7 September 1943

TUESDAY, 7 SEPTEMBER 1943

EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): VIII Bomber Command
Mission 92.
1. 114 B-17's are dispatched to the Brussels/Evere Airfield in Belgium;
105 hit the target at 0849-0852 hours; 1 B-17 is damaged beyond repair and
10 are damaged; no casualties.
2. 29 B-24's are dispatched to the Bergen/Alkmaar Airfield in the Nether-
lands; 3 hit the airfield at 0857 and 19 hit a convoy off Texel Island; no
B-24's are lost or damaged; no casualties.
3. 147 B-17's are dispatched V-weapon site at Watton, France; weather is
a problem and 3 groups abort the mission; 58 hit the target at 0820-0854;
39 B-17's are damaged; casualties are 7 WIA.
The 1st and 2d Bombardment Divisions are escorted by 178 P-47's; they
claim 3-0-2 Luftwaffe aircraft; 1 P-47 is lost, 1 is damaged beyond repair
and another is damaged; casualties are 1 MIA.
VIII Air Support Command Mission 52: Marshalling yards at Lille and St
Pol are targetted; confusion at the rendezvous point causes one group and
half of another to abort the mission; St Pol is hit by 81 aircraft at
0854-0858 hours; they claim 0-0-1 Luftwaffe aircraft; 2 B-26's are damaged;
no casualties.