487th Bombardment Group (Heavy)

Combat Missions

May 1944
07 May Liege
08 May Brussels
09 May Laon
11 May Troyes
20 May Liege
23 May Etampes Mondesir
24 May Poix
25 May Montigne sur Sombres
27 May Metz
28 May Lutzkendorf
29 May Politz
30 May Munster
31 May (abandoned)

June 1944
04 June Bretigny
06 June Lisieux
07 June Montjean
08 June Tours
12 June Beauvais
14 June Lille Vendeville
15 June Etampes Mondesir
17 June Alencon Lonray
20 June Misburg
23 June Coulommiers Juvincourt
24 June Chateaudun
25 June Bourges
25 June Romilly-Sur-Seine
30 June Conches Everaux

July 1944
02 July Belloy-Sur-Somme
04 July Creil
05 July Eindhoven
06 July Belloy-Sur-Somme
08 July Laloge Au Pain
17 July Gien
18 July Frenouville
19 July Saarbrucken

Note: Transition from the B-24 "Liberator" to the B-17 "Flying Fortress" began on 21 July 1944.

August 1944
01 August Tours
02 August Val Des Jones
03 August Joigny-Laroche
04 August Nordholz
05 August Magdeburg
06 August Berlin
08 August St. Sylvain
09 August St. Vith
11 August Villa-Coublay
13 August Seine and Dreaux (Tactical Support of Ground Troops)
14 August Mannheim-Sandhofen
15 August Twente-Enschede
16 August Rositz
18 August St. Dizier
24 August Dresden
25 August Rechlin
26 August Brest
31 August Brest

September 1944
08 September Mainz
09 September Dusseldorf
10 September Nurenberg
11 September Bohlen
12 September Magdeburg
13 September Darmstadt
17 September Schouwen Island
19 September Limburg
22 September Kassell
25 September Ludwigshafen
26 September Bremen
27 September Ludwigshafen
28 September Merseburg
30 September Bielefeld

October 1944
02 October Kassell
03 October Nurenberg
06 October Berlin
07 October Lutzkendorf
09 October Nurenberg
14 October Cologne
15 October Cologne
17 October Cologne
18 October Kassell
19 October Mannheim
22 October Munster
26 October Hannover
28 October Hamm

November 1944
02 November Merseburg
04 November Neunkirchen
05 November Ludwigshafen
06 November Neumunster
09 November Saarbrucken
11 November Oberlahnstein
16 November Langerwehe
21 November (recalled)
25 November Merseburg
26 November Hamm
27 November Bingen
30 November Merseburg

December 1944
04 December Mainz
06 December Merseburg
11 December Giessen
12 December Darmstadt
15 December Hannover
18 December Mainz
24 December Babenhausen
28 December Coblenz
29 December Aschaffenburg
30 December Mannheim
31 December Hamburg

January 1945
01 January Ehmen
02 January Nalbach Area (enemy positions)
03 January Aschaffenburg
06 January Ludwigshafen
07 January Paderborn
08 January Frankfurt
13 January Mainz
14 January Magdeburg
15 January Augsburg
16 January Desseau
18 January Kaiserlautern
20 January Heilbronn
21 January Mannheim
28 January Hohenbudburg
29 January Kassell

February 1945
01 February Wesel
03 February Berlin
06 February Chemnitz
09 February Weimar
14 February Dulmen
15 February Cotbus
16 February Hamm
17 February Frankfurt
20 February Nurenburg
21 February Nurenburg
22 February Ansbach
23 February Neumarkt
24 February Bremen
25 February Neuburg
26 February Berlin
28 February Kassell

March 1945
01 March Ulm
02 March Dresden
03 March Brunswick
07 March Castrop-Rauxel
08 March Frankfurt
09 March Frankfurt
10 March Dortmund
11 March Hamburg
12 March Marburg
14 March Hannover
15 March Oranienburg
17 March Ruhland
18 March Berlin
19 March Zwickau
21 March Wittmundhaven
22 March Kupferdreh
23 March Holzwickede
24 March Varrelbusch
28 March Hannover
30 March Hamburg
31 March Brandenburg

April 1945
03 April Kiel Docks
04 April Kiel Docks
05 April Furth
07 April Parchim
08 April Hof
09 April Neuburg
10 April Brandenburg
11 April Ingolstadt
14 April Royan
16 April Royan
17 April Dresden
19 April Pirna Bridge
20 April Neuruppin
21 April Ingolstadt

May 1945
No missions flown in May 1945 due to lack of targets.

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