Chapter 48-4

4 Boulogne                                                                                                                                                                                   next mission

5Jun44

US mission 392

  

"Still using substitute plane. Mission right on the beach in Boulogne north of Normandy to hit a gun emplacement in preparation for D-Day. Saw first rocket. Funny looking, like a large, red, flaming basketball travelling slowly.Small parachutes with bombs hanging from them also came down through the formation. a P.F.F mission but we bombed visually," Foster.

 

Parachute bombs above are actually US bombs in 1942 onto Japanese airplane.

related web links

 

Thirty Missions Text

 

Thirty Mission Static Map

 

30 Missions Interactive Geographic Map

 

all WW2 missions 

 

489th Bomb Group

 

93rd BG

 

Target for Today Excellent 1944 AA Corps Govt movie puts you right back there to cover a whole mission. Real military personnel although campy stilted dialog. 1 1/2 hr  if glitch/reload