22 August 1943

SUNDAY, 22 AUGUST 1943

EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS

STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): VIII Air Support Command
Missions 30A and 30B: Two Luftwaffe airfields in France are the targets:
1. 36 B-26's are dispatched to the Beaumont-le-Roger Airfield; 35 hit the
target at 2110 hours; they claim 3-0-0 Luftwaffe aircraft; 1 B-26 is lost
and 8 are damaged; casualties are 1 WIA and 6 MIA.
2. 36 B-26's are dispatched to the Poix/Nord Airfield; they all return
early when they are unable to contact the escort fighters, RAF Spitfires.