5 June 1944
On this mission Lt. Colonel Hawes took his turn at missing a railroad bridge. The primary target was a railroad bridge at Borgo Val di Tare on the East side of the Apennines. This target was obscured by built-up cumulus clouds. After making three unsuccessful attempts to locate the target, the Group flew across to the west side of the Apennines to attack the First Alternate Target, the Fornovo di Taro Railroad Bridge. Here the weather was CAVU. The target was missed by a thousand feet. |