VIII Air Support Command 64
19 September 1943Description
This mission was a combinded force of 72 B-26s from: 322BG (36) and 323BG (36) despatched to bomb the German airfield a Merville, France, but could cover obscures the target and no aircraft are able to bomb. There are no losses or claims.
Mission Details
MERVILLE
Description: AIRFIELD
Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
Notes: Recalled due to weather.
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: None
- Aircraft sent: 72
Revisions
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources
Lee Cunningham 26-Jun-2015. Added Mission Description based on "The Mighty Eighth War Diary", Roger A. Freeman.
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
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'.