VIII Air Support Command 79

4 October 1943

Description

A combined force of 25 B-26s from 386BG (17) and 323BG (8) are despatched towards the German airfields of Beauvais/Nivilliers and Everaux/Fauville, France. Weather and cloud cover prevenst bombing. There are no losses or claims.

Mission Details

Beauvais/ Nivilliers

Description: AIRFIELD

Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder

Notes: All return to base without bombing reason undetermined, probably weather.

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 0.00
  • Aircraft sent: 17

EVREUX/FAUVILLE

Description: AIRFIELD

Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder

Notes: All return to base without bombing reason undetermined, probably weather.

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 0.00
  • Aircraft sent: 8

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People

Lieutenant Paul Bensel and his crew of the 388th Bomb Group stand with a bomb, personally addressed to Hitler, and their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-5954) nicknamed "Mister Yank II" before the Regensburg Raid, August 1943. A B-17 nicknamed "Homesick Angel" is visible in the background.

Victor Joseph Stachniewicz

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12045193
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Lieutenant Paul Bensel and his crew of the 388th Bomb Group stand with a bomb, personally addressed to Hitler, and their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-5954) nicknamed "Mister Yank II" before the Regensburg Raid, August 1943. A B-17 nicknamed "Homesick Angel" is visible in the background.

Glinford Early Walls

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33209097
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
Lieutenant Paul Bensel and his crew of the 388th Bomb Group stand with a bomb, personally addressed to Hitler, and their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-5954) nicknamed "Mister Yank II" before the Regensburg Raid, August 1943. A B-17 nicknamed "Homesick Angel" is visible in the background.

Kenneth Ramer Willis

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 482nd Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron 812th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37332004
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Revisions

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources

Lee Cunningham 2-Jul-2014. Added Mission Narrative based on "The Mighty Eighth War Diary", Roger A. Freeman.

Date
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'.