Mission 36
Mission Summaries > March 1944
MONDAY, 13 MARCH 1944
EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)
STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force):
Mission 257:
127
B-17s and 144 B-24s are
dispatched to bomb V-weapon sites in the Pas de Calais, France area but the
strike is cancelled due to bad weather; 7 B-17s bomb Poix Airfield as a target of opportunity; 2
B-17s are lost, 1 B-24 is damaged beyond repair and 61 B-17s and 13 B-24s are
damaged; casualties are 6 KIA, 1 WIA and 20 MIA. Escort is provided by 213
P-47s; 1 P-47 is damaged.
Mission 258:
7
of 7 B-17s drop 350 bundles of leaflets on Reims, Orleans, Paris, Amiens, Rouen
and Chartres, France at 2104-2137 hours without loss.
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