Mission 30
Mission Summaries > February 1944
TUESDAY,
29 FEBRUARY 1944
EUROPEAN
THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)
STRATEGIC
OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force):
Missions 240, 241 and 242 are flown; 1 bomber and 5 fighters are lost.
Mission 240:
218 of 226 B-17s hit aviation industry targets at Brunswick, Germany
and targets of opportunity; 1 B-17 is lost and 54 damaged; casualties are 4 WIA
and 10 MIA. Escorting are 61 P-38s, 346 Eighth and Ninth Air Force P-47s and
147 Eighth and Ninth Air Force P-51s; 2 P-38s are lost and 1 damaged, 2 pilots
are MIA; the P-47s claim 1-0-0 Luftwaffe aircraft, 1 P-47 is lost and 1
damaged, 1 pilot is MIA; 1 P-51 is lost, the pilot is MIA.
Mission 241:
38 of 48
B-24s hit the V-weapon site at Lottinghen, France without loss. Escorting are 79 Eighth and Ninth Air Force
P-47s; 1 is lost and the pilot is MIA.
Mission 242:
5 of 5 B-17s drop 250 bundles of leaflets on Orleans, Lille, Reims,
Cambrai and Châteauroux, France at 2025-2121 hours without loss.Target: city, country - target description | ||
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