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The Mighty Eighth - Wednesday, 3 May 1944

 

WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 1944

EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)

STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): Mission 336: 47 of 51 B-24s bomb
the V-weapon site at Wizernes, France; 33 are damaged; 3 airmen are WIA.
Escort is provided by 48 P-47s and 53 P-51s without loss.
Mission 337: 5 of 5 B-17s drop 960,000 leaflets on 26 towns in France,
Belgium and The Netherlands; 1 B-17 is damaged.
9 B-24s are dispatched on CARPETBAGGER operations.








 

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