VIII Air Support Command 25A

18 August 1943

Description

36 B-26s from 322BG are despatched to bomb the German airfield at Lille/Vendeville, France, but the target is obscured by clouds and the German airfield at Ypres/Vlamertingue, Belgium is bombed as a target of opportunity by 22 aircraft. There are no losses or claims but 23 aircraft are damaged by anti-aircraft fire.

Mission Details

LILLE/VENDEVILLE

Description: AIRFIELD

Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder

Notes: Original primary was Lille/Vendeville but because of mechanical problems with communication equipment and bombsight in the lead plane the Ypres-Vendeville airfield is hit instead.

322nd Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 30.90
  • Aircraft sent: 36
  • Aircraft effective: 22
  • Aircraft damaged: 33

Revisions

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources

Lee Cunningham 24-May-2015. Added Mission Narrative based on "The Mighty Eighth War Diary", Roger A. Freeman.

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

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'.