Mission 98 - 445BG

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Mission 98

Mission Summaries > June 1944
MONDAY, 12 JUNE 1944
EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)
STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force):


Mission 407:
With bad weather over top priority targets in Germany, 1,442 bombers are dispatched against airfields and landing grounds in NE France and rail and road bridges on the Brest Peninsula; 691 of 769 B-17s and 586 of 673 B-24s hit 16 airfields and 6 railroad bridges in the Rennes and St Nazaire area; they claim 1-1-0 Luftwaffe aircraft; 6 B-17s and 2 B-24s are lost; 1 B-17 and 2 B-24s are damaged beyond repair; and 188 B-17s and 52 B-24s are damaged; 7 airmen are KIA, 14 WIA and 58 MIA.

988 fighter sorties are flown with the loss of 16 aircraft; 15 pilots are MIA:

234 P-38s, 80 P-47s and 201 P-51s fly escort, sweeps and patrols over the Channel NW of Paris and in the Rennes area; they claim 20-0-8 Luftwaffe aircraft in the air and 1-0-0 on the ground; 3 P-38s, 1 P-47 and 3 P-51s are lost; 1 P-38 is damaged beyond repair.

93 P-38s and 183 P-47s fly fighter-bomber missions against 5 railroad bridges in the Tours-Paris area; they claim 5-0-2 Luftwaffe aircraft in the air and 1-0-0 on the ground; 1 P-38 and 8 P-47s are lost; 1 each is damaged beyond repair.

45 P-38s and 152 P-51s fly escort for Ninth Air Force A-20s and B-26s.

Mission 408:
7 of 7 B-17s drop leaflets on France and Belgium during the night without loss.

16 B-24s fly CARPETBAGGER missions.
Target:  Cormeilles-en-Vexin, France - German occupied airfield
8th Air Force Mission No:
407-A
Aircraft Taking Off:
12
Aircraft Dispatched:
12
Aircraft Aborts:
0
Aircraft Over Primary:
12
Aircraft Over Secondary:
0
Aircraft Over Last Resort:
0
Aircraft Bomb Load:

Group Bomb Load:

Results:

Tactical Mission Report:
445th Bomb Group Mission Report

    1.             A/C Scheduled -----------------------
                    A/C Airborne -------------------------
                    A/C Dispatched ----------------------
                    A/C Returned Early -----------------  
                    A/C Over Target ---------------------
                    A/C Returned ------------------------

    2.   Assembly:  

     3.   Route In:  

     4.   Bomb Run:  

     5.   Route Out:  

    6.   Enemy Fighters:  

     7.   Fighter Support:  

    8.   Flak:  
Losses:
     None.
Note:
     None.
No target photo available
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