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FRIDAY, 10 NOVEMBER 1944
EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)
STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): 2 missions are flown.
Mission 709: 752 bombers and 808 fighters in 3 forces are dispatched
to
make PFF attack on airfields in W Germany; 4 bombers are lost.
1. 302 B-24s are dispatched to hit the Langendiebach Airfield at
Hanau
(229); 61 hit the secondary, the marshalling yard at Hanau; 1 B-24
is lost, 1
damaged beyond repair and 46 damaged; 1 airman is KIA, 2 WIA and 9
MIA.
Escort is provided by 261 P-47s and P-51s; they claim 4-0-0 aircraft
without
loss.
2. 235 B-17s are dispatched to hit Wiesbaden Airfield (105); 73 hit
the
secondary, Wiesbaden/Halle; 4 others hit targets of opportunity; 2
B-17s are
lost, 4 damaged beyond repair and 90 damaged; 7 airmen are WIA and
20 MIA.
Escort is provided by 142 of 154 P-51s without loss.
3. 203 B-17s are dispatched to hit the Butzweilerhof (96) and
Ostheim (97)
Airfields at Cologne; 1 B-17s is lost and 95 damaged; 2 airmen are
KIA, 5 WIA
and 9 MIA. Escort is provided by 182 of 191 P-51s; they claim 2-0-0
aircraft
without loss.
4. 12 of 12 B-17s fly a screening mission.
5. 79 of 87 P-47s hit communications targets in N and C Germany;
they claim
1-0-0 aircraft on the ground.
6. 35 P-51s fly a scouting force mission.
7. 58 of 60 P-51s make strafing runs in Germany.
Mission 711: 6 B_17s and 9 B-24s (1 abort) drop leaflets on the
Netherlands
and Germany during the night without loss.
TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): 150+ bombers dispatched
against
an ordnance arsenal and camp area are recalled due to weather; 7
others drop
leaflets; the XXIX Tactical Air Command attacks railroads while the
XIX
Tactical Air Command escorts bombers and supports the 80th and 5th
Infantry
Divisions in the US Third Army assault in the Metz, France area.
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