VIII Bomber Command 6
27 August 1942Official Description
7 HBs attack Wilton shipyards on outskirts of Rotterdam. These yards, the most modern in the Netherlands, are fully employed by the Germans for servicing vessels. 92d Bomb Gp completes nonstop flight of the last of its 4 sqs from Newfoundland to UK without a loss. A CCRC, the first in Eighth AF, is established at Bovingdon.
Description
97BG despatches 9 B-17s to bomb the shipyards at Rotterdam, Holland.
Mission Details
Description: FIGHTER ESCORT
Aircraft Type: Spitfire
Notes: Cover for launches of Air Sea Rescue (ASR) aircraft.
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Mission Statistics
- Aircraft sent: 12
Description: FIGHTER ESCORT
Aircraft Type: Spitfire
Notes: Escort for an Air Sea Rescue (ASR) Walrus.
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Mission Statistics
- Aircraft sent: 12
Description: FIGHTER ESCORT
Aircraft Type: Spitfire
Notes: Rescue mission.
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Mission Statistics
- Aircraft sent: 6
Description: FIGHTER PATROL
Aircraft Type: Spitfire
Notes: Patrol.
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Mission Statistics
- Aircraft sent: 2
BEACHY HEAD
Description: FIGHTER PATROL
Aircraft Type: Spitfire
Notes: Patrol over Beachy Head.
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Mission Statistics
- Aircraft sent: 4
ROTTERDAM
Description: SHIP YARD
Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Notes: A small force is despatched to attack the SHIP YARDs at ROTTERDAM, Holland. No fighter escort.
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 13.00
- People wounded in action: 1
- Aircraft sent: 9
- Aircraft effective: 7
- Aircraft damaged: 3
SHOREHAM
Description: FIGHTER PATROL
Aircraft Type: Spitfire
Notes: Patrol coastline off Shoreham.
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Mission Statistics
- Aircraft sent: 6
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: British
- Unit: VIII Bomber Command 4th Fighter Group Headquarters (4th Fighter Group) No 71 'Eagle' Squadron No 121 'Eagle' Squadron No 133 'Eagle' Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33241 RAF
- Highest Rank: Wing Commander
- Role/Job: Pilot / Wing and later Group commander
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 26-Oct-2014. Mission description based on "USAAF Combat Chronology" Jack McKillop, http://www.usaaf.net/chron/42/aug42.htm
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'.