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October 1, 1944 Mission to the Piacenza North Railroad Bridge
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| 340th HQ Diary | Three missions today took us to the Piacenza area with barracks, a gas plant and one of the RR bridges as the targets. All three were satisfactorily bombed. A fourth mission took us to the North Magenta RR bridge and here again the boys did right well for themselves. |
| 486th | Morning and afternoon missions. Results very good on both. Improvement in the weather promises to heighten our activity. |
| 487th | Not assigned to this mission. |
| 488th | Thirteen planes to Piacenza North rail bridge, Italy this morning. 100%. This afternoon seven planes bombed Magenta rail bridge, Italy. Another 100%. Good start for October. |
| 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 8W is listed as 1st Lt. J. Heller. This is Joseph Heller, the author of the novel Catch-22. |
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