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.
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.
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 0.00
- Aircraft sent: 8
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12045193
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33209097
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 482nd Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron 812th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37332004
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
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'.