TARGET: BERNAY-ST. MARTIN AIRFIELD BERNAY-ST. MARTIN, FRANCE 11 JUNE, 1944 On the sixth day of the invasion, the Eighth Air…
Missions
TARGET: GAEL AIRFIELD GAEL, FRANCE 10 JUNE, 1944 After a lapse of one day, the invasion aerial offensive was renewed…
TARGET: DOUBLE RAILROAD INTERSECTION ETAMPES, FRANCE 8 JUNE, 1944 The 457th sent a complete Combat Wing of three 12- aircraft…
TARGET: HIGHWAY INTERSECTION FALAISE, FRANCE 7 JUNE, 1944 On the morning of the second day of the invasion, the 457th…
TARGET: DEFENSIVE POSITION ARROMANCHES BEACH, FRANCE 6 JUNE, 1944 INVASION DAY At 0100, Colonel Luper entered the briefing room. The…
TARGET: MARSHALLING YARDS PARIS, FRANCE 4 JUNE, 1944 The 457th put an entire Combat Wing into the air, attacking with…
TARGET: HOWITZER GUN BATTERY NESLES, FRANCE 3 JUNE, 1944 The Group dispatched two boxes of eighteen ships each to targets…
TARGET: COASTAL GUN POSITION HARDELOT, FRANCE 2 JUNE, 1944 The final pre-invasion aerial assault was under way. The target was…
MISSION NO. 56 TARGET: AIRFIELD LUXEuil, FRANCE 31 MAY, 1944 May ended with a trip to a French military airfield…
MISSION NO. 55 TARGET: FW-190 ASSEMBLY PLANT OSCHERLEBEN, GERMANY 30 MAY, 1944 In the fourth deep penetration into Germany in…