Subject: Death Over Paris 28 May 1944
From: (Harry Andreas)
Date: 11/20/03 8:18 AM Pacific Standard Time
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In article ,
(ArtKramr) wrote:

DEATH OVER PARIS


On preparation for D-Day the 344th was hitting bridges and rail lines
leading
to Omaha Beach. A critical target was the Paris RR bridge which allowed
vast
amounts of train traffic to move west toward Omaha. We hit the Paris RR
bridge
on the morning 28 May, 1944. The defenses were brutal and out of the 56
B-26's
that went out that day, 5 were were shot down over the target with a
loss of 31
aircrew.

Art,
I think you mentioned once that your mediums weren't targeted very often by
fighters, that they went for the heavies. So I'm guessing that the men shot
down that day were from flak.
Just curious whether you saw much in the way of enemy fighter cover in
the run-up to D-Day.

--
Harry Andreas
Engineering raconteur


They were all flak losses over Paris..I saw no enemy fighters at all on D-Day.
But I understand some (very few) were there but were quickly shot down by our
fighters. But I saw none that day

Regards,


Arthur Kramer
344th BG 494th BS
England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany
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