The Mighty Eighth - Wednesday 30 December 1942

WEDNESDAY, 30 DECEMBER 1942

EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force)
During Mission Number 27, 77 bombers are dispatched to the submarine base
at Lorient, France; 40 aircraft attack with the loss of three B-17s to
German fighters. The submarine base shows the cumulative effect of
repeated bombardment.