VIII Bomber Command 7
28 August 1942Official Description
11 B-17’s bomb airplane factory of Avions Potez at Meaulte, an important repair depot for German ftrs.
Description
97BG despatches 14 B-17s to bomb the Avions Portez aircraft factory at Meault, France.
Mission Details
MEAULTE
Description: AVION PORTEZ AIRCRAFT FACTORY
Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Notes: First attack on an aircraft factory. No fighter escort.
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 25.35
- People killed in action: 1
- Aircraft sent: 14
- Aircraft effective: 11
- Aircraft damaged: 3
Revisions
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources
Lee Cunningham 29-Oct-2014. Mission description based on "USAAF Combat Chronology" Jack McKillop, http://www.usaaf.net/chron/42/aug42.htm
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'.