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| 489th B.S. | ||||
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August 31, 1944 Mission to the Cittadella Bridges
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| Group HQ | Briefing was scheduled at 6:00 A.M. Target was to be a five hour affair taking the Group to a maximum distance into Central France fringing on the 9th or 8th Air Force Jurisdiction. No information of Flak or Enemy Aircraft in the vicinity was available. 9th and 8th Air Force Radar were advised of the approach of our ships. A very sleepy crew appeared just at dawn. Because of weather the mission was again delayed till the afternoon. At noon the Group was stood down... |
| 486th | Not assinged to this mission. |
| 487th | Twelve bombers of this Squadron took off at 07:50 hours with a 48x1000 bomb load to bomb a railroad bridge at Cittadella in Northern Italy. Patterns of both flights scored direct hits in the center and east approach. Heavy, intense and accurate anti-aircraft fire harassed the formation, but holed only one plane in the 487th flight |
| 488th | From mission report: 1st box, compact pattern across east side of bridge, 2nd box, Just short of bridge. Heavy, intense and accurate flak at known locations and at G-6935 two flak boats. |
| 489th | Not assigned to this mission |
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Crew Lists and Mission Reports
| On the crew list for the 488th Bomb Squadron below, the bombardier in plane 8J is listed as 2nd Lt. J. Heller. This is Joseph Heller, the author of the novel Catch-22. |
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