The Mighty Eighth - Saturday, 11 September 1943

SATURDAY, 11 SEPTEMBER 1943

EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): VIII Air Support Command
Mission 56: Two locations in France are targeted:
1. 20 B-26's are dispatched to the Rouen power station; 19 hit the
secondary target, the shipyard at Le Trait at 1704 hours, when the primary
target is obscured by clouds; 14 B-26's are damaged; casualties are 1 WIA.
2. 35 B-26's are dispatched to Beaumont le Roger Airfield; 32 hit the
target at 1756 hours; 1 B-26 is damaged beyond repair; casualties are 4
KIA.
HQ 92d Bombardment Group (Heavy) transfers from Alconbury to Podington,
England. The group will remain at this station until Jun 45.