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FRIDAY, 12 MARCH 1943
EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force)
VIII Bomber Command Mission No. 42: 72 B-17's are dispatched by the
1st
Bombardment Wing against the Rouen-Sotteville marshalling yard; 63
drop
156.5 tons of bombs on the target between 1241 and 1244 hours local.
There
are no losses and no claims on this mission; good fighter escort is
a major
factor in this no-loss mission. Eighteen B-24's of the 2d
Bombardment Wing
fly a diversionary mission with no losses or claims.
The 4th Fighter Group flies 43 sorties in their Spitfire Mk V's; 41
are
flown on a flighter sweep and 1 Spitfire is shot down near St. Omer,
France; the pilot is listed as MIA; we claim 2 enemy aircraft
damaged. The
other 2 sorties were shipping patrols.
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