VIII Air Support Command 44
3 September 1943Description
A force of 141 B-26s from; 323BG (36); 322BG (36); 387BG (36); and 386BG (33) are despatched to attack German airfields in France. 31 from 323BG bomb at Beaumont/Le Roger, France; 36 from 322BG bomb at Beauvais/Tille; and 31 from 387BG bomb at Lille/Nord. There are no losses or claims. Tonnage dropped not available in source data.
Mission Details
BEAUMONT-LE-ROGER
Description: AIRFIELD
Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 145.65
- People wounded in action: 1
- Aircraft sent: 36
- Aircraft effective: 31
- Aircraft damaged: 5
BEAUVAIS/TILLE
Description: AIRFIELD
Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Mission Statistics
- Aircraft sent: 36
- Aircraft effective: 36
- Aircraft damaged: 5
LILLE-NORD
Description: AIRFIELD
Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
Notes: 385th Bomb Group did not bomb, reason not in available documentation.
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Mission Statistics
- Aircraft sent: 69
- Aircraft effective: 31
- Aircraft damaged: 15
Revisions
Lee Cunnigham 29-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'.