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SATURDAY, 11 NOVEMBER 1944
EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)
AIRBORNE OPERATIONS (IX Troop Carrier Command): The 305th Troop
Carrier
Squadron, 442d Troop Carrier Group, moves from Peray to St-Andre-de-L'Eure
with C-47s.
STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): Mission 712: 482 bombers
and 367
fighters make PFF attacks on oil refineries and marshalling yards in
W
Germany; 1 bomber and 1 fighter are lost:
1. 197 B-17s are sent to hit the Oberlahnstein marshalling yard
(146); 24
hit the secondary, the Koblenz marshalling yard; 2 hit a target of
opportunity; 1 B-17s is damaged beyond repair and 31 damaged; 1
airman is
KIA. Escorting are 170 P-47s and P-51s without loss.
2. 129 B-17s are sent to hit the Buer oil refinery at Gelsenkirchen
(100);
23 hit the secondary, the Rheine marshalling yard; 1 B-17 is damaged
beyond
repair and 1 damaged; 7 airmen are KIA. Escorting are 52 P-51s; 1 is
lost.
3. 143 B-24s are sent to hit the Bottrop oil refinery (124); 1 hit
Recklinghausen, a target of opportunity; 1 B-24 is lost and 39
damaged; 10
airmen are MIA. Escorting are 98 P-47s and P-51s.
12 of 13 B-17s fly a screening mission.
31 P-51s fly a scouting mission.
TACTICAL OPERATIONS
First Tactical Air Force (Provisional): HQ 320th Bombardment Group
and
the 441st, 442d, 443d and 444th Bombardment Squadrons (Medium) move
from
Corsica to Longvic Airfield at Dijon, France with B-26s.
(Ninth Air Force): In Germany, 190 B-26s and A-20s hit
strongpoints at Putzlohn and rail bridges at Sinzig, Euskirchen,
Ahrweiler,
and Mayen; the IX Tactical Air Command hits railroads and other
targets,
escorts the bombers, and supports the US 28th Infantry Division in
the
Schmidt area. The XXIX Tactical Air Command hits targets in W
Germany. The
XIX Tactical Air Command flies armed reconnaissance and supports the
US XII
and XX Corps in the Thionville-Metz, France area. In France, the
405th
Fighter Squadron, 371st Fighter Group, based at Tavaux Airfield at
Dole
begins operating from Dijon with P-47s.
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