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FRIDAY, 21 JANUARY
EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)
STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): Mission 187: 36 V-weapon
sites
in France, 34 in the Pas de Calais area and 2 in the Cherbourg area,
are
targetted; 24 are attacked by 302 of 597 B-17's and 68 of 198
B-24's; 15
B-17's and 9 B-24's hit targets of opportunity (2 V-weapon sites and
3
airfields); they claim 5-1-2 Luftwaffe aircraft; 5 B-24's and a B-17
are
lost, 3 B-24's are damaged beyond repair, and 103 B-17's and 41
B-24's are
damaged; casualties are 2 KIA, 31 WIA and 74 MIA. This mission is
escorted
by 49 P-38's, 531 P-47's and 48 Ninth Air Force P-51's; they claim
6-0-4
Luftwaffe aircraft in the air and 2-2-0 on the ground; 1 P-47 is
lost, 1
is damaged beyond repair and 1 damaged; casualties are 1 MIA.
Mission 188: During the night, 5 of 5 B-17's drop 1.2 million
leaflets on
Reims, Nantes, Le Mans, Tours and Orleans, France without loss.
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