VIII Air Support Command 12A
2 August 1943Description
34 B-26s from 323BG are despatched to bomb the airfield at Merville, France. 31 are effective on the target. No losses or claims although 15 sustain damage from anti-aircraft fire. One, B-26C 41-34706, 323BG/454BS makes a crashlanding at RAF Manston and the aircraft is declared Damaged Beyond Repair (DBR). All 6 crewmen are wounded but not seriously and all Return to Duty-6RTD.
Mission Details
MERVILLE
Description: MERVILLE AIRFIELD, France
Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 36.75
- People wounded in action: 6
- Aircraft sent: 34
- Aircraft effective: 31
- Aircraft damaged beyond repair: 1
- Aircraft damaged: 15
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 13-May-2015. Edited Mission Narrative to add WIA disposition to crew per "The Mighty Eighth War Diary" ROger A> Freeman.
Lee Cunningham 13-May-2015. Added target to Mission Details per "The Mighty EIghth War Diary" ROger A. Freeman.
Lee Cunningham 13-May-2015. Added Mission Narrative based on "The Mighty Eighth War Diary", ROger A, Freeman; DBR per "Loses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces", Sant Bishop & John A. Hey, MBE.
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'.