3 September 1943

FRIDAY, 3 SEPTEMBER 1943

EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): VIII Bomber Command
Mission 90: Luftwaffe air installations in France are the target.
1. 168 B-17's are dispatched to the Romilly sur Seine air depot; 100 hit
the target at 0903-0911 hours; 28 hit the secondary target, the airfield
at St Andre de L'Eure at 0947-0949 hours; and 12 hit a target of opportu-
nity, the Evreux/Fauvill Airfield at 0955 hours; they claim 11-1-10 Luft-
waffe aircraft; 4 B-17's are lost and 55 damaged; casualties are 2 WIA and
40 MIA.
2. 65 B-17's are dispatched to Mureaux Airfield; 38 hit the target at
0843-0844 while 18 hit a dummy airfield near Dieppe; 2 B-17's are damaged;
no casualties.
3. 65 B-17's are dispatched to an industrial area at Caudron-Renault near
Paris; 37 hit the target at 0925 hours; they claim 15-4-8 Luftwaffe air-
craft; 5 B-17's are lost and 18 damaged; casualties are 4 WIA and 40 MIA.
The B-17's are escorted by 160 P-47's; they claim 4-1-0 Luftwaffe air-
craft; 1 P-47 is lost and 2 damaged; no casualties.
VIII Air Support Command Mission 44: 36 B-26's are dispatched to the
Beaumont le Roger Airfield and 31 hit the target at 1007 hours; 36 are dis-
patched to Beauvais/Tille Airfield and all hit the target at 0907 hours;
and 69 are dispatched to the Lille/Nord Airfield and 31 hit the target at
0828 hours; 20 B-26's are damaged; casualties are 1 WIA.