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SUNDAY, 13 FEBRUARY 1944
EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)
STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): Mission 221: V-weapon sites
in the
Pas de Calais area of France are hit; 266 of 277 B-17s hit 12 sites
and 138
of 192 B-24s hit 5 sites; 12 B-24s hit targets of opportunity; they
claim
0-1-0 Luftwaffe aircraft; 4 B-17s are lost, 2 B-17s and 2 B-24s are
damaged
beyond repair, and 74 B-17s and 57 B-24s are damaged; casualties are
7 KIA,
23 WIA and 24 MIA. Escort is provided by 189 P-47s and 43 P-51s;
they claim
6-1-4 Luftwaffe aircraft in the air and 0-0-4 on the ground; 1 P-51
is lost
and 4 P-47s damaged; no casualties.
TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): 182 B-26s attack V-weapon
sites in
the coastal area of France; 16 others bomb secondary targets in the
area.
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