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Airforce B-29s strike railroad bridges - Related Files

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	Montreal Railroad Bridges A derailment in February, 2006, pointed out the importance of railroad bridges to Montreal. Montreal is an island and has six railroad bridges that carry freight, commuters and long distance passengers.		02/28/2006	385
	Haifa-Damasc railroad briges Two railroad bridges of railroad from Haifa to Damasc near the Hamat Gader.		12/11/2006	304
	39th Bomb Group (VH), Izumi Airfield, Kyushu 18 April 1945 HQ AAF (Twentieth Air Force): Missions 76 to 81: 112 B-29s hit Japanese airfields at Tachiarai, Izumi, Kokubu, Nittagahara, and 2 at Kanoya, the same targets attacked yesterday; 13 other B-29s hit targets of opportunity; 2 B-29s are lost.		11/11/2009	111
	Attack on Belloy-Sur-Somme V-Weapon site, 6 July 1944 Mission 456: In the late afternoon 73 of 104 B-17s and 148 of 176 B-24s strike 6 V-weapon sites and supply installations, 3 railroad bridges, a highway bridge, and an airfield in N France. Escort is provided by 443 P-38s, P-47s and P-51s; 1 P-47 is lost; afterwards a squadron of P-47s dive-bombs 3 airfields in the Conches area.		02/16/2007	292
	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
	Airforce bomb drop at railway bridges in Seoul U.S. bombs drop on railway bridges at Seoul in early July, 1950. The broken highway bridge at the right was blown without warning by South Korean themselves early on June 28, sending hundreds of fleeing South Korean soldiers and civilians to their deaths.		09/18/2007	409
	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
	301st BG (H), Mission 331, Nis airfield 1 September 1944 STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): 480+ B-17s and B-24s attack targets in Italy, Hungary and Yugoslavia; B-24s attack Boara Pisani, Italy; in Yugoslavia, B-17s and B-24s attack railroad bridges at Tesica/Moravac, Mitrovica, and Kraljevo, marshalling yards at Novi Sad and the airfield at Nish; in Hungary B-24s attack railroad bridges at Szolnok, and Mezot...		12/14/2007	391
	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
	Post Incendiary Strike, Nagoya, 13 March 1945 Twentieth Air Force Mission 41: Attacking at altitudes ranging from 5,100 to 8,500 feet (1,554 to 2,591 m), 285 of 310 B-29s bomb the Nagoya, Japan urban area with incendiaries during the night of 11/12 Mar destroying 2.05 square miles (5.31 square km); 6 others hit a secondary target; 1 B-29 is lost.		02/14/2007	217
	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
	Offenbach bomb strike The view of Offenbach near Frankfurt, Germany from inside a B-17 at 20,000 ft. The main bombing target was the marshalling yards at the railroad.		11/01/2005	1,910