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SATURDAY, 13 MAY 1944
EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)
STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): Mission 355: 749 bombers
and 737
fighters hit targets in Germany; 12 bombers and 5 fighters are lost;
they
claim 58-5-13 Luftwaffe aircraft:
1. 289 B-17s are dispatched to hit oil targets in W Poland but
clouds
force 215 to bomb Stettin and 57 to hit Stralsund; 10 bombers are
lost and
81 damaged; 1 airman is KIA, 1 WIA and 88 MIA.
2. 199 B-17s are dispatched to hit the marshalling yard at
Osnabruck; 178
hit the primary and 1 bomb a target of opportunity; 1 B-17 is lost
and 61
damaged; 2 airmen are WIA and 10 MIA.
3. 261 B-24s are dispatched to hit aviation industry targets at
Tutow;
228 hit the primary and 12 hit targets of opportunity; 1 B-24 is
lost and 2
damaged; 1 airman is WIA and 10 MIA.
Escort is provided by 153 P-38s, 238 P-47s and 346 P-51s; the P-47s
claim
14-2-9 Luftwaffe aircraft, the P-51s claim 33-1-4; 1 P-38, 2 P-47s
and 2
P-51s are lost, 1 P-47 is damaged beyond repair and 5 P-38s and 7
P-51s are
damaged; 1 pilot is WIA and 5 MIA.
TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): 300+ B-26s and A-20s bomb
airfields,
coastal defenses, railway battery and V-weapon sites in France and
Belgium.
P-47s carry out dive-bombing raids on various targets.
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