340th BG 486th BS

B-25 Armament Officer

Major Harold (Hal) Ware Bridges

 

[WWII North Africa; Sicily; European Theater; Corsica, Italy: 1942-1945]

 

Submissions of Hal Bridges material from his son Hal Bridges, Jr. via John Purvis

 

Research Credit- Steve Pace et al

 

Site edited and maintained by Doug Cook

 

Last Update May 20, 2010

 

 

340th BG  SQUADRON B-25 BOMBERS

 

COMBAT DAMAGE and ACCIDENTS

 

 

 

 

340th BG 487th BS SN- 34039 7Y  SKY DEMON   

 

340th BG 486th BS  6K  I’LL TAKE YOU HOME KATHLEEN

 

340th BG 486th BS  - SN 43-4082    6V  BOTTOMS-UP (I)

Lost after takeoff on 3/18/45 in the mountains of northern Corsica; wreckage wasn’t found for several weeks – none of the crewmembers were ever found.

 

 

 

340TH BG 489TH BS - SN 43-27638 - 9D

BRIEFING TIME (surives today at Mid-Atlantic Air Museum)

 

 

As restored today at MAAM

 

 

 

340TH BG 489TH BS    DAISY C

 

 

340TH BG (UNKNOWN BS)  FREE, WHITE, and FILHTY

 

 

 

340TH BG 489TH BS - SN 43-4080 – 9S

KNOCKOUT!

 

 

340TH BG 489TH BS - SN ? – 9V

MISS REBEL

 

 

340TH BG 489TH BS - SN 43-27485 – 9T

MISSION COMPLETED

 

 

340TH BG 489TH BS - SN 43-27517 – 9L

PROP WASH

 

 

340TH BG 489TH BS - SN 43-48000 – 9X

QUEEN MARY

 

 

 

340TH BG 489TH BS - SN ? – 9F

STELLA

 

 

340TH BG (UNKNOWN BS)  SWEAT and PARY

 

 

COMBAT DAMAGE and ACCIDENTS

 

340th BG 486th BS – SN UNKNOWN

ROYAL FLUSH

Damage to nose navigator and bombardier compartment

 

Flying on part of a wing and a prayer

 

B-25 taxiing collision

 

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