18 September 1943

SATURDAY, 18 SEPTEMBER 1943

EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): VIII Air Support Command
Missions 61 and 62: 3 installations in France are targeted:
1. 25 of 72 B-26's hit the Beauvais/Tille Airfield; 12 B-26's are
damaged.
2. 18 B-26's dispatched to the Rouen marshalling yard and 72 B-26's
dispatched to the Beaumont le Roger Airfield are recalled because of
failure to rendezvous with fighter escort and bad weather, respectively.
The 328th, 329th, 330th and 409th Bombardment Squadrons (Heavy), 93d
Bombardment Group (Heavy), based at Hardwick, England begin operating from
Oudna, Tunisia with B-24's.