Mission 74
Mission Summaries > May 1944
FRIDAY, 19 MAY 1944
EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)
STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force):
Mission 358:
888
bombers and 700 fighters are dispatched to hit targets in Germany; very heavy
cloud cover forces the bombers to use H2X PFF methods; Luftwaffe resistance is
heavy and 28 bombers and 19 fighters are lost; the fighters claim 77-0-33
Luftwaffe aircraft:
588
B-17s are dispatched to Berlin; 495 hit the primary, 49 hit the port area at
Kiel and 1 hits a target of opportunity; 16 B-17s are lost, 2 damaged beyond
repair and 289 damaged; 3 airmen are KIA, 16 WIA and 137 MIA.
300 B-24s are dispatched
to the industrial area at Brunswick; 272 hit the primary and 1 bombs a target of opportunity;
12 B-24s are lost and 64 damaged; 1 airman is KIA, 8 WIA and 119 MIA.
Escort
is provided by 155 P-38s, 182 P-47s and 363 P-51s of the Eighth Air Force and 264
Ninth Air Force aircraft; the P-38s claim 0-0-2 Luftwaffe aircraft in the air
and 1-0-0 on the ground, the P-47s claim 29-0-16 in the air and 2-0-0 on the
ground and the P-51s claim 41-0-5 in the air and 4-0-10 on the ground; 4 P-38s,
4 P-47s and 11 P-51s are lost; 2 P-38s are damaged beyond repair; 5 P-38s, 4
P-47s and 7 P-51s are damaged; 17 pilots are MIA.
Target: Brunswick, Germany - Industrial Area | ||
8th Air Force Mission No: | 358 | |
Aircraft Taking Off: | 32 | |
Aircraft Dispatched: | 31 | |
Aircraft Aborts: | 8 | |
Aircraft Over Primary: | 23 | |
Aircraft Over Secondary: | 0 | |
Aircraft Over Last Resort: | 0 | |
Aircraft Bomb Load: | 4 x 1,000 lb. AN-M44 General Purpose bombs 4 x 500 lb. AN-M17 Aimable Incendiary Cluster bombs | |
Group Bomb Load: | 92 x 1,000 lb. AN-M44 General Purpose bombs 92 x 500 lb. AN-M17 Aimable Incendiary Cluster bombs | |
Results: | Unobserved | |
Tactical Mission Report: | No Mission Details are available | |
Losses: None. | ||
Note: None. | ||
Brunswick, Germany - Industrial Area
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