VIII Air Support Command 36A
27 August 1943Description
36 B-26s from 386BG are despatched to bomb the German airfield at Pois/Nord, France. 35 are effective on the target. There are no losses or claims.
Mission Details
POIX/ NORD
Description: AIRFIELDS
Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 52.35
- Aircraft sent: 36
- Aircraft effective: 35
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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 27-May-2015. Added Mission Narrative based on "The Mighty Eight 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'.