12^th AIR FORCE

57^th BOMB WING

340^th BOMB GROUP (M)

MISSIONS FEBRUARY 8, 1945

486^th, 487^th, 488^th, and 489^th Squadrons February 8, 1945

Piacenza, Italy today

486^th BS Mission sheet credit: Herman Voss

Feb 8, 1945

487^th

Heavy, moderate to intense and accurate anti-aircraft fire was encountered over the target holing four of the participating bombers. The lead ship had an eighty-eight shell go right through the left wing exploding above the airplane.

488^th Twelve planes and three as an anti-flak element bombed Piacenza North rail bridge, Italy. Our bombing accuracy was 94%, and the flak was heavy, moderate and inaccurate to accurate. We had two planes holed.

Text Credit: Dan Setzer and 57^th Bomb Wing website