8th Air Force 203
31 January 1944Description
A combined force of 74 B-24s is despatched from: 93BG; 389BG; 392BG; and 446BG to bombe V-Weapon sites in the St. Pol/Siracourt areas of France. There are no aircraft or personnel losses and no claims on enemy aircraft.
Mission Details
Siracourt, France / Saint-Pol, France
Description: V-1 MISSILE SITES
Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
Notes: One group turned back on the way out near London, but the Pathfinder (PFF) aircraft assigned joined the other formation giving them 2.
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 218.80
- People returned to duty: 10
- Aircraft sent: 74
- Aircraft effective: 74
- Aircraft damaged beyond repair: 1
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Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Zebra
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 492nd Bomb Group 567th Bomb Squadron 814th Bomb Squadron 856th Bomb Squadron
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 17-Jan-2016. Added Mission Narrative per "The Mighty Eighth War Diary", Roger A. Freeman
Lee Cunningham, 8th Air Force missions research database / Stan Bishop's 'Losses of the US 8th and 9th Air Forces', the Combat Chronology of the US Army Air Forces and the work of Roger Freeman including the 'Mighty Eighth War Diary'.