5 September 1943

SUNDAY, 5 SEPTEMBER 1943

EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): VIII Air Support Command
Mission 48: 3 marshalling yards are targeted. 72 B-26's are dispatched to 2
marshalling yards at Ghent, Belgium; 31 bomb one yard at 0827 hours; 32
bomb the second yard at 0831 hours; the 36 B-26's dispatched to the
marshalling yard at Courtrai, France are recalled due to weather; 38 B-26's
are damaged; casualties are 4 WIA.