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SUNDAY, 6 AUGUST 1944
EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)
STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): Mission 524: 1,186 bombers
and
740 fighters are dispatched to attack oil refineries, aircraft,
ordnance and
other factories in Germany and V-weapon sites in France; 24 bombers
and 8
fighters are lost:
1. Of 414 B-17s, 126 hit Brandenburg assembly plants, 74 hit
Genshagen, 69
hit Brandenburg munitions industry, 12 hit Stendal Airfield and 8
hit targets
of opportunity; they claim 0-0-3 Luftwaffe aircraft; 11 B-17s are
lost and
106 damaged; 1 airman is KIA, 4 WIA and 105 MIA. Escort is provided
by 168 of
195 P-51s; they claim 19-0-2 aircraft; 2 P-51s are lost and 1
damaged beyond
repair; 1 pilot is KIA and 2 MIA.
2. Of 154 B-17s, 83 hit Berlin aircraft engine factories, 45 hit
Berlin
diesel factories, 7 hit targets of opportunity and 4 hit Nordholz
Airfield;
they claim 0-2-3 aircraft; 5 B-17s are lost, 1 damaged beyond repair
and 103
damaged; 1 airman is KIA, 6 WIA and 45 MIA. Escort is provided by
107 of 144
P-51s; they claim 4-0-0 aircraft in the air and 2-0-4 on the ground;
1 P-51
is lost and 3 damaged; 1 pilot is WIA and 1 MIA.
3. In an Operation FRANTIC mission, 75 of 78 B-17s hit Gdynia/Rahmel
aircraft factories in Poland and procedes to bases in the USSR; they
claim
0-2-2 aircraft; 23 B-17s are damaged. Escort is provided by 154 of
160 P-51s;
they claim 7-2-3 aircraft; 4 P-51s are lost and 1 is damaged beyond
repair; 1
pilot is KIA and 5 MIA.
4. Of 445 B-24s, 72 hit Hamburg/Schulau oil refinery, 62 hit
Hamburg/
Rhenania-Ossag oil refinery, 61 hit Hamburg/Rhenania oil refinery,
58 hit
Kiel naval installation, 54 hit Hamburg/Deutsche oil refinery, 33
hit
Hamburg/Eband oil refinery, 32 hit Hamburg/Schlieman oil refinery,
23 hit
Hemmingstedt and 4 hit targets of opportunity; 8 B-24s are lost, 3
damaged
beyond repair and 290 damaged; 13 airmen are KIA, 16 WIA and 83 MIA.
Escort
is provided by 196 P-38s and P-47s; they claim 1-0-2 aircraft; 1
P-47 is lost
(pilot is MIA).
5. 24 of 91 B-24s hit 2 V-weapon sites in the Pas de Calais area; 9
B-24s
are damaged. Escort is provided by 24 P-47s.
Mission 526: 7 of 7 B-17s drop leaflets in France during the night.
36 B-24s fly CARPETBAGGER missions in France; 1 B-24 is MIA.
TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): In France, A-20s and B-26s
hit
bridges, fuel and ammunition dumps, and a locomotive depot at
Beauvais,
Beaumont-sur-Sarthe, Courtalain, Foret de Perseigne, and Blois;
fighters
escort IX Bomber Command and furnish cover to ground troops in the
Vire,
Rennes, and Redon areas; HQ 474th Fighter Group and 428th, 429th and
430th
Fighter Squadrons move from Moreton, England to Neuilly with P-38s;
a
detachment of the 112th Liaison Squadron, Ninth Air Force, based at
Heston,
England begins operating from Valognes with L-5s; and the 153d
Liaison
Squadron, IX Tactical Air Command, moves from Vouilly to Canisy with
L-5s. In
England, the 90th Troop Carrier Squadron, 438th Troop Carrier Group,
based at
Greenham Common, begins operating from Welford Park with C-47s.
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