MONDAY, 22 MARCH 1943
EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force)
VIII Bomber Command Mission No. 46: 76 B-17's and 26 B-24's are
dispatched against the U-boat yards at Wilhelmshaven, Germany; 69
B-17's and
15 B-24's drop 224 tons of bombs on the target at 1501-1510 hours
local.
We claim 28-9-9; we lose 1 B-17 and 2 B-24's; 12 B-17's and 10
B-24's are
damaged; casualties are 1 KIA, 18 WIA and 32 MIA.
The 452d Bombardment Squadron (Medium), 322d Bombardment Group
(Medium)
with B-26's transfers from Rattlesden to Rougham, England.
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