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MONDAY, 5 APRIL 1943
EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force)
VIII Bomber Command Mission 50: 104
B-17's of the 1st Bombardment Wing
are dispatched against industrial targets in the Antwerp, Belgium
area.
The main force is directed at the Erla aircraft factory and Erla
engine
works. 82 B-17's drop 245.5 tons of bombs at 1530 hours local. We
claim
23-8-4 Luftwaffe aircraft; we lose 4 to strong Luftwaffe fighter
opposition; 13 aircraft are damaged. Casualties are 3 WIA and 40
MIA.
HQ 56th Fighter Group and it's 61st, 62d and 63d Fighter Squadrons
with
P-47C's transfer from Horsham St Faith, England to Halesworth,
England.
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