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The Mighty Eighth - Sunday, 19 September 1943

 

SUNDAY, 19 SEPTEMBER 1943

EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): VIII Air Support Command
Missions 63 and 64: 2 airfields in France are targeted:
1. 18 of 72 B-26's hit Lille/Nord Airfield at 1139 hours; clouds prevent
the 2nd group for bombing; 10 B-26's are damaged; casualties are 4 WIA.
2. 72 B-26's dispatched to Merville airfield are recalled due to weather.





 

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