VIII Air Support Command 36B
27 August 1943Description
21 B-26s from 322BG are despatched to bomb the power station at Rouen, France, but the none of the aircraft are able to attack the target because of cloud cover. On aircraft is so damaged by anti-aircraft fire that it has to be ditched in the sea NW of Rouen-5POW 1EVD. The bomber gunners claim 1-8-5 of enemy aircraft.
Mission Details
ROUEN
Description: POWER PLANT
Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
Notes: Mission aborted due to bad weather and stiff fighter opposition.
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: None
- People wounded in action: 2
- People evaded: 1
- Prisoners of war: 5
- Enemy aircrafts destroyed by bomber: 1
- Enemy aircrafts probably destroyed by bomber: 8
- Enemy aircraft damaged by bomber: 5
- Aircraft sent: 21
- Aircraft missing in action: 1
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 27-May-2015. Added bomber gunner claims to statistics per "The Mighty Eight War Diary", Roger A. Freeman.
Lee Cunningham 27-May-2015. Added Mission Narrative based on "The Mighty Eight 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'.