VIII Air Support Command 25B
18 August 1943Description
36 B-25s from 386BG are despatched to bomb the German airfield at Woensdrecht, Holland. 32 aircraft are effective on the target. There are no losses or claims, but 8 aircraft are damaged by anti-aircraft fire.
Mission Details
WOENSDRECHT
Description: AIRFIELD
Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 37.50
- Aircraft sent: 36
- Aircraft effective: 32
- Aircraft damaged: 8
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Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Nicknames: Danny Boy II
- Unit: 386th Bomb Group 552nd Bomb Squadron
Revisions
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources
Lee Cunningham 24-May-2015. Added Mission Narrative 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'.