Mission Details for Mont Louis Ferme / Belloy-Sur-Somme (#106)

Briefing

Details

Number: 106
Date: 7/8/1944 12:00:00 AM
Commander: Capt. R.H. Kaufman "E"
Crews Briefed: 26
Details: "Crossbow"--German rocket launching sites on the Pas de Calais

Flying Control

Runway: 23
Engines: 0330 Thumbnail image for /Images/Takeoff/Plan23.jpg
Taxi: 0345
Take Off: 0400
E.T.R.: 0818
Notes: Group briefing took place very early--at 0130 hours. 25 of the 26 aircraft were off by 0420 and the last took off at 0450. All operational aircraft had returned by 0908 hours.
A second mission was briefed at 1400 hours but was scrubbed at 1740 hours.

Debriefing

Aircraft: 26
Lost Over Continent: 0
Lost Other: 0
Summary: The 8th Air Force attacked tactical targets in France on this day. The 401st put up two boxes of 12 aircraft each. Both boxes encountered clouds en route and had difficulty finding the IP, but the bomb runs were made through haze with good results. One enemy Me-110 was observed but did not attack the Group. The flak encountered was meager and inaccurate and caused no battle damage.

Mission Assignments

Squadron Participants
No Assignments were found.