21 May 1943

FRIDAY, 21 MAY 1943

EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force)
VIII Bomber Command Mission Number 60: 98 B-17's are dispatched against
the U-boat yards at Wilhelmshaven, Germany; 77 hit the target at 1244-1245
hours local; we claim 47-5-17 Luftwaffe aircraft; we lose 7 B-17's with
another 24 damaged; casualties are 1 KIA, 9 WIA and 60 MIA. A second,
smaller strike of 63 B-17's is dispatched against the U-boat yards at
Emden, Germany; 46 bomb the target at 1244-1246 hours local; we claim
31-6-6 Luftwaffe aircraft; we lose 5 B-17's with 2 others damaged beyond
repair and 9 others damaged; casualties are 2 KIA, 5 WIA and 50 MIA. At
Wilhelmshaven German fighters are reported firing rockets.
VIII Fighter Command Field Order Number 105: 105 P-47's are dispatched on
a fighter sweep in the Ostend/Ghent area; they claim 0-0-1 Luftwaffe
aircraft; we lose 3 and all pilots are listed as MIA.
HQ 379th Bombardment Group (Heavy) arrives at Kimbolton, England from the
US.