Mission 37
Mission Summaries > March 1944
WEDNESDAY, 15 MARCH
1944
EUROPEAN THEATER OF
OPERATIONS (ETO)
STRATEGIC OPERATIONS
(Eighth Air Force):
Mission 259:
185 of 187 B-17s and 145 of 157 B-24s hit
the industrial area at Brunswick, Germany and targets of
opportunity; they claim 0-0-1 Luftwaffe aircraft; 1 B-17 and 2 B-24s are a lost
and 31 B-17s and 15 B-24s are damaged; casualties are 1 KIA, 4 WIA and 30 MIA.
Escort is provided by 121 P-38s and 467 Eighth and Ninth Air Force P-47s; 4
P-38s are lost, 1 damaged beyond repair and 4 pilots MIA; P-47s claim 39-3-13
Luftwaffe aircraft in the air and 1-0-0 on the ground, 1 P-47 is lost and 5
damaged, casualties are 1 MIA.
Mission 260:
8 P-47s are dispatched, 2
with 2x1,000-pound (454 kg) bombs, against an enemy barge in the Zuider Zee,
The Netherlands to test the feasibility of this type of operation; near misses
are scored.
Mission 261:
7 of 7 B-17s drop 350
bundles of leaflets on Rennes, Lille, Reims, Le Mans, Paris and Chartres,
France at 2115-2152 hours without loss.
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