12^th AIR FORCE

57^th BOMB WING

340^th BOMB GROUP (M)

MISSION JULY 15, 1944

486^th, 487^th, 488^th and 489^th Squadrons of the 340^th Bomb Group on July 15, 1944

Ferrara, Italy today

487^th BS Mission sheet credit: 487^th BS Pilot 1^st Lt. David Konigsberg

Capt. Charles M. Cook - Copilot of 7P while training Rushton

Capt. James A. Littlefield – Pilot of 7X

486^th BS Mission sheet credit: Herman Voss

July 15, 1944 487^th

Ack-ack was heavy, scant and inaccurate, one ship was holed and Lt. Frazier was injured slightly by flak. All planes returned safely to the base.

July 15, 1944 488^th

One in the afternoon to Ferrara again. 100%. Seven planes and one man seriously wounded. Stere got it in the hand and Vandermuelen got it through the side.

[Diary entry from July 16, 1944: Vandermuelen died at 0200 hours. The Ferrara bridges getting to be a jinx for us.] Credit: Dan Setzer and 57^th Bomb Wing website