25 June 1943

FRIDAY, 25 JUNE 1943

EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force)
VIII Bomber Command Mission Number 67: 275 B-17's make scattered attacks
on targets of opportunity in NW Germany when primary targets at Bremen and
Hamburg are obscured by clouds; 167 bomb targets and claim 62-11-40
Luftwaffe aircraft; we lose 18 B-17's, 1 is damaged beyond repair and
another 61 are damaged; casualties are 3 KIA, 14 WIA and 172 MIA. Of 7
YB-40 escort bombers dispatched only 4 are able to accompany formations to
the target area.
HQ 387th Bombardment Group (Heavy) arrives at Chipping Ongar, England
from the US.