28 March 1943

SUNDAY, 28 MARCH 1943

EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force)
VIII Bomber Command Mission No. 47: 79 B-17's and 24 B-24's are
dispatched against the Rouen-Sotteville, France marshalling yard. The
B-24's are recalled at 1245 due to bad weather; 70 B-17s drop 209 tons of
bombs on the target at 1249-1250 hours. We claim 5-4-1; we lose 1 B-17 and
9 others are damaged; casualties are 2 WIA and 10 MIA.