VIII Air Support Command 27A
19 August 1943Description
36 B-26s from 323BG are despatched to bombe the German airfield at Amiens/Glisy, France. 36 are effective on the target, but one of the aircraft is Damaged Beyond Repair (DBR) due to extensive battle damage and damage from a crash landing upon return. The 6 crewmen were OK and Returned to Duty (RTD).
Mission Details
AMIENS/GLISY
Description: AIRFIELD
Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 52.65
- People wounded in action: 2
- Aircraft sent: 36
- Aircraft effective: 36
- Aircraft damaged beyond repair: 1
- Aircraft damaged: 9
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Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Nicknames: Black Fury
- Unit: 323rd Bomb Group 456th Bomb Squadron
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 24-May-2015. Added Mission Narrative based on "The Mighty Eighth War Diary", Roger A. Freeman and "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces", Stan 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'.