29 November 1943

MONDAY, 29 NOVEMBER 1943

EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS

STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): VIII Bomber Command Mission 140.
154 of 360 B-17's hit the port of Bremen, Germany and targets of opportunity
in the area at 1429-1450 hours; unfavorable cloud conditions and malfunction
of blindbombing equipment cause 200+ B-17's to abort; they claim 15-11-10
Luftwaffe aircraft; 13 B-17's are lost, 3 damaged beyond repair and 43
damaged; casualties are 2 KIA, 13 WIA and 131 MIA. The B-17's are escorted
by 38 P-38's and 314 P-47's; they claim 15-4-6 Luftwaffe aircraft; 7 P-38's
and 9 P-47's are lost; 1 P-47 is damage beyond repair and another damaged;
casualties are 1 WIA and 16 MIA.
VIII Bomber Command Mission 141: 8 B-17's drop 1.6 million leaflets over
Paris, Reims, Le Mans, Orleans, Chartres, Amiens and Rouen, France; no
casualties.
VIII Bomber Command Mission 142: 1 B-17 drops two 2,000 pound (907 kg)
bombs and 1 photoflash on Emmerich, Germany at 2108 hours; no casualties.
HQ 358th Fighter Group transfers from Goxhill to Leiston, England.
HQ 447th Bombardment Group (Heavy) arrives at Rattlesden, England from
the US.
The 714th and 715th Bombardment Squadrons (Heavy), 448th Bombardment Group
(Heavy) arrive at Seething, England from the US with B-24's. They will fly
their first mission on 22 Dec.

TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): In France, 53 B-26's bomb Chievres
airfield; 71 B-26's sent to bomb Cambrai/Epinoy airfield abort the mission due
to bad weather.
HQ 70th Fighter Wing arrives at Greenham Common, England from the US.