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12th AIR FORCE

57th BOMB WING

340th BOMB GROUP (M) 

MISSION  OCTOBER 1, 1944

 

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486th, 487th , 488th, and 489th Squadrons  October 1, 1944 

 

Magenta

Magenta, Italy  today

 

Magenta_Tortona

 

 

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340th BG 487th BS - SN 43-27531 - 7R

UNCLE WILLIE

One of 13 that carried variations of Bill Mauldin “dog face” cartoon characters as noseart.

Chas. Cook flew this plane on July 26, 1944 on a mission to bomb Poggio Renatico, Italy RR bridge.

 

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44-10-01 - GM-

486th BS Mission sheet credit:  Herman Voss