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SATURDAY, 14 OCTOBER 1944
EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)
STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): 2 missions are flown.
Mission 676: 211 bombers and 258 fighters make GH attacks on 2
targets in
Germany: 1 fighter is lost:
1. 90 of 94 B-17s hit a marshalling yard at Saarbrucken; 8 B-17s are
damaged. Escort is provided by 105 of 107 P-51s; 1 P-51 is damaged
beyond
repair.
2. 117 of 117 B-24s hit Kaiserslautern; 8 B-24s are damaged. Escort
is
provided by 148 of 151 P-51s; 1 P-51 is lost (pilot MIA).
Mission 677: 1,040 bombers and 491 fighters are dispatched to make
PFF
attacks on Cologne, Germany; 5 bombers are lost:
1. 434 B-17s are dispatched to hit the Gereon marshalling yard
(326); 1
hits a target of opportunity; 2 B-17s are lost and 93 damaged; 3
airmen are
WIA and 20 MIA. Escort is provided by 141 of 153 P-51s; 1 P-51 is
damaged
beyond repair.
2. 318 B-24s are dispatched to hit the Gremberg (127) and Eifelter
(121)
marshalling yards; 9 others hit Euskirchen; 3 B-24s are lost, 1
damaged
beyond repair and 137 damaged; 1 airman is KIA, 2 WIA and 20 MIA.
Escort is
provided by 177 of 184 P-47s and P-51s without loss.
3. 314 of 379 B-17s hit the secondary target, the Gereon marshalling
yard;
1 other hits a target of opportunity; 2 B-17s are damaged beyond
repair and
123 damaged; 1 airman is KIA and 3 WIA. Escort is provided by 151 of
154
P-47s and P-51s without loss.
TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): Bad weather grounds the A-20s
and
B-26s; fighters escort a leaflet mission, fly sweeps and rail
cutting
operations, armed reconnaissance over E France and W Germany, and
support the
US Third Army.
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