 The group was awarded a DUC for its part in this raid and its commander, Colonel Leon W. Johnson, was awarded the Medal of Honor for his daring and initiative in leading his men into smoke, flame, and alerted fighter and antiaircraft opposition over the target, which already had been bombed in error by another group.Before returning to England at the end of August, the detachment bombed an aircraft factory in Austria and supported ground forces in Sicily.In September 1943 the group struck airfields in the Netherlands and France and convoys in the North Sea.