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September 23, 1944 Mission to Padua East Railroad Bridge
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| 340th HQ Diary | To prevent Jerry from utilizing the light Italian cruiser "Taranto" as a block to the port of La Spezia an 18-plane mission was dispatched to bomb and sink same where it sat in La Spezia harbor. The three boxes laid perfect compact patterns directly on the ship causing it to sink where it stood. Two other targets for the day were more rail bridges but both were missed. Bad weather and interrupted visibility was given as the attributing factor for these misses. |
| 486th | Not assigned to this mission |
| 487th | Ten 487th ships took off at 09:04 hours this morning to bomb Cittadella by-pass, and the alternate target was Padua east railroad bridge. A solid overcast prevented accurate bombing and the pattern was short and to the right of Cittadella. Anti-aircraft fire was nil and all planes returned safely to the base. |
| 488th | Not assigned to this mission |
| 489th | Not assigned to this mission |
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