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THURSDAY, 4 MAY 1944
EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)
STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): Mission 338: 591 bombers
and 516
fighters are dispatched to Berlin, Brunswick and targets in C
Germany; the
mission is recalled due to cloud cover but 40 B-17s bomb
Bergen/Alkmaar
Airfield, The Netherlands; 1 B-17 is damaged beyond repair and 15
damaged;
2 airmen are KIA and 1 WIA. Escort is provided by 50 P-38s, 179
P-47s and
287 Eighth and Ninth Air Force P-51s; the P-47s claim 8-2-5
Luftwaffe
aircraft and the P-51s claim 1-0-1; 2 P-47s and 1 P-51 are lost, 3
P-47s
and 2 P-51s are damaged beyond repair and 1 P-38 and 8 P-47s are
damaged; 1
airman is WIA and 3 MIA.
HQ 95th Combat Bombardment Wing (Heavy) moves from Ketteringham to
Halesworth, England.
TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): In France, 170+ B-26s and 36
A-20s
bomb gun emplacements and other military targets at Etretat/Sainte-Marie-Au-
Bosc, Etaples, Le Treport, Ault, Fecamp and Ouistreham.
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