VIII Air Support Command 63
19 September 1943Description
This mission is a combined force of 72 B-26s from 386BG (36) and 387BG (36) despatched to bomb the German airfield at Lille/Nord, France. 387BG does not bomb and only 18 from 386BG are effective on the target. There are no losses or claims but 10 aircraft from 387BG are damaged.
Mission Details
LILLE/NORD
Description: AIRFIELD
Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
Notes: Hampered by clouds and weather. 386th Bomb Group unable to hit target because of clouds.
- 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: 25.65
- People wounded in action: 4
- Aircraft sent: 72
- Aircraft effective: 18
- Aircraft damaged: 10
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 26-Jun-2015. Added Mission Description 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'.