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4 August 1944Mission Details
Description: BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 32.5 T
ACHIET (Opportunistic)
Description: AIRFIELD
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 34.3 T
GRAVELINES (Opportunistic)
Description: BRIDGE
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 27.5 T
GRAVELINES (Primary)
Description: COASTAL BATTERIES
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 33 T
Description: MARSHALLING YARDS
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 16.5 T
LILLE/VENDEVILLE (Opportunistic)
Description: AIRFIELD
Notes: 1st Bomb Division was made up of 379th BG, 384th BG
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 27 T
Description: COASTAL BATTERIES
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 32.5 T
PAS-DE-CALAIS (Primary)
Description: V-1 MISSILE SITES
Notes: 2nd Bomb Division was made up of 44th BG, 93rd BG, 392nd BG, 445th BG, 453rd BG, 458th BG, 492nd BG.
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 64 T
Description: MARSHALLING YARDS
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 17.8 T
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People
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Bold Venture III
- Unit: 467th Bomb Group 492nd Bomb Group 788th Bomb Squadron 859th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 379th Bomb Group 91st Bomb Group 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Marion
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron 546th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Alex
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Lorraine
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
Revisions
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'.