527
7 August 1944Description
STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): 4 missions are flown:
Mission 527: 905 bombers and 471 fighters are dispatched to hit fuel dumps
and bridges in France but heavy cloud cover forces many aircraft to return
with bombs and other formations to be recalled; 1 bomber and 5 fighters are
lost; targets hit (number in parenthesis indicates bombers bombing) are:
1. Of 112 B-17s, 71 hit Montbartier and 34 hit St Loubes; 1 B-17 is
damaged beyond repair and 26 are damaged; 2 airmen are WIA. Escort is
provided by 123 of 139 P-51s; they claim 1-0-3 Luftwaffe aircraft in the air
and 0-0-1 on the ground.
2. The primary targets of 224 B-17s are Nanteuil Bridge (36), Sens (26), St
Florentin (25), Dueny (24), Bourron Marlotte (23) and Paris-St Quen (12);
other targets hit are Chartres Airfield (23), Maintenon Bridge (23), Houden
marshalling yard (14), Chateaudun Airfield (11) and Rouglaf (1); 1 B-17 is
damaged beyond repair and 80 damaged. Escort is provided by 96 of 97 P-51s.
3. 1 of 182 B-17s hits Montdidier Airfield; 35 B-17s are damaged; 1 airman
is WIA. Escort is provided by 90 P-38s and P-51s.
4. Of 51 B-24s, 10 hit Andenne Bridge, 8 hit Semuse and 8 hit targets of
opportunity; 1 B-24 is lost and 19 damaged; 11 airmen are MIA. Escort is
provided by 34 of 35 P-47s.
5. The primary targets of 333 B-24s are Doullens Bridge (37), Saleux (24),
Recques-sur-Course (23), Frevent Bridge (15), Rieme/Ertveld (11) and
Langerbrugge (9); 12 also hit a factory near Wendelghem and 1 hits a target
of opportunity; 1 B-24 is damaged beyond repair and 45 damaged; 8 airmen are
KIA and 1 WIA. Escort is provided by 94 of 100 P-51s.
Mission 528: 1 of 3 B-17s flies a Mico H test mission (Micro H was a radar
system which combned the Gee-H and H2X radar functionality for use by
pathfinders).
Mission Details
Description: BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 2 T
Description: BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 20.6 T
Description: BRIDGE
Notes: This is the last combat mission for the 492nd BG. Personnel and aircraft were reassigned to other 2nd Bomb Division units (490th BG, 467th BG). They fly 64 missions in 1,513 sorties and drop 3,757 tons of bombs. They report 51 aircraft MIA. They have the heaviest losses of any other B-24 group during their three months of duty. 3rd Bomb Division was made up of B-24s is 34th BG, 486th BG, 491st Bomb Group, 492nd BG, 493rd BG.
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 22.5 T
BOURRON MARLOTTE (Primary)
Description: TRANSPORTATION TARGET
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 56.6 T
CHARTRES (Opportunistic)
Description: AIRFIELD
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 62.3 T
CHATEAUDUN (Opportunistic)
Description: AIRFIELD
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 33 T
DOULLENS (Primary)
Description: BRIDGE
Notes: 2nd Bomb Division was made up of 44th BG, 93rd BG, 389th BG, 445th BG, 446th BG, 448th BG, 453rd BG, 458th BG, 466th BG, 467th BG, 489th BG, 491 BG, 492nd BG. 392nd Bomb Group stands down.
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 147.5 T
Description: TRANSPORTATION TARGET
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 72 T
FREVENT (Primary)
Description: BRIDGE
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 60 T
Description: MARSHALLING YARDS
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 22.8 T
Description: TRANSPORTATION TARGET
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 25.3 T
Description: BRIDGE
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 65.7 T
Description: FUEL DUMP
Notes: Heavy cloud cover causes many aborts and recalls of formations. 1st Bomb Division was made up of 92nd BG, 305th BG, 306th BG.
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 177.5 T
MONTDIDIER (Opportunistic)
Description: AIRFIELD
Notes: 3rd Bomb Division was made up of B-17s is 94th BG, 95th Bomb Group, 96th Bomb Group, 100th BG, 385th BG, 388th BG, 390th BG, 447th BG, 452nd BG.
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 3 T
NANTEUIL (Primary)
Description: BRIDGE
Notes: 1st Bomb Division was made up of 91st Bomb Group, 92nd BG, 303rd BG, 305th BG, 306th BG, 379th BG, 381st BG, 384th BG, 457th BG.
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 106.5 T
PARIS-ST QUEN (Primary)
Description: BRIDGE
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 22.8 T
RECQUES-SUR-COURSE (Primary)
Description: BRIDGE
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 69 T
Description: BRIDGE
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 26 T
Description: TRANSPORTATION TARGET
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 2.7 T
SALEUX (Primary)
Description: TRANSPORTATION TARGET
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 75.5 T
Description: TRANSPORTATION TARGET
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 24.9 T
SENS (Primary)
Description: BRIDGE
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 64 T
ST FLORENTIN (Primary)
Description: TRANSPORTATION TARGET
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 62.2 T
ST LOUBES (Primary)
Description: FUEL DUMP
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 84.3 T
Description: FACTORY
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 28.8 T
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 708th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
- Role/Job: Engineer
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Lazy Daisy
- Unit: 546th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Mairsy Doats
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron 546th Bomb Squadron 547th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 407th Bomb Squadron 92nd Bomb Group
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Spook Six
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron 412th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Worry Bird : Voan : Snuffy
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron 711th Bomb Squadron
Revisions
Official 466th BG Report on Mission No 99, Ghent Belgium - 7 August 1944
NARA research by Brad Sullivan
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'.