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SUNDAY, 26 MARCH 1944
EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)
STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): Mission 280: V-weapon sites
in
France are hit.
1. 234 of 243 and 138 of 185 B-24s hit 9 sites in the Pas de Calais
area; 4
B-17s and 1 B-24 are lost, 1 B-17 is damaged beyond repair and 134
B-17s and
38 B-24s are damaged; casualties are 2 KIA, 15 WIA and 50 MIA.
2. 128 of 145 B-17s hit 7 sites in the Cherbourg area; 64 B-17s are
damaged.
Escort is provided by 266 P-47s; they claim 1-1-4 Luftwaffe aircraft
on the
ground; 1 P-47 is lost (pilot is MIA) and 5 damaged.
Mission 281: 6 of 6 B-17s drop 300 bundles of leaflets on Caen,
Rennes,
Amiens, Paris and Rouen, France at 2114-2206 hours without loss.
TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): 338 B-26s and 35 A-20s attack
the
Ijmuiden, The Netherlands torpedo-boat pens. In France, nearly 140
P-47s and
P-51s dive-bomb Creil marshalling yard and other military
installations.
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