VIII Air Support Command 11B
31 July 1943Description
This is element B of VIII ASC Mission #11. 21 B-26s from 322BG are despatched to bomb the German airfield at Poix/Nord, France. 19 are effecive on the target. One B-26 Failed to Return (FTR)-4KIA 1POW 2EVD.
Mission Details
Poix-du-Nord, France
Description: AIRFIELD
Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 14.26
- People killed in action: 4
- People evaded: 2
- Prisoners of war: 1
- Enemy aircrafts probably destroyed by bomber: 1
- Aircraft sent: 21
- Aircraft effective: 19
- Aircraft missing in action: 1
- Aircraft damaged: 5
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 12-May-2015 Corrected target location and statistics per "The Mighty Eighth War Diary", Roger A. Freeman.
Lee Cunningham 12-May-2015. Correct title to 11B and added Mission Narrative based on "The Mighty Eighth War Diary", Roger A. Freeman.
Lee Cunningham 12-May-2015. Added bomber gunner claims to statistics per "The Mighty Eighth War Diary", Roger A. Freeman.
Lee Cunningham 12-May-2015. Corrected Mission Title to 11D to correspond to target already ingested; added Mission Narrative based on "The Mighty Eighth War Diary", Roger A. Freeman.
Lee Cunningham 19-Oct-2014 Correction to typographical error of mission date.
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'.