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Narrative - Official Air Force Mission Description
| VIII Air Support Command Missions 12A and 12B: Two airfields in France are targetted.
1. 34 B-26s are dispatched to Merville Airfield; 31 hit the target at 0810 hours; 1 aircraft is damaged beyond repair and 15 are damaged.
2. 21 B-26s are dispatched to the St. Omer/Ft. Rouge Airfield; 18 hit the target at 0900 hours; 13 aircraft are damaged.
Total casualties for both missions are 6 WIA.
VIII Air Support Command Missions 13A and 13B: An attack Woensdrecht Airfield, The Netherlands is cancelled; Mission 13B is a diversion. | |
| Source: THE ARMY AIR FORCES IN WORLD WAR II: COMBAT CHRONOLOGY, 1941-1945 by Carter / Mueller, the Office of Air Force History, |
Non-Combat Accident Reports
Aircraft: Tiger Moth (#DE745).
Organization: Hq / 79SrG of Goxhill, Lincolnshire.
Pilot: Cole, James P.
Notes: landing accident.
Location: Goxhill, Lincolnshire England.
Damage (0-5 increasing damage): 3
source: Aviation Archaeology http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/ |
Mission "8th AF Fighter Command Fighter Operation 90"
Escort for B-26 diversionary raid
August 02, 1943Primary source for mission statistics: Mighty Eighth War Diary by Roger A. Freeman | | | Aircraft
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KIA-WIA-MIA | Notes | | 128 | 128 | 0.0 | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 | | | Mission Targets Click blue links for maps, photos and other documents. This will open a new tab in your browser | |
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