VIII Air Support Command 19B
15 August 1943Description
The German airfield at Woensdrecht, Holland is the target for 36 B-26s despatched from 386th Bomb Group. The formation turns back at the Dutch coast (no reason documented in Freeman). There are no losses or claims.
Mission Details
WOENSDRECHT
Description: AIRFIELD
Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
Notes: Turned back at Dutch coast.
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: None
- Aircraft sent: 36
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Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Nicknames: Pansy Yokum
- Unit: 386th Bomb Group 552nd Bomb Squadron
Revisions
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources
Lee Cunningham 16-May-2015. Added Mission Narrative based on "The Mighty Eighth War Diary", Roger A. Freeman.
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'.