VIII Bomber Command 35
15 February 1943Description
The port area of Dunkirk, France and any merchant vessels there are designated as the primary target of this mission. A total of 23 B-24s are despatched: 44BG (17) and 93BG (6). 21 are effective on the target, but 2 from 44BG are listed MIA and another from 44BG makes a crash-landing at Sandwich Flats, Kent, UK and was declared damaged beyond repair. (DBR)
Mission Details
DUNKIRK (Primary)
Description: PORT AREA
Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
Notes: One B-24 from 44th Bomb Group crash lands on Sandwich Flats, England after suffering damage from AA fire and enemy aircraft. No fighter escort on this mission.
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 62.00
- People killed in action: 21
- Prisoners of war: 4
- People returned to duty: 7
- Enemy aircrafts destroyed by bomber: 3
- Enemy aircrafts probably destroyed by bomber: 1
- Aircraft sent: 23
- Aircraft effective: 21
- Aircraft missing in action: 2
- Aircraft damaged beyond repair: 1
- Aircraft damaged: 7
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 6971763
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 20135511
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-727309
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13044534
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-727313
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Betty Anne
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Railway Express
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: The Captain and the Kids
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 16-Feb-2015. Added Bomber Gunner claims on enemy aircraft to statistics on Dunkirk per "The Mighty Eighth War Diary" Roger A. Freeman.
Lee Cunningham 23-Dec-2014. Description 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'.