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FRIDAY, 14 JANUARY 1944
EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)
STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): Mission 183: 356 of 374
B-17's and
156 of 178 B-24's hit 20 of 21 V-weapon sites in the Pas de Calais
area of
France; 19 B-24's hit targets of opportunity; they claim 8-0-1
Luftwaffe
aircraft; 2 B-17's and 1 B-24 are lost, 1 B-24 is damaged beyond
repair and
66 B-17's and 9 B-24's are damaged; casualties are 1 KIA, 11 WIA and
31 MIA.
98 P-38's, 504 P-47's and 43 Ninth Air Force P-51's escort; they
claim 14-1-0
Luftwaffe aircraft; 1 P-38, 1 P-47 and 1 P-51 are lost, 1 P-47 is
damaged
beyond repair and 9 P-47's and 1 P-51 are damaged; casualties are 3
MIA.
Mission 184: During the evening, 4 B-17's drop 840,000 leaflets on
Amiens,
Lille, Cambrai and St. Omer France without loss.
Mission 185: 2 B-17's are dispatched to Wesel, Germany for a night
test
of Oboe Mk II; 1 aircraft aborts and 1 drops 2 tons of high
explosive bombs
on the target without loss.
TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): HQ 71st Fighter Wing
transfers from
Aldermaston to Greenham Common, England.
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