7 September 1942

MONDAY, 7 SEPTEMBER 1942

EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO, 8th Air Force): Mission 11: 29 bombers
attack targets in the Netherlands without loss:
1. 4 of 15 B-17s ineffectively raid the Wilton shipyards at Rotterdam in
bad weather; they claim 8-4-7 Luftwaffe aircraft; 4 B-17s are damaged; 1
airman is KIA and 3 WIA.
2. 5 of 14 B-17s seek targets of opportunity in the vicinity of Utrecht;
they claim 4-6-5 Luftwaffe aircraft; 1 B-17 is damaged and 1 airman is WIA.
Units arriving in England from the US: HQ 2d Bombardment Wing at Old
Catton; HQ 93d Bombardment Group (Heavy) and 328th, 329th, 330th and 409th
Bombardment Squadrons (Heavy) at Alconbury with B-24s (first mission is 9 Oct
42); HQ 306th Bombardment Group (Heavy) at Thurleigh; 12th, 107th, 109th and
153d Observation Squadrons, 67th Observation Group, at Membury with no
aircraft (first mission is in Aug, Dec 43 and Jan 44 respectively); and 15th
Photographic Mapping Squadron, 3d Photographic Group, at Membury with B-17s
(first mission is Nov 42).