09 OCTOBER 1942 · FRIDAYBombed Primary

Mission 14.Lille.

Lille, France

Intended Target
Lille
Lille, France
Actual Target
Lille
As briefed
Operating Group
93rd BG
1BW
Aircraft Effective
69 / 115
effective / dispatched

The cost.

§ Outcome
1
Ships Lost
10
Men Lost

The formation.

§ 1 Aircraft Dispatched

Each ship that lifted off, and the men aboard her.

41-23667 · Tail RE · 329th Sq.
Bombed Primary
No crew manifest catalogued for this sortie.

Lt Joe Tate (pilot). B-24 'Ball Of Fire' (41-23667, 329th BS) hit by FW 190 cannon - tail, bomb bay, and pilot seat. Cockpit oxygen lines severed; Tate used emergency bottles. T/Sgt Aaron Moses (tail gunner) found bomb bay drenched with fuel, stopped leak bare-handed and froze his hand. Emergency landing at Northolt. Co-pilot passed O2 bottles throughout.

Sources.

§ Provenance
Mighty Eighth War Diary
Roger A Freeman · Jane's Publishing Company Limited · 1981
Published