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May 26, 1944 Mission to Cortona Railroad Bridge
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| 340th HQ Diary | Heavy day operationally today. Good work on the Piteccio viaduct, a road block at Tivoli, and the Cortona rail bridge. The Orvieto rail bridge was missed...A leaflet dropping mission also was flown. |
| 486th | Usual Squadron duties and missions. |
| 487th | Not assigned to this mission. |
| 488th | Mission to Tivoli and to Cortona R.R. bridge. |
| 489th | Not assigned to this mission. |
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Crew Lists and Mission Reports
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| On the crew list for the 488th Bomb Squadron below, the bombardier in plane 8A is listed as 2nd Lt. J. Heller. This is Joseph Heller, the author of the novel Catch-22. |
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