VIII Air Support Command 78
3 October 1943Description
A combinded formation of 73 B-26s from: 387BG (18); 322BG (18); 323BG (18) and 386BG (18) are despatched to bomb the German airfield at Beauvais/Tille, France. There are no losses or claims, but one returiing aircraft is Damaged Beyond Repair (DBR) and 27 others are damaged. 5 airmen are Wounded in Action (WIA).
Mission Details
BEAUVAIS/TILLE
Description: AIRFIELD
Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 90.82
- Aircraft sent: 72
- Aircraft effective: 63
- Aircraft damaged beyond repair: 1
- Aircraft damaged: 27
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18005077 / T-000290
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 2-Jul-2014. Added Mission Narrative based on "The Mighty Eighth War Diary", Roger A. Freeman.
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'.