Mission 12 - 445BG

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Mission 12

Mission Summaries > January 1944
FRIDAY, 14 JANUARY 1944
EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)
STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force):

3 missions are flown:

Mission 183:
356 of 374 B-17's and 156 of 178 B-24's hit 20 of 21 V-weapon sites in the Pas de Calais area of France; 19 B-24's hit targets of opportunity; they claim 8-0-1 Luftwaffe aircraft; 2 B-17's and 1 B-24 are lost, 1 B-24 is damaged beyond repair and 66 B-17's and 9 B-24's are damaged; casualties are 1 KIA, 11 WIA and 31 MIA. 98 P-38's, 504 P-47's and 43 Ninth Air Force P-51's escort; they claim 14-1-0 Luftwaffe aircraft; 1 P-38, 1 P-47 and 1 P-51 are lost, 1 P-47 is damaged beyond repair and 9 P-47's and 1 P-51 are damaged; casualties are 3 MIA.

Mission 184:
During the evening, 4 B-17's drop 840,000 leaflets on Amiens, Lille, Cambrai and St. Omer France without loss.

Mission 185:
2 B-17's are dispatched to Wessel, Germany for a night test of Oboe Mk II; 1 aircraft aborts and 1 drops 2 tons of high explosive bombs on the target without loss.
Target: Bonnières France - V-1 Rocket Launch Site
8th Air Force F.O. No:
183
Aircraft Taking Off:
24
Aircraft Dispatched:
24
Aircraft Aborts:
0
Aircraft Over Primary:
24
Aircraft Over Secondary:
0
Aircraft Over Last Resort:
0
Aircraft Bomb Load:
12 x 500 lb. AN-M43 General Purpose bombs
Group Bomb Load:
288 x 500 lb. AN-M43 General Purpose bombs
Results:
Fair
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Bonnières V-1 Rocket Launch Site
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