VIII Air Support Command 38
30 August 1943Description
36 B-36s from 323BG are despatched to bomb a munitions depot at Eperlecques, France. 33 aircraft are effective on the target. There are no losses or claims.
Mission Details
FORET D'EPERLECQUES
Description: MUNITION SITE
Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 48.75
- People wounded in action: 3
- Aircraft sent: 36
- Aircraft effective: 33
- Aircraft damaged: 14
Revisions
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources
Lee Cunningham 27-May-2015. Added Mission Narrative based on "The Mighty Eight 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'.