The Mighty Eighth Air Force
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22 July 1944
SATURDAY, 22 JULY 1944

EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)

STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): Mission 488: 7 of 7 B-17s drop
leaflets on Bremen, Hamburg and Kiel, Germany; 1 B-17s is damaged. Escort is
provided by 27 of 34 P-51s; 2 P-51s are damaged beyond repair; 1 airman is
KIA.
Mission 489: 7 of 7 B-17s drop leaflets in France and the Netherlands
during the night.
44 B-24s fly CARPETBAGGER missions during the night.

TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): In France, 1 group of A-20s and 2
groups of B-26s attack a rail bridge at Bourth and fuel dumps at Foret de
Conches and Flers; 4 groups of fighter-bombers fly armed reconnaissance and
rail cutting missions during the late evening; 1 group escorts the bombers;
fighters of the IX Tactical Air Command escort 100+ C-47s on a supply-
evacuation run to the Continent, and provide cover over the battle area; and
HQ 367th Fighter Group moves from Ibsley, England to Beuzeville.