VIII Air Support Command 50
6 September 1943Description
Railroad marshalling yards are again the targets for this two-element mission. The first element is a formation of 72 B-26s from: 387BG (36) and 386BG (36) despatched to bomb the railroad marshalling yards at Rouen, France. 66 are effective on the target. There are no losses or claims.
The second element is a formation of 72 B-26s from 322BG (36) and 323BG (36) despatched to bomb the railroad marshalling yards at Ghent, Belgium. The mission was recalled when the planned fighter escort was grounded by weather. There are no losses or claims, but 3 aircraft are damaged.
Mission Details
GHENT
Description: MARSHALLING YARDS
Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
Notes: Ghent mission recalled because weather grounds fighters.
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Mission Statistics
- People wounded in action: 1
- Aircraft sent: 72
- Aircraft damaged: 3
ROUEN
Description: MARSHALLING YARDS
Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 99.00
- Aircraft sent: 72
- Aircraft effective: 66
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Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Nicknames: Ye Olde Crocke
- Unit: 386th Bomb Group 554th Bomb Squadron
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 31-May-2015. Added Mission Narrative based on "The Mighty Eighth War Diary", Roger A. Freeman.
Lee Cunningham 31-May-2015. Correcting the Ghent statistics per "The Mighty Eighth War Diary", Roger A. Freeman
Lee Cunningham 31-May-2015. Added tonnage dropped and aircraft effective to Rouen event statistics 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'.