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THURSDAY, 13 JULY 1944
EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)
STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): Mission 471: 1,043 bombers
and
609 fighters in 3 forces are dispatched to bomb targets in Germany;
10
bombers and 5 fighters are lost:
1. Of 399 B-17s, 356 bomb Munich, 6 bomb the railroad at Munich and
3 hit
targets of opportunity; 4 B-17s are lost, 1 is damaged beyond repair
and
156 damaged; 8 airmen are KIA, 7 WIA and 36 MIA. Escort is provided
by 292
P-38s, P-47s and P-51s; they claim 2-1-2 Luftwaffe aircraft; 1 P-38
and 1
P-47 are lost.
2. Of 278 B-17s, 139 bomb Munich, 100 hit an aircraft engine plant
at
Munich and 3 hit targets of opportunity; they claim 11-4-8 Luftwaffe
aircraft; 5 B-17s are lost, 2 are damaged beyond repair and 129
damaged; 9
airmen are WIA and 50 MIA. Escort is provided by 170 P-38s, P-47s
and
P-51s; 1 P-51 is lost and 1 P-38 is damaged beyond repair.
3. Of 366 B-24s, 298 hit Saarbrucken marshalling yards and 3 hit
targets
of opportunity; 1 B-24 is lost, 7 damaged beyond repair and 31
damaged; 23
airmen are KIA, 9 WIA and 19 MIA. Escort is provided by 81 of 85
P-51s; 1
P-51 is lost and 1 damaged beyond repair.
28 B-24s fly CARPETBAGGER missions during the night.
TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): In France, bad weather
prevents
bomber operations and restricts the fighters; fighters fly armed
reconnaissance in the Sens-Montargis area, hitting rail and highway
traffic,
warehouses, barracks, and armored cars and tanks; rail lines and
bridges are
hit in the Saint-Florentin-Dreux-Evreux-Chartres-Mamers-Gassicourt
areas; IX
Tactical Air Command fighters furnish area cover, bomb troop
concentrations,
vehicles, and gun positions in the Lessay-Coutances area, and attack
rail
traffic W of Angers, a landing field W of Alencon, marshalling yard
at
Vendome, and a bridge at Tours.
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