24 September 1943

FRIDAY, 24 SEPTEMBER 1943

EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): VIII Air Support Command
Missions 69 and 70: 2 airfields in France are targeted.
1. 71 of 72 B-26's hit Evreux/Fauville Airfield at 1150 hours; they claim
0-1-0 Luftwaffe aircraft; 4 B-26's are damaged.
2. 66 of 72 B-26's hit Beauvais/Tille Airfield at 1602-1603 hours; they
claim 1-0-0 Luftwaffe aircraft; 17 B-26's are damaged.
HQ 20th Combat Bombardment Wing (Heavy) transfers from Horsham St Faith
to Hethel, England.
HQ 386th Bombardment Group (Medium) and it's 552d, 553d, 554th and 555th
Bombardment Squadrons (Medium) transfer from Boxted to Great Dunmow,
England with B-26's.