VIII Air Support Command 22B
16 August 1943Description
This VIII Air Support Command is a diversion flown by 21 B-26s despatched from 323BG in support of the B-26 formations attacking the German airfields at Bernay St. Martin and Beaumont Le Roger, France. There are no losses or claims.
Mission Details
Description: DIVERSION
Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
Notes: Diversion for 21 and 22A force.
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: None
- Aircraft sent: 21
- Aircraft effective: 21
Revisions
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources
Lee Cunningham 17-May-2015. Added the Mission Narrative based on "The Mighty EIghth War Diary", Roger A. Freeman.
ContributorAAM
Changes
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'.