Another railway bridge spanning the Seine was the target assigned by Field Order 72-331 of the 99th Combat Bomb Wing in the early afternoon of May 27. Thirty-eight of the group's planes were dispatched at 1220 hours on a route to Splashers Number 7, to Beachy Head, to Etretat, to a point at 49 degrees 10 minutes North, 00 degrees 56 minutes East to an Initial Point for the bomb run, two miles south of Mantes, to the target which was located just northwest of Louvieres. The bridge was knocked out by some of seventy-six 2000-pound bombs, which the planes dropped. Four of the six flights of planes were given an "excellent" rating by interpretation of the strike photos. One received a "good" rating, and the last was listed as "fair"
Leaving the target after bombing at 1418 hours, the planes followed a route to a point four miles northeast of Pontoise, to 49 degrees 10 minutes north, 00 degrees 56 minutes east, to Etretat, to Beachy Head, to base.
There were no losses, casualties or battle damage, and the planes were all down safely at 1517 hours.
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