26 June 1943

SATURDAY, 26 JUNE 1943

EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force)
Air Marshall Trafford L Leigh-Mallory is given responsibility for
drafting air plans for the invasion of the Continent. His deputy is
Brigadier General Haywood S Hansell, Jr.
Eighth Air Force Mission Number 68: 165 B-17's are dispatched against
the Vilacoublay, France air depot; 12 hit the target while 6 hit the
secondary target, Poissy Airfield, and 39 bomb Tricqueville Airfield; they
claim 17-5-10 Luftwaffe aircraft; we lose 5 B-17's and 14 others are
damaged; casualties are 1 KIA, 3 WIA and 51 MIA. 5 YB-40 escort bombers
take off to accompany heavy bombers but none are able to complete the
attack.