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SUNDAY, 23 JULY 1944
EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)
STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): Mission 490: 280 bombers
and 193
fighters are dispatched to attack airfields in France; 1 bomber is
lost:
1. 78 of 82 B-17s hit Creil Airfield; 1 B-17 is lost, 1 is damaged
beyond
repair and 2 damaged; 2 airmen are KIA and 1 WIA.
2. Of 198 B-24s, 61 hit Laon/Couvron Airfield, 57 hit Laon/Athies
Airfield
and 48 hit Juvincourt Airfield; 3 B-24s are damaged; 1 airman is KIA
and 2
WIA.
Escort for both groups above is provided by 177 P-38s and P-51s.
Mission 491: 6 of 6 B-17s drop leaflets in France during the night.
21 of 25 B-24s fly CARPETBAGGER missions during the night.
TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): In France, 330+ A-20s and
B-26s bomb
rail bridges along the Argentan-Paris and Lisieux-Bernay-Evreux
railroads,
and hit fuel dumps at Foret de Conches; fighters escort bombers,
attack rail
lines, enemy installations, and movements in the Argentan-Alencon-Chartres-
Evreux areas, and bomb bridges, strongpoints, and a supply dump in
support of
the US First Army.
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