Post Numéro: 2 de Prosper Vandenbroucke 29 Déc 2011, 00:02
Bonjour Dominique.
Il s'agit du 92nd BG (Bomb group) pour les ponts de Huy en date du 18 août.
J'ai également trouvé ceci (j'espère que tu lis l'anglais):
MISSION NO. 111 HUY, BELGIUM 18 AUGUST, 1944 Targets today for heavy bombers were of a tactical nature, the Eighth Air Force sending seventeen combat wings aloft to attack bridges, airfields, fuel dumps, and one aero-engine plant, in France and Belgium. The 457th's target was a railroad bridge over the Meuse River at Huy, 15 miles southwest of Liege, Belgium. The bridge, a 350-foot long span of partly temporary wooden construction, was on a main supply line to northern France. Forming the entire 94th A Wing and flying fifth in the Division line, the Group was led by Lt. Col. Hoffman with Lt. Brannan as pilot. Crossing the enemy coast at Overflakkee, it turned due south into Belgium to a point southwest of Brussels, where it swung eastward again. The bomb run was in this general direction. All three boxes made visual runs but five-tenths cloud cover and haze made aiming point identification difficult. However, the patterns of the bombs dropped by the 1 2-aircraft formations from 25,000 feet covered the bridge. After the target the Group headed north-northeast to the Dutch border, then withdrew across Holland to Overflakkee. No flak or fighters were encountered at any timeCela vient d'ici:
http://www.457thbombgroup.org/Narrative ... hIndex.xmlNous en avions également parlé (un peu) sur ce forum:
viewtopic.php?f=65&t=25720et tu devrais tenter de te procurer ceci:
L'échec tragique du bombardement allié du 18 août 1944 à Huy. Une tentative d'explication à la lumière des archives militaires américaines / par Jean-Marie DOUCET
In : Annales du Cercle Hutois des Sciences et Beaux-Arts, 37, 1983, p. 107-172
Cette brochure est consultable au CEGES:
http://www.cegesoma.be/cms/index_fr.phpMais il est peut-être possible de la trouver à la ville de Huy.
Bien amicalement
Prosper