VIII Bomber Command MOLING MISSION

21 January 1943

Description

93rd Bomb Group 329th Bomb Squadron despatches a single B-24 on a Moling mission near the Ruhr valley in Germany. The mission is aimed at harassing the enemy in weather unsuitable for large missions by alerting air-raid crews in the area north of the Ruhr.

Mission Details

Description: MOLING MISSION

Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator

Notes: A single aircraft is dispatched on a "Moling" Mission. Not included in 8th Air Force mission count.

The insignia of the 93rd Bomb Group.

93rd Bomb Group

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

Mission Statistics

  • Aircraft sent: 1

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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'.