VIII Bomber Command 7

28 August 1942

Official Description

11 B-17’s bomb airplane factory of Avions Potez at Meaulte, an important repair depot for German ftrs.

Description

97BG despatches 14 B-17s to bomb the Avions Portez aircraft factory at Meault, France.

Mission Details

MEAULTE

Description: AVION PORTEZ AIRCRAFT FACTORY

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress

Notes: First attack on an aircraft factory. No fighter escort.

Ground personnel of the 97th Bomb Group reservice a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-9023) nicknamed "Yankee Doodle", following the raid on Rouen. Image stamped on reverse: 'Associated Press.' [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 18 Aug 1942.' [stamp], 'Air=SER (Boeing).' [written annotation] and '216112.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'U.S FLYING FORTRESSES RAID ROUEN IN DAYLIGHT. Associated Press Photo Shows: No sooner had one of the huge Fortresses landed after the raid than ground crew im
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 25.35
  • People killed in action: 1
  • Aircraft sent: 14
  • Aircraft effective: 11
  • Aircraft damaged: 3

Revisions

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ContributorEmily
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Air Force Combat Chronology

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 29-Oct-2014. Mission description based on "USAAF Combat Chronology" Jack McKillop, http://www.usaaf.net/chron/42/aug42.htm

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ContributorAAM
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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'.