VIII Bomber Command SCRUBBED
17 October 1943Description
This mission was to be a major attack on the industrial areas of Duren, Germany but was abandoned when the leading formations of 3rd Bomb Division were unable to form-up over the North Sea. 1 aircraft Failed to Return (FTR) 10KIA. The aircraft was not attacked but somehow caught fire. The crew baled out over the sea, but all of them perished.
Mission Details
DUREN (Primary)
Description: AIRCRAFT FACTORIES
Notes: Mission scrubbed. No information on Bomb Group participants or how many despatched. One aircraft from 96th Bomb Group caught fire and crashed into the sea, crew bailed out. 10 Killed in Action (KIA)
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 0.00
- People killed in action: 10
- Aircraft missing in action: 1
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39900663
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Revisions
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'.