombing results of the 486th was the 1st element laying a pattern across the south approach and the second element bombed the north approach and middle of bridge with a direct hit on the midle and north approach.
487th	Todi North Railroad Bridge was the target for our Group formation in which six ships of the 487th participated. At 10:18 hours the formation dropped their devastating load in what may prove to be the most concentrated piece of bombing to date in this theater of War. Bombs started just short, covering the bridge at the center and right center placing the bridge in the category of a “has been.” No enemy opposition was encountered on this most successful attack.
488th	Mission to Todi R.R. bridge.
489th	Record is missing

Target in 1944

Target Today
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Crew Lists and Mission Reports

Crew List 486th
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Crew List 487th

Crew List 488th


Crew List 489th

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