VIII Air Support Command 68
23 September 1943Description
A combined force of 72 B-26s from 323BG (36) and 385BG (36) are despatched to bomb the German airfield of Beauvais/Tille, France. 69 aircraft are effective on the target. There are no losses or claims but 10 aircraft are damaged.
Mission Details
BEAUVAIS/TILLE
Description: AIRFIELD
Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 99.00
- Aircraft sent: 72
- Aircraft effective: 69
- Aircraft damaged: 10
Revisions
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources
Lee Cunningham 28-Jun-2015. Added Mission Description 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'.