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SATURDAY, 15 APRIL 1944
EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)
STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): Mission 303: 616 fighters
are
dispatched on strafing sweeps of C and W Germany, airfields being
the primary
objectives; 33 fighters are lost: 132 P-38s claim 7-0-2 Luftwaffe
aircraft,
11 P-38s are lost and 16 damaged, 11 pilots are MIA; 262 P-47s claim
20-1-23
aircraft, 7 P-47s are lost, 1 damaged beyond repair and 13 damaged,
7 pilots
are MIA; 222 Eighth and Ninth Air Force P-51s claim 30-0-10
aircraft, 15
P-51s are lost, 1 damaged beyond repair and 5 damaged; 12 pilots are
MIA.
TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): Moves in England: HQ 100th
Fighter
Wing from Ibsley to Lashenden; HQ 397th Bombardment Group (Medium)
and 596th,
597th, 598th and 599th Bombardment Squadrons (Medium) from Gosfield
to
Rivenhall with B-26s (first mission is 20 Apr); 377th, 378th and
379th
Fighter Squadrons, 362d Fighter Group, from Wormingford to Headcorn
with
P-47s.
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