 The lead aircraft of the group, "Butcher Shop", was piloted by the Group Commander, Colonel Frank A. Armstrong, and squadron commander of the 340th Major Paul W. Tibbets (who later flew the "Enola Gay" to Hiroshima Japan on the first atomic bomb mission).In the leading aircraft of the second flight, "Yankee Doodle", flew General Ira C. Eaker, the commanding general of the Eighth Air Force Bomber Command.Through the summer, aircraft from the 342d and 343d bomb squadrons joined with the aircraft at Polebrook attacking airfields, marshalling yards, industries, naval installations, and other targets in France and the Low Countries.