2 March 1944
Not yet known
A single B-24 attached to 100th Group RAF was despatched to provided Radar Counter Measures to an RAF night operation. The aircraft was shot down and Failed to Return (FTR) - 1KIA 7POW.
RAF 100th Group Radar Counter Measures Support
B-24 Liberator
Aircraft was shot down with 1KIA 7POW
Group
The 801st Bomb Group was established as part of the Eighth Air Force in late March 1944 to carry out 'Carpetbagger' missions. These were night missions over France and other parts of occupied Europes to support resistance forces by dropping in agents,...
| Tonnage dropped | Not Applicable |
| Number of aircraft Sent | 1 |
| Number of aircraft Effective | 1 |
| Number of aircraft Missing In Action | 1 |
| Number of people Killed In Action | 1 |
| Number of people Prisoners of War | 7 |
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 16 February 2016 18:40:39 | Lee8thbuff | Changes to event |
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Lee Cunningham 16-Feb-2016. Added statistics per MACR 3436. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 16 February 2016 18:37:36 | Lee8thbuff | Changes to name, date and description |
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Lee Cunningham 16-Feb-2016. Changed title and Mission date to cover the loss of this B-24 attached to an RAF unit. 8th AF personnel were manning the aircraft. Based on "The Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces", Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 15 February 2016 17:44:33 | Lee8thbuff | Changes to name and description |
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Lee Cunningham 15-Feb-2016. Mission flagged as DUPLICATE. The Carpetbagger mission was perviously detailed and flown on the night of 29-Feb-44. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:43:09 | AAM | AAM ingest |
| 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'. |
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