2 August 1944 · Portes-les-Valence torpedo factory
Date
2 August 1944
Target as printed
Portes les Valence, France torpedo factory
Aircraft lost
1
Sources
assoc-mission-summary (row 61)
For Lt. Reinhardt
His record
No record either way
Target
Portes-les-Valence torpedo factoryPortes-les-Valence, France · armament · 44.874, 4.875
Aircraft lost
42-102403 · 816th · Association record
Photographs and loss sheets of this mission
Loss sheet or report scan for B-17 42-102403, mission 61 Portes le Valence, France · 2 August 1944 (2 scans) · view at 15thaf.org
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The target on other days
A Bridge Destroyed By Allied Bombing At Valence, France. 14 September 1944. · 14 September 1944National Archives Catalog (RG 342-FH) · U.S. Air Force photograph 342-FH-3A19316-58713ACA Lockheed P-38 Lightning Buzzes The Field At Valence, France. 8 October 1944. · 8 October 1944National Archives Catalog (RG 342-FH) · U.S. Air Force photograph 342-FH-3A16428-58704ACA Lockheed P-38 Lightning Buzzes The Field At Valence, France. 8 October 1944. · 8 October 1944National Archives Catalog (RG 342-FH) · U.S. Air Force photograph 342-FH-3A16429-A58704ACPhoto Lab And Sleeping Quarters Of The 23Rd Photo Squadron At Valence, France. 6 September 1944. · 6 September 1944National Archives Catalog (RG 342-FH) · U.S. Air Force photograph 342-FH-3A17361-58712ACTons Of Bombs Released By Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses Of The 15Th Air Force Fall Earthward To Deal Destruction Upon The Torpedo Factory At Valence, France.National Archives Catalog (RG 342-FH) · U.S. Air Force photograph 342-FH-3A19317-62203ACEnemy equipment and soldiers knocked out by bombing and strafing attacks by fighter-bombers of Tactical Air Force lined the roads between Montelimar and Valence on the Rhone River in Southern France.National Archives Catalog (RG 342-FH) · U.S. Air Force photograph 342-FH-3A18004-C53874ACNAZI RAILROAD GUN-An American Corporal lies in the breech of one of the seven railroad guns destroyed by fighter-bombers in the Rhone Valley between Montelimar and Valence, France.National Archives Catalog (RG 342-FH) · U.S. Air Force photograph 342-FH-3A16555-53680ACThis Is One Of The 7 Big Railroad Guns Ruined By Tactical Air Force Planes In The Four Day Attack On The Road From Montelimar And Valence. · 1 December 1944National Archives Catalog (RG 342-FH) · U.S. Air Force photograph 342-FH-3A18202-3A18202