340th Bomb Group History

340th Bombardment Group History

340th BG Squadron Insignia
	486th B.S.	487th B.S.	488th B.S.	489th B.S.
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November 18, 1944 Mission to Novska Railroad Bridge, Yugoslavia

Squadron War Diary

340th HQ Diary After being briefed more than once recently on a Yugoslavian target, the 340th finally got back to that country today, hitting effectively at the Zudanimost (?) [Zidani Most, now part of Slovenia] rail bridge. A second target, the Novska bridge, escaped damage

486th Mission today to Yugoslavia, the first in a series sure to come. The mission was long and the men were tired but the mission was declared successful.

487th Not assigned to this mission.

488th Not assigned to this mission

489th On the 18th we led a flight of eighteen aircraft to the Novska railroad bridge in Yugoslavia. The bombing results were excellent. The mission was an exceedingly long one, lasting four hours and fiftythree minutes.

Target in 1945

Target Today

Squadron	War Diary
340th HQ Diary	After being briefed more than once recently on a Yugoslavian target, the 340th finally got back to that country today, hitting effectively at the Zudanimost (?) [Zidani Most, now part of Slovenia] rail bridge. A second target, the Novska bridge, escaped damage
486th	Mission today to Yugoslavia, the first in a series sure to come. The mission was long and the men were tired but the mission was declared successful.
487th	Not assigned to this mission.
488th	Not assigned to this mission
489th	On the 18th we led a flight of eighteen aircraft to the Novska railroad bridge in Yugoslavia. The bombing results were excellent. The mission was an exceedingly long one, lasting four hours and fiftythree minutes.

Crew Lists and Mission Reports

486th Squadron

489th Squadron

340th BG Squadron 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