Appendix B: Eighth Air Force Heavy Bomber Missions

17 August 1942–31 December 1943

No.*	Date	Target	Planes Dispatched	Planes Attacking	Losses
	1942
1.	17 Aug	Rouen-Sotteville M/Y	12	12
		Diversion	6
			18	12
2.	19 Aug.	Abbeville/Drucat A/F	24	22
3.	20 Aug.	Amiens-Longueau M/Y	12	11
4.	21 Aug.	Rotterdam S/Y	†12
5.	24 Aug.	Le Trait S/Y	12	12
6.	27 Aug.	Rotterdam S/Y	9	7
7.	28 Aug.	Meaulte I/A	14	11
8.	29 Aug	Courtrai/Wevelghem A/F	13	12
9.	5 Sept.	Rouen-Sotteville M/Y	31	31
10.	6 Sept.	Meaulte I/A	41	30	2
		St. Omer/Longuenesse A/F	13	11
		St. Omer/Ft. Rouge A/F		2
			54	43	2
11.	7 Sept.	Rotterdam S/Y	29	7
		Utrecht, T/O		2
			29	9
12.	26 Sept.	Cherbourg/Maupertuis A/F	(?)26	‡
		Morlaix/Poujean A/F	19	‡
		Diversionary sweeps	30
			(?)75
13.	2 Oct.	Meaulte I/A	43	30
		St. Omer/Longuenesse A/F	6	6
		Diversionary sweep	13
			62	36

No.*	Date	Target	Planes Dispatched	Planes Attacking	Losses
	1942
14.	9 Oct.	Lille I/T	108	69	4
		Courtrai/Wevelghem A/F		2
		St. Omer/Longuenesse A/F		6
		Roubaix, T/O		2
		Diversionary sweep	7
			115	79	4
15.	21 Oct.	Lorient U/B	90	15	3
		Diversion-Cherbourg / Maupertuis A/F	17	8
			107	23	3
16.	7 Nov.	Brest U/B	68	34
		Diversionary sweep	7
			75	34
17.	8 Nov.	Lille I/T	38	30	1
		Abbeville/Drueat A/F	15	11
			53	41	1
18.	9 Nov.	St. Nazaire U/B	47	433
19.	14 Nov.	St. Nazaire U/B	34	24
		Diversionary sweep	6
			40	24
20.	17 Nov.	St. Nazaire U/B	63	35
		Cherbourg/Maupertuis A/F	6	‡
		Diversionary sweep	10
			79	35
21.	18 Nov.	La Pallice U/B	65	19	1
		Lorient U/B		13
		St. Nazaire U/B, T/O		19
		Diversionary sweep	26
			91	51	1
22.	22 Nov.	Lorient U/B	76	11
23.	23 Nov.	St. Nazaire U/B	58	36	4
24.	6 Dec.	Abbeville/Drucat A/F	19	6	1
		Lille I/T	66	36	1
		Diversion	†18
			103	42	2
25.	12 Dec.	Rouen-Sotteville M/Y	78	17	2
		Diversion-Abbeville/Drucat A/F	12	‡
			90	17	2

No.*	Date	Target	Planes Dispatched	Planes Attacking	Losses
	1942
26.	20 Dec.	Romilly-sur-Seine A/F	101	72	6
27.	30 Dec.	Lorient U/B	77	40	3
	1943
28.	3 Jan.	St. Nazaire U/B	85	68	7
29.	13 Jan.	Lille I/T	72	64	3
		Diversion	16
			88	64	3
30.	23 Jan.	Lorient P/A	90	35	5
		Brest U/B		18
		Kerlin/Bastard A/F, T/O		1
			90	54	5
31.	27 Jan.	Wilhelmshaven U/Y	91	53	3
		Emden U/B		2
			91	55	3
32.	2 Feb.	Hamm M/Y	83	‡
33.	4 Feb.	Emden I/Area	86	39	5
34.	14 Feb.	Hamm M/Y	74	‡
35.	15 Feb.	Dunkirk, enemy raider	23	20	2
36.	16 Feb.	St. Nazaire U/B	89	65	8
37.	26 Feb.	Wilhelmshaven U/Y	93	63	7
		Enemy convoy		1
			93	64	7
38.	27 Feb.	Brest U/B	78	60
39.	4 March	Hamm M/Y	71	14	5
		Rotterdam S/Y		28
		Diversionary sweep	14
			85	42	5
40.	6 March	Lorient P/A	71	63	3
		Diversion-Brest U/B	15	15
			86	78	3
41.	8 March	Rennes M/Y	67	54	2
		Rouen M/Y	16	13	2
			83	67	4
42	12 March	Rouen-Sotteville M/Y	72	63
		Diversionary sweep	18
			90	63

No.*	Date	Target	Planes Dispatched	Planes Attacking	Losses
	1943
43.	13 March	Amiens-Longueau M/Y	80	44
		Abbeville/Drucat AF, T/O		8
		Romescamps, T/O		21
		Crevecceur T/O		1
		Diversionary sweep	16
			96	74
44.	17 March	Rouen-Sotteville M/Y	†78
		Diversionary sweep	28
			106
45.	18 March	Vegesack U/Y	103	97	2
46.	22 March	Wilhelmshaven U/Y	102	84	3
47.	28 March	Rouen-Sotteville M/Y	†103	70	1
48.	31 March	Rotterdam S/Y	102	33	1
49.	4 April	Billancourt, Paris I/MT	97	85	4
		Diversionary sweeps	26
			123
50.	5 April	Antwerp I/A	104	82	4
51.	16 April	Lorient P/A	83	59	1
		Brest P/A	25	18	3
			108	77	4
52.	17 April	Bremen I/A	115	106	16
		T/O		1
			115	107	16
53.	1 May	St. Nazaire U/B	78	25/31	7
		Diversionary sweeps	24
			102	25/31	7
54.	4 May	Antwerp I/MT	79	65
		Diversionary sweeps	33
			112	65
55.	13 May	Meaulte I/A	97	88	3
		St. Omer/Longuenesse A/F	72	31	1
			169	119	4
56.	14 May	Kiel S/Y	136	126	9
		Antwerp I/MT	45	38	1
		Courtrai A/F	43	34	2
			224	198	11

No.*	Date	Target	Planes Dispatched	Planes Attacking	Losses
	1943
57.	15 May	Helgoland, Dune, and Wangerooge Island, T/O’s	113	76	5
		Emden I/Areas	80	59	1
			193	135	6
58.	17 May	Lorient P/A and U/B	159	118	6
		Bordeaux U/B	39	34	1
			198	152	7
59.	19 May	Kiel U/Y	123	102	6
		Flensburg U/Y	64	56
		Diversionary sweep	24
			211	158	6
60.	21 May	Wilhelmshaven U/Y	98	77	7
		Emden U/Y	63	46	5
			161	123	12
61.	29 May	St. Nazaire U/B	169	147	8
		La Pallice U/B	38	34
		Rennes N/D	72	57	6
			279	238	14
62.	11 June	Wilhelmshaven U/Y	252	168	8
		Cuxhaven P/A, T/O		30
		Other T/O’s		20
			252	218	8
63.	13 June	Bremen U/Y	152	102	26
		Kiel U/Y	76	44
		T/O’s		36
			228	182	26
64.	15 June	Targets in Occupied France	†155
		Hüls I/R	235	183	16
		Antwerp I/MT	42	39	4
		Diversionary sweep	21
			298	222	20
65.	23 June	Villacoublay	†140
		Bernay/St. Martin A/F	†40
			†180

No.*	Date	Target	Planes Dispatched	Planes Attacking	Losses
	1943
67.	25 June	Convoys and T/O’s in N.W. Germany	275	167	18
68.	26 June	Villacoublay I/A	246	12	5
		Poissy I/MT		5
		Tricqueville A/F		39
			246	56	5
69.	28 June	St. Nazaire P/A	191	158	8
		Beaumont-le-Roger A/F	50	43
			241	201	8
70.	29 June	Le Mans I/A	232	74
		T/O’s in Northern France		2
			232	76
71.	4 July	Le Mans I/A	121	105	4
		Nantes I/A	71	61	3
		La Pallice U/B	83	71	1
			275	237	8
72.	10 July	Caen/Carpiquet A/F	286	34	3
		Abbeville/Drucat A/F		36
			286	70	3
73.	14 July	Villacoublay I/A	116	101	3
		Le Bourget A/F	84	52	4
		Amiens A/F	64	53	1
			264	206	8
74.	14 July	Amsterdam I/A	332	21	1
		Industrial targets in N.W. Germany		34
			332	55	1
75.	24 July	Industrial targets in Heroya	309	167	1
		Trondheim U/Y		41
			309	208	1
76.	25 July	Targets in Germany	323		19
		Hamburg U/Y		68
		Kiel U/B		67
		Rerik/West A/F		18
		Heide		14
		T/O’s		51
			323	218	19

No.*	Date	Target	Planes Dispatched	Planes Attacking	Losses
	1943
77.	26 July	Targets in N.W. Germany	303		24
		Hamburg U/Y		54
		Hannover I/R		92
		Convoy		18
		T/O’s		35
			303	199	24
78.	28 July	Kassel I/A	182	49	22
		Oschersleben I/A	120	28
		T/O in N.W. Germany		18
			302	95	22
79.	29 July	Targets in Germany	249		10
		Kiel U/Y		91
		Warnemünde I/A		54
		T/O’s		48
			249	193	10
80.	30 July	Kassel I/A (Bettenhausen)	119	94	12
		Kassel I/A (Waldau)	67	37
		T/O’s		3
			186	134	12
81.	12 Aug	Targets in the Ruhr	330	243	25
		Bochum
		Bonn
		Gelsenkirchen
		Recklinghausen
		T/O’s
82.	15 Aug.	GAF airfields in France and Holland	327		2
		Vlissingen (Flushing)		91
		Poix and Amiens		56
		Vitry		61
		Merville and Lille/Vendeville		82
			327	290	2
83.	16 Aug.	GAF air depots, France	246		4
		Le Bourger		169
		Poix and Abbeville/Drucat A/F		66
		T/O’s		2
			246	237	4

No.*	Date	Target	Planes Dispatched	Planes Attacking	Losses
	1943
84.	17 Aug.	Schweinfurt I/T	230	183	36
		Frankfurt		1
		T/O’s		4
		Regensburg I/A	146	127	24
			376	315	60
85.	19 Aug.	Gilze-Rijen and Flushing A/F’s	170	93	5
86.	24 Aug.	Villacoublay I/A	110	93
		Conches and Evreux/ Fauville A/F’s	42	86	1
		Bordeaux/Merignac A/F	85	22	3
		Diversionary sweep	36	58
			273	166	4
87.	27 Aug.	Watten C/B	224	187	4
88.	31 Aug.	Amiens/Glisy A/F	319	106	3
89.	2 Sept.	Denain/Prouvy and Mardyck A/F’s	319	34
90.	3 Sept.	Romilly-sur-Seine A/F	168	140	4
		Meulan-les-Mureaux I/A	65	56
		Paris I/A	65	37	5
			298	233	9
91.	6 Sept.	T/O’s in Germany and France	338	262	45
		Diversionary sweep	69
			407	262	45
92.	7 Sept.	Brussels I/A	114	105
		Bergen/Alkmaar A/F and convoy off Texel Is.	29	22
		Watten C/B	147	58
			290	185
94.	9 Sept.	Paris I/A and Beaumontsur-Oise A/F	87	68	2
		Beauvais/Tille A/F	63	59
		Lillemord A/F	37	37
		Lille/Vendeville A/F	56	52
		St. Omer/Longuenesse A/F and St. Omei/Ft. Rouge A/F	38	28
		Abbeville/Drucat A/F	40	35
		Vitry-en-Artois A/F	56	51
			377	330	2

No.*	Date	Target	Planes Dispatched	Planes Attacking	Losses
	1943
95.	15 Sept.	Romilly-sur-Seine A/F	93	87
		Paris I/A	66	61	2
		Paris I/A and I/T	86	78	3
		Chartres A/F	63	47	1
			308	273	6
97.	16 Sept.	Nantes P/A and Nantes/Château Bougon A/F	147	131	7
		La Pallice P/A and La Rochelle/Laleu A/F	105	72	4
		Cognac/Châteaubernard A/F	43	21
			295	224	11
100.	23 Sept.	Nantes P/A	117	46
		Vannes/Meucon A/F	67	55
		Kerlin/Bastard A/F	63	53	1
			247	154	1
101.	23 Sept.	Nantes P/A and Rennes/ St. Jacques A/F	91	80	2
		Diversionary sweep	26
			117	80	2
103.	26 Sept.	Targets in Northern France Reims/Champagne A/F	202	40
		Diversionary sweep	37
			239	40
104.	27 Sept.	Emden P/A and T/O’s	305	244	7
		Diversionary sweep	24
		Pathfinders	3	2
106.	2 Oct.	Emden I/Areas	347	337	2
		A/F in Holland	21
		Pathfinders	2	2
			370	339	2
108.	4 Oct.	Frankfurt I/Areas and Wiesbaden I/Areas	104	93	5
		Frankfurt city	51	37	3
		Saarlautern I/Areas and St. Dizier/Robinson A/F	115	105	4
		Saareguemines and Saarbrucken M/Y’s	53	47
		Diversionary sweep	38		4
			361	282	16

No.*	Date	Target	Planes Dispatched	Planes Attacking	Losses
	1943
111.	8 Oct.	Bremen I/Areas	174	158	13
		Vegesack U/Y	55	43	3
		Bremen city	170	156	14
			399	357	30
113.	9 Oct.	Anklam I/A	115	106	18
		Marienburg I/A	100	96	2
		Danzig-Gdynia U/Y and P/A	51	41	2
		Gdynia P/A	112	109	6
			378	352	28
114.	10 Oct.	Münster RR and WW	274	236	30
		Diversionary sweep	39
			313	236	30
115.	14 Oct.	Schweinfurt I/T	291	229	60
		Diversionary sweep	29
			320	229	60
116.	20 Oct.	Düren I/Areas	212	114	9
		Diversionary sweep	70
			282	114	9
119.	3 Nov.	Wilhelmshaven P/A	555	528	7
		Pathfinders	11	11
			566	539	7
121.	5 Nov.	Gelsenkirchen M/U and oil plants	374	323	7
		Münster M/Y	118	104	3
		Pathfinders	11	9
			503	436	10
124.	7 Nov.	Wesel I/Areas	59	53
		Düren I/Areas	60	57
		Pathfinders	3	2
			122	112
127.	11 Nov.	Münster M/Y	167	58	4
		Wesel	175	‡
		Pathfinders	5	1
			347	59	4
130.	13 Nov.	Bremen P/A	268	115	9
		T/O’s		25	7
		Pathfinders	4	3
			272	143	16

No.*	Date	Target	Planes Dispatched	Planes Attacking	Losses
	1943
131.	16 Nov.	Rjukan I/Target	199	176	1
		Knaben I/Target	189	130	1
			388	306	2
132.	18 Nov.	Oslo/Kjeller A/F and Oslo I/A	102	82	9
134.	19 Nov.	T/O’s in Western Germany	161	127
		Pathfinders	6	3
			167	130	25
138.	26 Nov.	Bremen P/A	491	427	4
		Paris	128
		Pathfinders	14	13
			633	440	29
140.	29 Nov.	Bremen P/A	360	154	13
143.	30 Nov.	Solingen I/Areas	378	78	3
		Pathfinders	3	1
			381	79	3
145.	1 Dec.	Solingen I/Areas	293	275	24
		Pathfinders	6	6
			299	281	24
149.	5 Dec.	Bordeaux/Merignac A/D	} 546
		Cognac/Chiteaubernard A/D	1	8
		La Rochelle/Laleu A/D	2	1
		St. Jean d’Angely A/D
		Paris-Ivry
		Paris-Bois de Colombes
			546	3	9
151.	11 Dec.	Emden I/Areas	583	523	17
154.	13 Dec.	Bremen P/A	182
		Kiel U/Y	} 516
		Hamburg P/A		5
		Pathfinders	12	12
			710	649	5
156.	16 Dec.	Bremen P/A	620	525	10
		Pathfinders	11	10
			631	535	10
159.	20 Dec.	Bremen P/A	534	460	27
		Pathfinders	12	12
			546	472	27

No.*	Date	Target	Planes Dispatched	Planes Attacking	Losses
	1943
161.	22 Dec.	Osnabrück M/Y	346	234	17
		Münster M/Y	225	199	5
		Pathfinders	8	6
			579	439	22
164.	24 Dec.	Pas de Calais area C/B	722	670
169.	30 Dec.	Ludwigshafen oil plant	698	647	23
		Pathfinders	12	11
			710	658	23
171.	31 Dec.	Paris, Ivy, and Bois de Colombes	125	120	1
		Bordeaux/Marignac A/D and Cognac/Châteaubernard A/D	175	139	15
		Blockade runner	57
		Cognac/Châteaubernard A/D	61	61	3
		St. Jean d’Angely A/D
		La Rochelle A/D	94	87	1
		Cognac/Châteaubernard A/D
		Landes de Bussac A/D	60	57	5
			572	464	25

* Numbered missions omitted were small night operations, involving from 1 to 8 bombers, conducted for the purpose of dropping propaganda leaflets (30 missions), bombing with the RAF (8 missions), and testing equipment (7 missions). Principal sources of information for this table were the VIII Bomber Command Narrative of Operations, ORS Day Raid Reports, and Eighth Air Force mission reports.

† Planes recalled.

‡ Planes returned without bombing the target.

Symbols

A/D	Air depot
A/F	Airfield
C/B	CROSSBOW targets
I/A	Industrial, aviation
I/Areas	Industrial areas
I/MT	Industrial, motor transports
I/R	Industrial, rubber
I/T	Industrial, transportation
I/Target	Industrial target
M/Y	Marshalling yard
N/D	Naval storage depot
P/A	Port area
RR	Railroads
S/Y	Shipyards
T/O	Target of opportunity
U/B	U-boat base
U/Y	U-boat yards
WW	Waterways