Mission No. 71
27 May 1944
Station: 166
Target: RR Bridge at St. Pierre du Vauvray
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.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR THIS MISSION FROM THE GROUP MISSION RECORDS IS AVAILABLE IN THE "CREW LOADLING LIST" SECTION OF THIS WEBSITE here


Box #1 - Lead Flight
Bush
574
847-H
40
Horridge
574
798-K
37
Alexander
574
807-J
36
Kahley
574
832-H
36
Carson
574
839-G
37
Watson
574
846-P
39
Box #1 - High Flight
Bird
574
804-A
26
Morris
574
927-N
32
Stanfield
574
855-R
45
Majka
574
865-D1
34
Lowe
574
597-P
32
Dauteuil
574
716-O
38
Box #1 - Low Flight
Salmon
574
848-N
38
Evans
574
811-V
47
Newman
574
808-C
44
Shofner
574
827-G
41
Watkinson
574
818-L
30
Talton
574
833-U
47
Baxter
573
747-T
17

Box #2 - Lead Flight
Erickson
572
801-G
19
Baehr
572
748-Q
6
Hanlon
572
812-D
9
Dickinson
572
834-B
8
Reynolds
572
673-A
8
Walker
572
809-G
16
Box #2 - High Flight
Jobe
572
803-K
7
Crim
572
719-F
13
Fry
572
811-G
6
Whitson
572
799-T
15
Danforth
572
813-J
7
Smith
572
822-O
23
Box #2 - Low Flight
Roeper
572
806-M
14
Koehl
572
820-S
22
Alexander
572
853-F
39
Mccarty
572
836-N
14
Dewitt
572
823-N
21
Holliday
572
828-L
24
Youse
573
831-H
19
Box #2 - Spare Flight
Spare Lead
573
801-G
19
Spare Ship
575
853-F
39
Spare Ship
575
855-R
45