VIII Air Support Command 34A
25 August 1943Description
21 B-26s from 387BG are despatched to bomb the power station at Rouen, France. All 21 are effective on the target late in the afternoon - 1832 hrs. 2 are damaged by anti-aircraft fire. There are no losses or claims
Mission Details
ROUEN
Description: POWER PLANT
Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
Notes: Beginning of Operation STARKEY designed to target important Luftwaffe airfields to contain enemy forces in the West to prevent them from being transferred to the Eastern Front and dress rehearsal for Pas-de-Calais invasion. The Allies hope to lure the Luftwaffe to attack bomber formations so that their aircraft and pilots can be destroyed.
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 31.50
- Aircraft sent: 21
- Aircraft effective: 21
- Aircraft damaged: 2
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 27-May-2015. Added Mission Narrative based on "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'.