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| Click on the squadron insignia above for links to digitized squadron histories | ||||
September 5, 1944 Mission to Palazzolo Railroad Bridge
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| Group HQ | Operations today were conducted against bridges at Canneto and Sestro Calende in the Po Valley. Particularly good work was done by the 487th on the road/rail bridge at the latter place. An alternate target, Solignano rail bridge, was damaged only slightly. |
| 486th | Not assigned to this mission |
| 487th | Not assigned to this mission. |
| 488th | Another twelve planes to Palazzolo rail bridge, Italy, and another 100%. |
| 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 8U is listed as 1st Lt. J. Heller. This is Joseph Heller, the author of the novel Catch-22. |
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