Returned with Bombs
From William Orient's flight log: Paris - weather closed, carried 2,000-lb bombs, returned with bombs. Duration 4:00.
07 AUGUST 1944 · MONDAY · STATION 104Returned with Bombs
Mission 527.Saleux.
Saleux, France
Intended Target
Saleux
Saleux, France
Operating Group
93rd BG
2BD
Takeoff Base
Hardwick
Station 104
Landing Base
Hardwick
Station 104
Aircraft Effective
24 / 333
effective / dispatched
Bomb Tonnage
75.5
tons
The route.
§ Takeoff to Target
Bearing Out
167° T
Bearing In
347° T
The formation.
§ 1 Aircraft Dispatched
Each ship that lifted off, and the men aboard her.▸ 1 ship carrying your selection
Sources.
§ Provenance
Mighty Eighth War Diary
Roger A Freeman · Jane's Publishing Company Limited · 1981
Published