8th Air Force 223
15 February 1944Description
A combined force of 54 B-24s from 2nd Bomb Division: 93BG; 389BG; 445BG; 453BG are despatched to bomb the V-Weapon site at St. Pol/Siracourt, France. 52 aircraft are effective on the target. There are no losses or claims in this force but 29 aircraft are damaged by AA-fire.
Mission Details
ST. POL/SIRACOURT
Description: V-1 MISSILE SITES
Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
Notes: No fighter escort. No claims on enemy aircraft.
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 149.50
- People returned to duty: 11
- Aircraft sent: 54
- Aircraft effective: 52
- Aircraft damaged beyond repair: 1
- Aircraft damaged: 29
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 568th Bomb Squadron
- Role/Job: Navigator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Star Dust
- Unit: 551st Bomb Squadron 385th Bomb Group
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 8-Feb-2016. Added Mission Narrative per "The Mighty Eighth War Dairy", Roger A. Freeman.
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'.