340th BG Squadron Insignia
	486th B.S.	487th B.S.	488th B.S.	489th B.S.
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August 20, 1944 Valence/La Tresorerie L.G. (Aerodrome)

Squadron	War Diary
486th	Morning mission gave unsatisfactory results - of the 15 enemy ships on the A/D only a few were hit. Of course everyone was disappointed especially Capt. Bridges who was awakened at 0300 to change the bomb load!
487th	Not assigned to this mission.
488th	From Mission Report: Flak heavy, intense and inaccurate. Battery of Guns at 19-K. Another at 13-F. Guns at 0-0976 and 9-9910. Two planes holed Good pattern which took in the upper two-thirds on the east side of the target area.
489th	No Report

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Note to Crew Lists

On the crew list for the 488th Bomb Squadron below, the bombardier in plane 8Z is listed as 2nd Lt. J. Heller. This is Joseph Heller, the author of the novel Catch-22.

Crew List 486th
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