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340th BG, Mission, Pizzighettone Railroad Bridge - Related Files

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	320th BG, Mission 418, Pizzighettone Railroad Bridge 18 November 1944 34 B-26's dropped 119 x 1.000 lb demolition bombs and 12 x 1.000 lb demolition bombs with 6 hour delay fuses on the alternate target at 12:21 hours. The primary target, Avisio Railroad Viaduct, was obscured by a effective smoke screen.		05/08/2007	339
	461st BG (H), Mission 39, Fornovo di Taro Railroad Bridge 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 Al...		05/14/2007	275
	340th BG, Mission 704, Bressana-Buttarone Railroad Bridge 27 January 1945 In Italy, bad weather during the morning causes all medium bombers to abort except for an attack on a bridge at Bressana Bottarone; XXII Tactical Air Command fighters and fighter-bombers continue the interdiction of communications with good results against motor transport, trains, rail lines, bridges, and storage dumps.		05/25/2007	488
	461st BG (H), Mission 38, Orelle Railroad Bridge and Viaduct 4 June 1944 The target for this mission was a pinpoint target in the Alps Mountains. A railroad bridge and viaduct at Orelle, Italy. The Group maintained its poor record against bridges by missing the target because of the failure of the formation leaders to properly identify the target.		05/14/2007	306
	301st BG (H), Mission 340, Budapest Railroad Bridge 5 September 1944 STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): 430+ B-17s and B-24s, with fighter escort, attack communications targets in Hungary and N Italy to impede the withdrawal from the lower Balkans and to disrupt railroad communications in N Italy; targets hit are 2 railroad bridges at Budapest and 1 each at Szolnok and Szob, Hungary and a railroad bridge at Ferrara, Ital...		07/13/2007	389
	320th BG, Mission 363, Peschiera del Garda Railroad Bridge (Bomb Plot) 1 October 1944 19 B-26's were over the target and dropped 76 x 1000 lb demolition bombs on the bridge at 11:44 hours from 9759 to 9250 ft.		05/11/2007	324
	320th BG, Mission 398, Voghera Railroad Bridge 5 November 1944 The Bridge was bombed by 18 B-26's, which dropped 139 x 500 lb demolition bombs and 5 x 500 lb demolition bombs with 6 hour delay fuses at 15:39 hours from 9600 to 8600 ft.		05/10/2007	307
	320th BG, Mission 426, Breisach Railroad Bridge 33 B-26's of the 441Sq & 442 Sq dropped at 14:12 hours, 135 x 1000 lb demolition bombs.		05/07/2007	206
	301st BG (H), Mission 348, Sava Railroad Bridge Belgrade STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): 463 B-17s and B-24s, some with fighter escort, hit marshalling yards at Subotica and Szeged, Hungary and railroad bridges at Novi Sad and Belgrade, Yugoslavia and Szob, and Budapest, Hungary; fighters maintain cover over the Budapest area.		12/12/2007	661
	Vipiteno bomb strike, 8 April 1945 Mission: #446 Target type: railroad bridge Thirty two aircraft of the 376th BG had numerous, excellent hits registered.		10/26/2005	222
	320th BG, Mission 408, Voghera Railroad Bridge 8 November 1944 18 B-26's dropped 141 x 500 lb demolition bombs on the primary target at 13:38 hours from 9500 to 8500 ft.		05/10/2007	261
	461st BG (H), Mission 41, Antheor Railroad Viaduct 7 June 1944 Major Dooley celebrated his promotion by leading the first successful Group mission ever flown by this Group against a railroad viaduct. The target was at Antheor, France. A high overcast made it necessary to drop the bomb run to 18,000 feet. Using 1,000 pounders the bombardiers turned in a score of 49 percent in placing several hits directly on the viaduct. All plan...		05/14/2007	327