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MONDAY, 29 NOVEMBER 1943
EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS
STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): VIII Bomber Command
Mission 140.
154 of 360 B-17's hit the port of Bremen, Germany and targets of
opportunity
in the area at 1429-1450 hours; unfavorable cloud conditions and
malfunction
of blindbombing equipment cause 200+ B-17's to abort; they claim
15-11-10
Luftwaffe aircraft; 13 B-17's are lost, 3 damaged beyond repair and
43
damaged; casualties are 2 KIA, 13 WIA and 131 MIA. The B-17's are
escorted
by 38 P-38's and 314 P-47's; they claim 15-4-6 Luftwaffe aircraft; 7
P-38's
and 9 P-47's are lost; 1 P-47 is damage beyond repair and another
damaged;
casualties are 1 WIA and 16 MIA.
VIII Bomber Command Mission 141: 8
B-17's drop 1.6 million leaflets over
Paris, Reims, Le Mans, Orleans, Chartres, Amiens and Rouen, France;
no
casualties.
VIII Bomber Command Mission 142: 1 B-17
drops two 2,000 pound (907 kg)
bombs and 1 photoflash on Emmerich, Germany at 2108 hours; no
casualties.
HQ 358th Fighter Group transfers from Goxhill to Leiston, England.
HQ 447th Bombardment Group (Heavy) arrives at Rattlesden, England
from
the US.
The 714th and 715th Bombardment Squadrons (Heavy), 448th Bombardment
Group
(Heavy) arrive at Seething, England from the US with B-24's. They
will fly
their first mission on 22 Dec.
TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): In France, 53 B-26's bomb
Chievres
airfield; 71 B-26's sent to bomb Cambrai/Epinoy airfield abort the
mission due
to bad weather.
HQ 70th Fighter Wing arrives at Greenham Common, England from the
US.
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