Mission 26
Mission Summaries > February 1944
MONDAY, 21 FEBRUARY 1944
EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)
STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force):
Mission 228:
"Big Week" continues with 3 areas in Germany targeted with
the loss of 16 bombers and 5 fighters:
336 B-17s are dispatched to the Gutersioh, Lippstadt and Werl
Airfields; because of thick overcast, 285 hit Achmer, Hopsten, Rheine,
Diepholz, Quakenbruck and Bramsche Airfields and the marshalling yards at
Coevorden and Lingen; they claim 12-5-8 Luftwaffe aircraft; 8 B-17s are lost, 3
damaged beyond repair and 63 damaged; casualties are 4 KIA, 13 WIA and 75 MIA.
281 B-17s are dispatched to Diepholz Airfield and Brunswick; 175 hit
the primaries and 88 hit Alhorn and Verden Airfields and Hannover; they claim
2-5-2 Luftwaffe aircraft; 5 B-17s are lost, 3 damaged beyond repair and 36
damaged; casualties are 20 KIA, 4 WIA and 57 MIA.
244 B-24s are dispatched to Achmer and Handorf Airfields; 11 hit Achmer Airfield and 203 hit Diepholz, Verden and Hesepe
Airfields and Lingen; they claim 5-6-4 Luftwaffe aircraft; 3 B-24s are lost, 1
damaged beyond repair and 6 damaged; casualties are 3 WIA and 31 MIA.
Escort for Mission 228 is provided by 69 P-38s, 542 Eighth and Ninth
Air Force P-47s and 68 Eighth and Ninth Air Force P-51s; the P-38s claim 0-1-0
Luftwaffe aircraft, 1 P-38 is damaged beyond repair; the P-47s claim 19-3-14
Luftwaffe aircraft, 2 P-47s are lost, 2 are damaged beyond repair, 3 are
damaged and 2 pilots are MIA; the P-51s claim 14-1-4 Luftwaffe aircraft, 3
P-51s are lost and the pilots are MIA.
Mission 229:
5 of 5 B-17s drop 250 bundles of leaflets on Rouen, Caen, Paris and
Amiens, France at 2215-2327 hours without loss.Target: city, country - target description | ||
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Tactical Mission Report: | Mission Data: Date: Primary Target: Achmer Airfield Secondary Target: Steinfeld Airfield Last Resort Target: Diepholz Airfield Units Participating: Narrative: | |
Losses: None | ||
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