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MONDAY, 6 NOVEMBER 1944
EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)
AIRBORNE OPERATIONS (IX Troop Carrier Command): In France, the 92d
and 94th
Troop Carrier Squadrons, 439th Troop Carrier Group, move from Lonray
to
Chateaudun with C-47s; the 306th 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 704: 1,131 bombers
and 802
fighters in 6 forces make PFF attacks on the oil industry in W
Germany; 5
bombers and 5 fighters are lost:
1. 291 B-17s are dispatched to hit the Harburg (142) and Rhenania
(138) oil
refineries at Hamburg; 3 others hit the Lubeck oil refinery at
Hamburg; 4
B-17s are lost and 103 damaged; 2 airmen are KIA, 2 WIA and 36 MIA.
Escort is
238 of 258 P-51s; 1 P-51 is lost (pilot MIA) and 1 damaged beyond
repair.
2. 262 B-17s are dispatched to hit the aviation industry at
Neumunster
(23); 231 hit the secondary, the Neumunster marshalling yard; 3
others hit
targets of opportunity; 10 B-17s are damaged; 1 airman is KIA.
Escort is 93
of 102 P-51s; 1 P-51 is lost (pilot MIA).
3. 215 B-24s are dispatched to hit the Mittelland Canal at Minden; 2
others
hit targets of opportunity; 1 B-24 is lost and 31 damaged; 10 airmen
are MIA.
43 of 44 P-47s escort without loss.
4. 101 B-17s are dispatched to hit the Bottrop oil refinery; 12
others hit
the secondary, the marshalling yard at Hamm; 39 B-17s are damaged.
257 of 271
P-51s escort without loss.
5. 143 B-24s are dispatched to hit the Sterkrade oil refinery (134);
1
other hit Vreden; 27 B-24s are damaged. 40 of 43 P-51s escort
claiming 0-0-1
aircraft; 3 P-51s are lost (pilots MIA).
6. 119 B-17s are dispatched to hit the benzol oil plant at Duisburg
(65);
43 hit a target of opportunity, the marshalling yard at Rheydt; 18
B-17s are
damaged. 51 of 54 P-47s escort without loss.
30 P-51s of the Scouting Forces patrol the area without loss.
TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): Weather grounds the 9th
Bombardment
Division; fighters, during armed reconnaissance, attack railroads
and
bridges; the IX Tactical Air Command also supports ground forces in
the
Schmidt, Germany area.
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