Target : Coastal Defense Guns at Granville,France. Thirty-six planes were dispatched, and bombing by flights dropped two hundred-seventy 500-pound General Purpose bombs on the target from an altitude of 5000 feet. Strike photos showed excellent results for one flight, good for another, fair for two and poor for the last.

Four of the planes were flak battle-damage, but there was no losses or casualties.

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William G Erickson, 0-792568, Captain, 391st Bombardment Group (M). For extraordinary achievement while serving as a pilot of a B-26 type aircraft on 12 June 1944. When, though the adverse weather condition over the target area justified the abandoning of the mission, Captain Erickson, realizing the importance of destroying their objective, led his formation over the target at an extremely low-level where they discharged their bombs on the small target area with great accuracy. The courage, determination, and devotion to duty displayed by Captain Erickson on this occasion materially contributed to the successful advance of our ground forces and reflects great credit upon himself and the service. Entered military service from New York.