Missions 1-50

Mission Log for the 486th Bomb Group (H) ö 07 May 1944 to 01 August 1944 ö (glossary at the Bottom) [ Group \| Mission Prologue \| 001-050 \| 051-100 \| 101-150 \| 151-191]

Mission		Target		Aircraft	Bombing		Flight
#	Date	TGT	Location	S/A	Tons	Rating	Time	Lead	Losses
000			Explantory note to the online flimsies
001	05/07	M/Y	Liege, BE	36/19	54.5	P	5:39	Huglin	0
Remarks			Bad weather
002	05/08	M/Y	Brussels, BE	34/30	87.5	F	5:06	Overing	0
Remarks
003	05/09	A/F	Laon/Couvron, FR	36/36	80.4	G	6:05	Norton	0
Remarks			First casualty: LT L. A. Schuengel, bombardier, fell out of an open bomb bay while safing undropped bombs. He fell without his chute.
004	05/11	M/Y	Chaumont, FR	35/0	0		6:05	Uhle	0
Remarks			Lead failed
005	05/20	M/Y	Liege, BE	40/0	0		5:35	Overing	2
Remarks			Bad weather. #726 and #691 (both 832nd A/C) crashed on T-O in thick fog.
006	05/23	A/F	Etampes/Mondesir, FR	39/37	111	P	6:28	Cormier	0
Remarks			2nd sect. of formation dropped on the accidental drop of section leader, and missed the A/F target. Smoke and haze interferred with other drops.
007A	05/24	A/F	St. Cyr, FR	26/11	33	F	5:29	Norton	0
Remarks			No drop on the primary. 11 A/C bombed secondary: Poix, FR A/F.
007B	05/24	A/F	Guyancourt/Caudron, FR	13/0	0		5:29	Thomas	0
Remarks			Haze obscured primary. 2nd BD A/C interferred with bombing of secondary. This mission was actually a part of the attack on the St Cyr A/F. Flown by 13 486th 24s as part of the low squadron with the 487th.
008	05/25	M/Y	Montignies-sur-Sambre, FR	26/23	68.7	F	5:25	Thompson	0
Remarks			P38 escort was good.
009	05/27	M/Y	Woippy (Metz), FR	39/36	88.7	P	7:08	Uhle	0
Remarks			Fighter support was good. Bombs landed short of MPI
010	05/28	Oil	Lutzkendorf, Ger	28/14	50.5	F	7:50	Howell	2
Remarks			Fighter escort and weather good. Bombs landed in target smoke area. #345 (Hicks) and #764 (Sanders) were badly damaged by flak over the target. #345 ditched into the english channel, the crew of #764 bailed over belgium.
011	05/29	Oil	Politz, Ger	36/32	78.8	G	8:13	Overing	0
Remarks			9 A/C bombed Misdroy, a target of opportunity, instead of primary, a synthetic oil facility.
012	05/30	A/F	Handorf, Ger	27/24	66.8	G	5:53	Smith	0
Remarks			Lead sqd. hit MPI, low sqd short. Good weather.
013	05/31	M/Y	Jemelle, BE	26/0	0		4:23	Norton	0
Remarks			mission recalled due to heavy growing cumulus (front).
Mission Summary for May
014	06/04	A/F	Bretigny, FR	13/9	28.1	P	6:07	Cormier	0
Remarks
015	06/06	T/T	Caen, FR	24/0	0		7:05	Overing	0
Remarks			Solid clouds
016	06/06	T/T	Thury Harcourt, FR	26/0	0		5:57	Flesher	0
Remarks			Solid clouds
017	06/06	T/T	Lisieux, FR	13/0	0		3:26	Thomas	0
Remarks			Solid clouds
018	06/07	T/T	Angers	39/37	111	G	6:20	Uhle	0
Remarks			Attacked secondary targets: A/F at Vitre and Laval.
019	06/08	Br	Cinq mars, FR	39/37	111	G	5:56	Newman	1
Remarks			#117, piloted by LT Moseley, crashed attempting an emergency landing at Gosfield. Crew perished. Weather and mechanical problems were thought responsible.
020	06/11	A/F	Argentan, FR	26/0	0		5:06	Norton	0
Remarks			Solid clouds
021	06/12	A/F	Beauvais/Nivillers, FR	39/39	115	G	6:19	Thompson	0
Remarks
022	06/14	A/F	Lille/Vendeville, FR	38/35	87	G	5:07	Uhle	0
Remarks
023	06/15	A/F	Versailles, FR	39/34	102	P/G	6:07	Newman	0
Remarks			Attacked secondary targets: A/F at Etampes/Mondeis with good results. Primary target bombing was poor.
024	06/16	A/F	Villiers L'eveque, FR	41/13	31.5	U	4:29	Thompson	0
Remarks			Clouds PFF used.
025	06/17	L/G	Essay, FR	39/38	96.3	G	5:26	Wilson	0
Remarks
026	06/20	S/O	Misburg, Ger	41/13	106.5	VG	6:52	Cormier	0
Remarks			#767 (Farrell) hit over target and limps back home.
027	06/20	N/B	Pas de Calais, FR	39/38	63.7	G	4:45	Howell	0
Remarks			Secondary A/F attacked
028	06/22	N/B	Nucourt, FR	39/36	98.2	P	3:45	Guthrie	0
Remarks			Clouds GEE-H used
029	06/24	A/F	Chartres, FR	39/32	79.9	G	5:40	Flesher	0
Remarks			Attacked secondary target: T/T at Essay.
030	06/25	A/F	Bourges, FR	26/25	79.2	G	6:37	Wilson	0
Remarks
031	06/25	Br	Nanteuil, FR	13/10	30	G	6:15	Thomas	0
Remarks
032	06/27	N/B	Pas de Calais, FR	28/10	25	G	4:39	Guthrie	1
Remarks			Clouds GEE-H used. Deputy lead A/C hit by flak and returned to England where the crew bailed out. The FE was killed by the flak.
033	06/28	A/F	Coulommiers, FR	26/0	0		4:17	Thomas	0
Remarks
034	06/29	A/I	Fallersleben, Ger	26/0	0		N/A	J. L. Rex	0
Remarks			Solid clouds
035	06/30	A/F	Conches, FR	31/27	81	U	N/A	E. M. Rex	0
Remarks			Clouds GEE-H
036	7/1	N/B	Montlouis Ferme, FR	29/9	0	P	5:03	Mundorff	1
Remarks			Combat Bombardment Wing recalled. 835th didn't receive recall and bombed by GEE-H. A/C #445 and #508 couldn't catch up to the group and RTBed upon reaching French coast. Accidental drops by #238 and #454, only 10 A/C bombed target. #744 severly damaged by FLAK near rally point (RP), but RTBs safely. #758 also hit near RP and crashes, 4 POW, 6 repatriated in September.
037	07/02	N/B	Vignacourt, FR	26/24	58	U	N/A	Smith	0
Remarks			Cloud, GEE-H used.
038	07/04	A/F	Beaumont-s-Oise, FR	30/5	11.4	U	5:21	Guthrie	1
Remarks			GEE-H failed in both lead A/C. 5 A/C bombed secondary target at Creil, FR (A/F). #688 flown by crew of Pandora's Box was badly damaged by flak and made an emergency landing in England. The A/C was scrapped.
039	07/05	A/F	Eindhoven, NE	13/0	0		4:16	Mundorff	0
Remarks			Bad weather prevented formation from forming up.
040	07/06	N/B	Pas de Calais, FR	13/0	0		4:18	McCabe	0
Remarks			GEE-H failure. Target couldn't be IDed.
041	07/08	N/B	St. Valery-en-Caux, FR	26/24	58.7	G/P	4:45	Fuller	0
Remarks			2 sqd's failed to bomb primary N/B target. Bombed A/F SW of St. Valery.
042	07/09		St. Georges-s-Fontaine, FR	26/0	0		4:45	Wilson	0
Remarks			Cloud cover, no drop.
043	07/12	N/B	Pas de Calais, FR	27/0	0		4:15	Smith	0
Remarks			Solid Clouds, didn't drop on two targets: Houpeville and Quincampoix, FR.
044	07/14	A/F	Peronne, FR	27/14	31.5	U	5:05	Howell	0
Remarks			GEE-H failure in group attacking Peronne. 2nd grp bombed Montdidier A/F with GEE-H.
045	07/17	Br	Gien, FR	13/13	39	V	6:23	J.L. Rex	0
Remarks			Commendation from 3rd BD HDQ for taking out Bridge.
046	07/18	T/T	Near Caen, FR	26/13	33.2	G	4:52	Newman	0
Remarks			Commendation from 3rd BD HDQ for bombing in direct support of allied ground troops at Area "Q" at Frenouville, FR near Caen.
047	07/19	A/I	Saarbrucken, Ger	12/10	30	G/F	5:57	Reed	0
Remarks			486th provided one sqd to fly with 3rd BD 24s to bomb German industrials.
048	07/20	A/I	Russelheim, Ger	6/6	18	P	5:59	Koonce	0
Remarks			A-5 failed in lead A/C resulted in a miss.
049	07/21	A/I	Kempten, Ger	6/6	15.6	F	6:19	Livingston	0
Remarks			Bad weather at primary causing abort. Bombed T/O at Indenboden, HL (M/Y).
050	08/01	A/F	Tours, FR	40/36	107	F-G	--:--	Overing	0
Remarks			First mission flown with B17G.

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Glossary

A/F - Air Field.
A/C - aircraft (friendly).
A/I - Aircraft industry.
BKS - Barracks
Br - Bridge (RR - railroad.)
BTO - Bomb Through Overcast.
C/C - Communications Center.
eA/C - aircraft (enemy).
F - Fair bombing results.
FLAK - Fliegerabwehrkanone (anti aircraft cannon).
G - Good bombing results.
GEE-H - Type of Bomb Through Overcast (BTO) radar.
Milk Run - An easy mission.
MPI - Main point of impact.
M/Y - Marshall yard.
NA - Not applicable.
N/B - No Ball (rocket sites).
O/ST - Oil storage.
P - Poor bombing results.
PFF - BTO radar.
RR/T - Railroad terminal.
S/A - Sortied/Attacked (not all Aircraft made it to target).
S/O - Synthetic oil.
T/I - Tank industry.
T/O - Target of opportunity.
T-O - Take off.
T/T - Tactical Target.
TLR - Target of last resort.
U - Bombs hit unobserved.
VG - Very good bombing results.

Mission Log for the 486th Bomb Group (H)