340th Bomb Group History

340th Bombardment Group History

340th BG Patch

340th BG Squadron Insignia
	486th B.S.	487th B.S.	488th B.S.	489th B.S.
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May 27, 1944 Mission to Pietrasanta Road & Railroad Bridge

Squadron War Diary

486th Usual Squadron duties and missions.

487th Second mission for twelve of our aircraft was in the air at 15:44 hours with a railroad and road bridge at Necropoli, Italy, as the target for their 96,000 lb. bomb load. The formation was considerate in dropping their bombs as they distributed 48 on the primary target and 48 on the alternate, a road & railroad bridge N.W. of Pisa, Italy [Pietrasanta]. The bombs of the first box bombing the alternate, landed across the tracks south of the railroad bridge. The second box bombed the primary target, with bombs crossing the road bridge scoring probable hits. Ack-ack was heavy, light, moderate and accurate, causing slight damage to three of our ships. All planes and crews returned safely to the field

488th Missions to Castiglione Ferentino, Atina Area (nickelling mission) and Pietrasanto.

489th Record is missing.

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Squadron	War Diary
486th	Usual Squadron duties and missions.
487th	Second mission for twelve of our aircraft was in the air at 15:44 hours with a railroad and road bridge at Necropoli, Italy, as the target for their 96,000 lb. bomb load. The formation was considerate in dropping their bombs as they distributed 48 on the primary target and 48 on the alternate, a road & railroad bridge N.W. of Pisa, Italy [Pietrasanta]. The bombs of the first box bombing the alternate, landed across the tracks south of the railroad bridge. The second box bombed the primary target, with bombs crossing the road bridge scoring probable hits. Ack-ack was heavy, light, moderate and accurate, causing slight damage to three of our ships. All planes and crews returned safely to the field
488th	Missions to Castiglione Ferentino, Atina Area (nickelling mission) and Pietrasanto.
489th	Record is missing.

Crew Lists and Mission Reports

Crew List 486th

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.

Crew List 488th

340th BG Squadron Insignia
	486th B.S.	487th B.S.	488th B.S.	489th B.S.
	Click on the squadron insignia above for links to digitized squadron histories