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October 3, 1944 Mission to Cameri Road and Railroad Bridges
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| 340th HQ Diary | Mission to Cameri RR bridge and Magenta RR bridge. Flak was intense and accurate over the former. One S/Sgt. Mickov, turret gunner, carrying a Bible in his vest pocket had a large piece of shrapnel penetrate the book and lodge itself there but did not reach the flesh. A second interesting story arose when another radio gunner, on his first mission, had one engine shot out before reaching target, was ordered to lighten load of plane and did so by tossing overboard flak suits among other things. Later they went into bomb run where intense flak was encountered. The Sergeant was quoted as saying "I have met much tougher situations in barroom brawls." Though many ships were badly shot up, some flights having all ships holed, fortunately all returned safely. The missions were both very successful. |
| 486th | Another bridge mission - 100% accuracy yet the bridge escaped. Just one of those things. |
| 487th | Not assigned to this mission. |
| 488th | Not assigned to this mission |
| 489th | Not assigned to this mission |
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