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TUESDAY, 11 JULY 1944
EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)
STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): Mission 466: 1,176 bombers
and 795
fighters attack targets in Germany; 20 bombers and 4 fighters are
lost:
1. Of 401 B-17s, 371 hit the Munich marshalling yard, Passing
electrical
station and a tire factory and 3 hit targets of opportunity; 1 B-17
is lost,
1 damaged beyond repair and 42 damaged; 3 airmen are KIA, 3 WIA and
10 MIA.
Escort is provide by 209 P-38s, P-47s and P-51s without loss.
2. Of 340 B-17s, 183 hit the BMW factory at Munich and 106 hit the
Munich
marshalling yard; 3 B-17s are lost, 1 damaged beyond repair and 89
damaged; 1
airman is KIA, 2 WIA and 30 MIA. Escort is provided by 166 P-38s,
P-47s and
P-51s; 1 P-51 is lost (pilot is MIA).
3. Of 435 B-24s, 291 hit Munich, 55 hit Munich/Riem Airfield, 29 hit
Augsburg, 8 hit Eppingen and 1 hits a bridge on the Autobahn; 16
B-24s are
lost and 2 damaged beyond repair; 8 airmen are KIA, 14 WIA and 149
MIA.
Escort is provided by 324 P-38s, P-47s and P-51s; they claim 2-0-1
Luftwaffe
aircraft on the ground; 1 P-47 and 2 P-51s are lost (pilots are MIA)
and 1
P-51 is damaged beyond repair.
Mission 467: During the night, 6 of 6 B-17s drop leaflets on France.
29 of 30 B-24s fly CARPETBAGGER missions during the night.
TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): In France, A-20s and B-26s
strike
fuel dumps at Foret d'Andaine, Chateau-de-Tertu, Flers, and Foret
d'Ecouves;
NOBALL (V-weapon) sites at Chateau d'Helicourt and Chateau d'Ansenne;
and a
rail bridge at Bourth; fighters escort the bombers, patrol the
battle area,
and attack trains, gun positions, ammunition dumps, and other
targets in the
areas around Lessay, Periers, Saint-Lo, Lonrai, Tours and Folligny.
In
England, the detachment of the 422d Night Fighter Squadron, 71st
Fighter
Wing, operating from Hurn with P-61s returns to base at Scorton.
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