6 Feburary 1944

SUNDAY, 6 FEBRUARY 1944

EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)

STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): Mission 212: Airfields in France
are targetted but weather forces 400+ bombers to abort the mission. 189 B-17s
are dispatched against the Romilly-sur-Seine Air Depot and 60 hit St Andre de
L'Eure Airfield and 40 hit Evreux/Fauville Airfield; 303 B-17s are dispatched
to Nancy/Essay and Dijon/Longvic Airfields but only 60 hit Caen/Carpiquet
Airfield; 150 B-24s are dispatched to St Pol/Siracourt V-weapon site but 37
hit Chateaudun Airfield and 9 hit the Eclimeux V-weapon site; they claim
3-3-0 Luftwaffe aircraft; 4 B-17s are lost, 1 B-17 and 1 B-24 are damaged
beyond repair and 43 B-17s and 7 B-24s are damaged; casualties are 7 KIA, 3
WIA and 43 MIA. Escorting are 85 P-38s, 506 Eighth and Ninth Air Force P-47s
and 47 Ninth Air Force P-51s; they claim 11-2-3 Luftwaffe aircraft in the air
and 2-0-7 on the ground; 3 P-38s and 1 P-47 are lost, 1 P-38 and 2 P-47s are
damaged beyond repair and 1 P-38 and 1 P-47 are damaged; casualties are 2 WIA
and 4 MIA.
Mission 213: 6 of 6 B-17s drop 363 leaflet bundles in a CARPETBAGGER
mission over Brussels, Antwerp, Ghent, Liege and Monceau-sur-Sambre, Belgium
at 2202-2225 hours without loss.

TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): Around 120 B-26s bomb V-weapon
sites, airfields, and a factory, all in France; principal targets bombed are
at Rosieres-en-Santerre, Amiens/Glisy, Cormeilles-en-Vexin, and
Grandvilliers.
Transfers in England: 34th Troop Carrier Squadron, 315th Troop Carrier
Group, from Wilford to Spanhoe (air echelon is operating from Blida, Algeria
with C-47s); 83d, 84th, 85th and 86th Troop Carrier Squadrons, 437th Troop
Carrier Group, from Balderton to Ramsbury with C-47s.