Chambery, France M/Y 05/26/1944
 the Aiming Point
* All photos provided by Gary Anderson
The M/Y Roundhouse with a 500 lb GP bomb that did not explode and a broken B-24 bombay door from an A/C of the 454th Bomb Group. The doors would not open so the bombs were dropped through the doors.
Marshaling Yard Round House
I. P. from over the target
inside a bomb shelter just North of the Marshaling Yard
Documents 1 - 4 below are AAF documents
Document 5 is civilian eyewitness accounts of the bombing
Additional Mission Info 1(PDF): 006_Target.pdf
Additional Mission Info 2(PDF): 018_photocopiedelaphotodubombardement.pdf
Additional Mission Info 3(PDF): 029_.pdf
Additional Mission Info 4(PDF): OpOrder.pdf
Additional Mission Info 5(PDF): ChamberyBombingTranslation.pdf
WWII Mission of the 459th Bombardment Group to Chambery, France M/Y on 05/26/1944
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