Mission 22

Mission Summaries > February 1944

FRIDAY, 11 FEBRUARY 1944

EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)
STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force):

Mission 218:

94 of 201 B-24s bomb the Bonnières V-weapon site in France with PFF equipment; the remaining aircraft were assigned individual targets without PFF and were unable to locate their targets; 1 B-24 is lost, 1 damaged beyond repair and 17 damaged; casualties are 1 KIA, 1 WIA and 10 MIA; escort is provided by 85 Eighth and Ninth Air Force P-47's and 41 P-51s without loss.

The primary target for 223 B-17s is the marshalling yard at Frankfurt, Germany; 157 hit the primary, 32 hit Ludwigshafen, 19 hit Saarbrucken and 4 hit other targets of opportunity; they claim 3-0-2 Luftwaffe aircraft; 5 B-17s are lost, 3 damaged beyond repair and 124 damaged; casualties are 1 KIA, 26 WIA and 51 MIA; escort is provided by 82 P-38s, 486 Eighth and Ninth Air Force P-47's and 38 Ninth Air Force P-51s; they claim 30-2-28 Luftwaffe aircraft in the air and 2-1-4 on the ground; 8 P-38s, 4 P-47's and 2 P-51s are lost, 2 P-47's and 1 P-51 are damaged beyond repair and 2 P-38s and 4 P-47's are damaged; casualties are 14 MIA.

Mission 219:

5 of 5 B-17s drop 250 bundles of leaflets on Ghent, Brussels and Antwerp, Belgium at 2118-2146 hours without loss.

Target: Bonnières, France - V-1 Rocket Launch Site
8th Air Force F.O. No:	218
Aircraft Taking Off:	23
Aircraft Dispatched:	23
Aircraft Aborts:	0
Aircraft Over Primary:	23
Aircraft Over Secondary:	0
Aircraft Over Last Resort:	0
Aircraft Bomb Load:	12 x 500 lb. AN-M43 General Purpose bombs
Group Bomb Load:	12 x 500 lb. AN-M43 General Purpose bombs
Results:	Unobserved
Tactical Mission Report:	Mission Data: Date: 11 Feb 44 Primary Target: Military Installations in France (Crossbow) Secondary Target: None Last Resort Target: None Units Participating: 14th CBW (44th, 392nd Gps.) 20th CBW (448th, 93rd, 446th Gps.) 2nd CBW (445th, 453rd, 389th Gps.)
Losses: None.
Note: None.

Bonnières, France - V-1 Rocket Launch Site