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SATURDAY, 29 JANUARY 1944
EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)
STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): Mission 198: Led by PFF
aircraft,
675 B-17's and 188 B-24's are dispatched to hit the industrial area
at
Frankfurt, Germany; 590 B-17's and 170 B-24's hit the primary
target; 46
B-17's bomb Ludwigshafen due to a deviation from planned bomb route;
they
claim 75-27-48 Luftwaffe aircraft; 24 B-17's and 5 B-24's are lost,
2 B-17's
and 3 B-24's are damaged beyond repair and 116 B-17's and 19 B-24's
are
damaged; casualties are 22 KIA, 32 WIA and 299 MIA. Escort is 89
P-38's, 503
P-47's and 40 Ninth Air Force P-51's; they claim 47-6-14 Luftwaffe
aircraft;
5 P-38's and 10 P-47's are lost, 1 P-38 is damaged beyond repair and
3 P-38's
and 1 P-47 are damaged; casualties are 14 MIA.
This is first Eighth Air Force mission in which more than 700
aircraft
attack targets.
Mission 199: During the evening, 5 of 5 B-17's drop 1.2 million
leaflets
on Lille, Tours, Lorient, Nantes and Valenciennes, France without
loss.
HQ 458th Bombardment Group (Heavy) arrives at Horshal St Faith,
England
from the US.
TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): 80+ B-26's bomb V-weapon
sites in
coastal France.
HQ 84th Fighter Wing arrives at Keevil, England from the US.
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