VIII Air Support Command 27A

19 August 1943

Description

36 B-26s from 323BG are despatched to bombe the German airfield at Amiens/Glisy, France. 36 are effective on the target, but one of the aircraft is Damaged Beyond Repair (DBR) due to extensive battle damage and damage from a crash landing upon return. The 6 crewmen were OK and Returned to Duty (RTD).

Mission Details

AMIENS/GLISY

Description: AIRFIELD

Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder

Private First Class Barbara O'Brien of the Womens Army Corps, paints the nose of a B-26 Marauder (YU-Y. serial number 41-34982) nicknamed "Jolly Roger" of the 323rd Bomb Group. Image stamped on reverse: 'Associated Press.' [stamp], 'Passed for Publcation 4 Dec 1943.' [stamp] and '295589.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'W.A.C.S. on duty at a Bomber Station. Associated Press Photo shows:- Pfc: Barbara O'Brien painting the Jolly Roger on the nose of a Marauder with the crew looking on.'

323rd Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 52.65
  • People wounded in action: 2
  • Aircraft sent: 36
  • Aircraft effective: 36
  • Aircraft damaged beyond repair: 1
  • Aircraft damaged: 9

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Aircraft

An airman of the 323rd Bomb Group in the cockpit of a B-26 Marauder nicknamed "Black Fury". Handwritten caption on reverse: 'WT, 323BG. AFM.'

41-34777

  • Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
  • Nicknames: Black Fury
  • Unit: 323rd Bomb Group 456th Bomb Squadron

Revisions

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources

Lee Cunningham 24-May-2015. Added Mission Narrative based on "The Mighty Eighth War Diary", Roger A. Freeman and "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces", Stan Bishop & John A. Hey, MBE.

Date
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'.