The Mighty Eighth - Friday, 5 May 1944

FRIDAY, 5 MAY 1944

EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)

STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): Mission 339: 33 of 46 B-24s hit
the V-weapon site at Sottevast, France; 1 B-24 is damaged beyond repair and 6
damaged; 4 airmen are KIA. Escort is provided by 52 P-51s without loss.
Duing the night, 21 B-24s are dispatched on CARPETBAGGER missions; 1 B-24
is lost.
HQ 95th Combat Bombardment Wing (Heavy) moves from Ketteringham to
Halesworth, England.

TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): Brigadier General Myron R Wood
assumes command of the IX Air Forces Services Command.