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September 3, 1944 Mission to Casale Monferrato Bridges




Squadron War Diary
Group HQ Rail and Road bridges at Cassle Monferrato between Vercelli and Allessandria in the Po Valley were our targets today. The 489th Squadron hit the road bridges very hard and the 488th scored three direct hits on one end of the rail bridge.
486th Mission finally left at about 1500 hrs to Italy - results - approach hit - score not yet known.
487th Mission for today didn't take off until 15:40 hours to bomb a railroad bridge at J-642322
488th Twelve Planes to Casale Monferrato road bridge, Italy. Another 100%.
489th No Report



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