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FRIDAY, 6 OCTOBER 1944
EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)
AIRBORNE OPERATIONS (IX Troop Carrier Command): The 305th Troop
Carrier
Squadron, 442d Troop Carrier Group, moves from Weston Zoyland,
England to
Peray, France with C-47s.
STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): 2 missions are flown.
Mission 667: 1,271 bombers and 784 fighter are dispatched to hit
industrial targets in N Germany; with one exception, all attacks are
visual;
19 bombers and 4 fighters are lost:
1. 447 B-17s are dispatched to hit Stargard Airfield (199), aircraft
factories at Neubrandenburg (73) and Stettin (12); targets of
opportunity are
Stralsund (110), Kappeln (36), Freienwalde (1) and other (1); 1 B-17
is lost
and 34 damaged; 9 airmen are MIA. Escort is provided by 180 of 202
P-51s;
they claim 3-1-3 aircraft in the air and 30-0-14 on the ground; 3
P-51s are
lost (pilots MIA), 2 damaged beyond repair and 4 damaged.
2. 418 B-17s are dispatched to Berlin to hit a munitions dump at
Berlin/
Spandau (144), aircraft factories at Berlin/Spandau (138) and tank
factory at
Berlin/Tegel (100); 10 hit a target of opportunity. 17 B-17s are
lost, 1
damaged beyond repair and 234 damaged; 3 airmen are KIA, 4 WIA and
154 MIA.
Escort is provided by 363 of 414 P-51s; they claim 15-0-5 aircraft;
1 P-51 is
lost and 3 damaged.
3. 406 B-24s are dispatched to hit Harburg/Rhenania oil refinery
(121) with
PFF methods, munitions dumb at Hamburg/Glinde (89) and aircraft
factories at
Hamburg/Klockner (79) and Wenzendorf (46); targets of opportunity
are Stade
Airfield (29), the Hamburg area (8), Nordhoz Airfield (2),
Bremervorde (1)
and Ottersberg (1); 1 B-24 is lost and 127 damaged; 1 airman is KIA,
2 WIA
and 10 MIA. Escort is provided by 156 of 168 P-47s; they claim 1-0-0
aircraft
in the air; 6 P-47s are damaged.
Mission 668: 6 B-24s and 4 B-17s drop leaflets in Germany, the
Netherlands
and France during the night without loss.
TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): 300+ B-26s and A-20s hit
marshalling
yards, barracks, and ammunition dump at Hengelo, the Netherlands and
Duren,
Germany and bridges at Arnhem, the Netherlands and Aldenhoven,
Germany; in
Germany, fighters fly armed reconnaissance in the Dusseldorf,
Aachen, Trier,
Dieuze, and Koblenz areas, sweeps and patrols in forward areas,
attack
railroads in the Dorsel area, and support the First, Third, and
Seventh
Armies' forces in E France and W Germany. In France, HQ 397th
Bombardment
Group (Medium) moves from Dreux to Peronne.
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