The Mighty Eighth Air Force
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Mission 921 Leaflets
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Mission 922-23 airfields in Denmark
2 aircraft lost
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Mission 924-925 U-boat yards at Kiel
6 aircraft lost
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Mission 926 shipyards in Germany
14 aircraft lost
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Mission 928-929 armament works in Germany
11 aircraft lost
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Mission 930 rail targets near Leipzig,Germany
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5 aircraft lost
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Mission 931 oil and munitions depots, Germany
22 aircraft lost
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Mission 932-3-4 various targets in Germany
10 aircraft lost
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Mission 935-6-7 10 jet airfields in Germany
12 aircraft lost
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Mission 938-9-0 various targets in Germany
27 aircraft lost
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Mission 941-942 various targets in Germany
1 aircraft lost
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Mission 944 Leaflets
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Mission 945-6-7 rail yard at Neumunster
8 aircraft lost
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Mission 948-9-0
French Gironde estuary
4 aircraft lost
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Mission 951-2-3
flak batteries in the Royan area
1 aircraft lost
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Mission 954-5-6
rail targets in Germany
32 aircraft lost
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Mission 957-958
rail targets in E Germany
25 aircraft lost
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Mission 959-960
rail targets in Czechoslovakia
4 aircraft lost
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Mission 961
rail targets in SE Germany
9 aircraft lost
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Mission 962 rail targets NNW to SSW of Berlin
4 aircraft lost
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Mission 963-964
jet fighter airfields SE Ger.
4 aircraft lost
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Mission 965 Leaflets
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Mission 966 Leaflets
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Mission 967 Leaflets
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Mission 968-969
final heavy bomber mission
7 aircraft lost
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Mission 970
Leaflets
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By this date the flow of P-51,
B-17, and B-24 replacement aircraft has stopped
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Bad Weather halts operations
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Mission 971 Leaflets
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Mission 972 Leaflets
Total Aircraft Lost in April
208
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