Mission 527

Saleux

Returned with Bombs

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

ROUTE PLATE · TAKEOFF → TARGET

TAKEOFF · HARDWICK✛TARGET · SALEUX

Bearing Out

167° T

Bearing In

347° T

§ Outcome

Men Lost

§ Sorties · 1 Aircraft Dispatched

Each ship that lifted off, and the men aboard her.

▸ 1 ship carrying your selection

B-24H · 41-29586 · GO · 328th SQDN

Returned with Bombs

Pos

Airman

Status

RTN

From William Orient's flight log: Paris - weather closed, carried 2,000-lb bombs, returned with bombs. Duration 4:00.

Sources

Mighty Eighth War Diary

Published

Roger A Freeman · Jane's Publishing Company Limited · 1981