VIII Bomber Command SCRUBBED
18 October 1943Description
This was another attempt at launching at attack on the industrial areas of Duren, Germany. Both B-17 Groups and B-24 Groups were scheduled to participate, but the mission was recalled over the North Sea because of weather. One B-24 Failed to Return (FTR) 10KIA and 1 B-17 sustained a runaway propeller on #2 engine, which caught fire, and the crew all baled out near Icklesham, Sussex 10RTD, aircraft destroyed and 1 crashlanded at Dover, UK 10RTD aircraft destroyed. No other losses or claims.
Mission Details
Description: DIVERSION
Notes: B-24s carried out a diversion for recalled mission. No information on Bomb Groups participating or how many were despatched.
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 0.00
- People killed in action: 10
- Aircraft missing in action: 1
DUREN (Primary)
Description: AIRCRAFT FACTORIES
Notes: Mission recalled over North Sea because weather prevented fighter escort rendezvous. No information on participating Bomb Groups or number despatched. 94th Bomb Group crashed near Dover, crew OK. 390th Bomb Group aircraft abandoned by crew, crashed near Icklesham, UK 10 Returned To Duty (RTD).
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 0.00
- People returned to duty: 20
- Aircraft damaged beyond repair: 2
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-742000
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39900663
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32405196
- Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-795809
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 332nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12148350
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
- Role/Job: Radio Operator/ Aerial Gunner/ Aerial Gunner Instructor
Aircraft
Revisions
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'.