7 January 1944

FRIDAY, 7 JANUARY 1944

EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)

STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): 351 of 382 B-17's and 69 of 120
B-24's hit the I G Faren Industrie plant at Ludwigshafen, Germany; they claim
30-6-17 Luftwaffe aircraft; 5 B-17's and 17 B-24's are lost, 2 B-17's and 2
B-24's are damaged beyond repair and 104 B-17's and 18 B-24's are damaged;
casualties are 14 KIA, 13 WIA and 121 MIA. 71 P-38's, 463 P-47's and 37 Ninth
Air Force P-51's escort; they claim 7-0-3 Luftwaffe aircraft; 1 P-38 and 5
P-47's are lost and 1 P-47 is damaged; casualties are 6 MIA.
Mission 179: During the evening, 5 B-17's drop 1.08 million leaflets on
Paris, Chartres, Caen and Evreux, France without loss.