340th Bombardment Group History

340th BG Patch

340th BG
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486th Insignia

487th Insignia

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486th B.S.
487th B.S.
488th B.S.
489th B.S.
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September 4, 1944 Mission to the Pontevico Railroad Bridge




Squadron War Diary
486th Not assigned to this mission
487th Not assigned to this mission.
488th Eighteen 488th planes to Pontivico rail bridge, Italy. It was our first target that we as an individual squadron was ever assinged. Got only 76% but completely knocked out the bridge.
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 1st Lt. J. Heller. This is Joseph Heller, the
author of the novel Catch-22.



Crew List 488th


340th BG
Squadron Insignia
486th Insignia

487th Insignia

488th Insignia 489th 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