VIII Air Support Command 79
4 October 1943Description
A combined force of 25 B-26s from 386BG (17) and 323BG (8) are despatched towards the German airfields of Beauvais/Nivilliers and Everaux/Fauville, France. Weather and cloud cover prevenst bombing. There are no losses or claims.
Mission Details
Beauvais/ Nivilliers
Description: AIRFIELD
Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
Notes: All return to base without bombing reason undetermined, probably weather.
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 0.00
- Aircraft sent: 17
EVREUX/FAUVILLE
Description: AIRFIELD
Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
Notes: All return to base without bombing reason undetermined, probably weather.
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 0.00
- Aircraft sent: 8
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13052341 / O-2043758
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34124122
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-673266
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35110121
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
- Role/Job: Flight Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38113217
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 2-Jul-2014. Added Mission Narrative based on "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'.