VIII Bomber Command 26
20 December 1942
Photo from Defence POW/MIA Accounting Agency.
Object Number - UPL 73792 - Dan W. Corson, pilot, 91st BG.
Official Description
72 HBs attack air de pot at Romilly-sur-Seine in effective raid. 6 bmrs are lost to ftrs.
Description
The German Air Depot at Romilly-sur-Seine, France is the Primary (P) target for a combined force of 80 B-17s despatched by 91BG (17), 303BG (21); 305BG (23) and 306BG (19). 60 B-17 are effective on the target, but 7 are MIA and 1 is DBR.
Also, 44BG despatches 21 B-24s to the German Air Depot at Romilly-sur-Seine, France. 12 are effective on the target with no losses. 1 damaged.
Mission Details
ROMILLY-SUR-SEINE (Primary)
Description: AIR DEPOT
Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Notes: No fighter escort on this mission. 2LT Conrad Farr, Bombardier Killed in Action (KIA) 306th Bomb Group on B-17 serial number 41-24498.
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 141.28
- People killed in action: 32
- People wounded in action: 12
- People evaded: 3
- Prisoners of war: 24
- People returned to duty: 20
- Enemy aircrafts destroyed by bomber: 51
- Enemy aircrafts probably destroyed by bomber: 13
- Enemy aircraft damaged by bomber: 8
- Aircraft sent: 80
- Aircraft effective: 60
- Aircraft missing in action: 7
- Aircraft damaged beyond repair: 1
- Aircraft damaged: 29
ROMILLY-SUR-SEINE (Primary)
Description: AIR DEPOT
Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 24.22
- People killed in action: 1
- People wounded in action: 2
- Enemy aircraft probably destroyed by fighter: 2
- Aircraft sent: 21
- Aircraft effective: 12
- Aircraft damaged: 1
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-437882
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11018679
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
![First Lieutenant Charles R. Patten, of the 303rd Bomb Group, inside a Jeep. Image stamped on reverse: ‘Copyright Current Affairs Ltd.’ [stamp], ‘Passed for Publication 16 Dec 1942. [stamp] and ‘238776.’ [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'Former salesman at the West Virginia Pulp and Paper Co., First Lt Charles R Patten, of the U.S. Air Corps, is preparing to hand out something stronger than paper to the Nazis. Patten, whose home is at 531 Melrose-street, Chicage, is married and has one ch](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-378895.jpg.webp?itok=p2IMF1R5)
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-349164
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Adjutant
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15084499
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
![First Lieutenant Ehle H. Reber and Captain Lloyd R. Cole, both of the 303rd Bomb Group, relax in Reber's quarters. Image stamped on reverse: 'Associated Press.' [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 25 Jan 1943.' [stamp] and '245295.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'How the boys live and work at Flying Fortress Station in England. Wide World Photo shows: 1st Lieut. Ehle H. Reber, Malin, Oregon (left) and Captain Lloyd R. Cole, Winchester, KY. In Reber's quarters, which, as you see, he's turned into a](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-378909.jpg.webp?itok=wj-qwQe0)
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-414648
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
Revisions
Air Force Combat Chronology
NB the Air Force Combat Chronology wrongly states that this mission took place on 19 December 1942.
Lee Cunningham 15-Feb-2015. Added Bomber Gunner claims to statistics on 91BG, 303BG, 305BG, 306BG Romilly per "The Mighty Eighth War Diary" Roger A. Freeman.
Lee Cunningham 15-Feb-2015. Added Bomber Gunner claims to statistics on 44BG Romilly per "The Mighty Eighth War Diary" Roger A. Freeman.
Lee Cunningham 11-Nov-2014. Description based on "USAAF Combat Chronology" Jack McKillop and "The Mighty Eighth War Diary" 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'.