Eighth Air Force Heavy Bomber Mission No. 83: 246 aircraft sent to attack Luftwaffe depots at Le Bourget, Poix and Abbeville/ Drucat. Four aircraft lost.
How to cite this article: Rickard, J (28 December 2007), 16 August 1943, http://www.historyofwar.org/secondworldwar/date/1943_08_16.html