|  Le 16 septembre 1943   EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): VIII Bomber Command Mission 97 : 5 sites en France sont ciblés - 1 en Bretagne | 
| NANTES - 15h02 et 15h09 -PORT & AÉRODROME | ||||||
| Mission 1 : 130 B-17 sur 147 B-17 sont dispatchés sur deux cibles à Nantes ; 78 sur les installations portuaires entre 15h02 et 15h09. 52 B-17 sont envoyés sur l'aérodrome de Nantes/Château-Bougon entre 15h09 et 15h12. Les revendications sont de 22-2-5 avions de la Luftwaffe. 7 B-17 sont donnés perdus. 1 B-17 est irréparable. 47 B-17 sont endommagés. Les pertes sont de 9 WIA et 60 MIA. La mission était escorté par 79 P-47, qui revendiquent 2-0-1 avions allemands. Pas de pertes. | ||||||
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| 91th BG - (322nd, 323rd, 324th, 401st) |  |  | 
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| 92nd BG - (325th, 326th, 327th, 407th BS) |  |  |  | |||
| 303rd BG - (358th, 359th, 360th, 427th BS) |  |  | 
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| 305th BG - (364th, 365th, 366th, 422nd BS) |  |  |  | |||
| 306th BG - (367th, 368th, 369th, 423rd BS) |  |  |  | |||
| 351st BG - (508th, 509th, 510th, 511th BS) |  |  |  | |||
| 379th BG - (524th, 525th, 526th, 527th BS) |  |  | 
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| 381st BG - (532nd, 533nd, 534th, 535th BS) |  |  |  | |||
| 384th BG - (544th, 545th, 546th, 547th BS) |  |  | 
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