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SUNDAY, 7 MAY 1944
EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)
STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): Mission 342: In the
morning, 922
bombers and 764 fighters are dispatched to bomb targets in Germany;
9 bombers
and 4 fighters are lost; 1 Luftwaffe aircraft is claimed shot down:
1. 600 B-17s are dispatched on a PFF attack on Berlin; 514 bomb the
primary and 39 hit targets of opportunity; 8 B-17s are lost, 2 are
damaged
beyond repair and 265 damaged; 8 airmen are KIA, 14 WIA and 83 MIA.
2. Of 322 B-24s dispatched, 147 bomb Munster and 165 bomb Osnabruck;
1
B-24 is lost, 1 damaged beyond repair and 22 damaged; 1 airman is
KIA, 2
WIA and 6 MIA.
Escort is provided by 153 P-38s, 317 P-47s and 284 P-51s; 2 P-38s, 1
P-47
and 1 P-51 are lost, 1 P-51 is damaged beyond repair and 5 P-38s, 3
P-47s
and 1 P-51 damaged; 3 pilots are MIA.
In the afternoon, 29 of 67 B-24s bomb the marshalling yard at Liege,
Belgium without loss; escort is provided by 24 P-47s and 51 P-51s
without
loss.
Mission 343: 3 of 4 B-17s drop 1.6 million leaflets on 16 towns in C
France without loss.
14 B-24s are dispatched on CARPETBAGGER missions without loss.
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