7 November 1943

SUNDAY, 7 NOVEMBER 1943

EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS

STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): VIII Bomber Command Mission 124.
Three targets in Germany are hit without loss. Poor weather restricts
operations.
1. 53 of 59 B-17's bomb the Wesel industrial area at 1124-1125 hours; 4
B-17's are damaged; casualties are 1 KIA and 2 WIA.
2. 60 B-17's are dispatched to the industrial area at Duren; 37 hit the
primary target at 1114 hours and 20 hit Randerath, the secondary target, at
1114-1125 hours; 2 B-17's are damaged.
3. 2 of 3 B-17 pathfinders escort the B-17's dispatched to Duren but an Oboe
PFF failure resulted in the bombs being widely scattered.
The bombers are escorted by 283 P-47's; they claim 1-0-0 Luftwaffe aircraft;
6 P-47's are lost; casualties are 6 MIA.
HQ 20th Combat Bombardment Wing (Heavy) transfers from Hethel to Hardwick,
England.

TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): 200+ B-26's dispatched to attack
airfields at Montdidier and Meulan-Les Mureaux, France are forced to abort the
mission because of bad weather. The B-26's are escorted by 54 P-38's and 49
P-47's of the Eighth Air Force; 2 P-38's are lost.