410

13 June 1944

Mission Details

Description: BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 7 T

BEAUMONT-SUR-OISE (Primary)

Description: AIRFIELD

Notes: German airfields are the targets.

The insignia of the 398th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
Unofficial emblem of the 91st Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 94 T

BEAUVAIS/NIVELLIERS (Primary)

Description: AIRFIELD

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 124 T

DINARD/PLUERTUIT (Opportunistic)

Description: AIRFIELD

Notes: Bridges and transportation targets are bombed.

A pathfinder B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-51681) of the 453rd Bomb Group flies in formation with a fellow Liberator of the 453rd and and a pathfinder Liberator of the 445th Bomb Group. Image via Alan Rowsell.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
Colonel Larry Thomas of the 453rd Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Col Larry Thomas 453BG.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
Personnel of the 458th Bomb Group gather around a B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-29303) nicknamed "Liberty Lib" in order to transfer a casualty into a waiting ambulance. Image via Harry Holmes. Written on slide casing: '458th BG.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
The insignia of the 489th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
The insignia of the 93rd Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 26 T

MONTFORT-SUR-MEU BRIDGE (Primary)

Description: BRIDGE

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 52 T

PLOERMEL (Opportunistic)

Description: BRIDGE

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 67 T

Description: BRIDGE

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 27 T

VANNES BRIDGE (Primary)

Description: TRANSPORTATION TARGET

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 48 T

VICOMTE-SUR-RANCE (Primary)

Description: BRIDGE

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 58 T

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People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 446th Bomb Group 93rd Bomb Group
  • Service Numbers: O-434690
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot / Operations Officer
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 328th Bomb Squadron 330th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39019202
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 734th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: AO 748 823 / 6862108
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot/co-pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17146368
  • Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator/Ball Turret Gunner

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 330th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: San Antonio Rose
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron

Revisions

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Sources

Lee Cunningham, 8th Air Force missions research database / Stan Bishop's 'Losses of the US 8th and 9th Air Forces', the Combat Chronology of the US Army Air Forces and the work of Roger Freeman including the 'Mighty Eighth War Diary'.