8th Air Force RAF SUPPORT
2 March 1944Description
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.
Mission Details
Description: RAF 100th Group Radar Counter Measures Support
Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
Notes: Aircraft was shot down with 1KIA 7POW
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: Not Applicable
- People killed in action: 1
- Prisoners of war: 7
- Aircraft sent: 1
- Aircraft effective: 1
- Aircraft missing in action: 1
Revisions
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.
Lee Cunningham 15-Feb-2016. Mission flagged as DUPLICATE. The Carpetbagger mission was perviously detailed and flown on the night of 29-Feb-44.
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'.