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The Mighty Eighth - Saturday, 6May 1944

 

SATURDAY, 6 MAY 1944

EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)

STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): Mission 340: 168 bombers and 185
fighters are dispatched to hit NOBALL (V-weapon) targets in France; 90 B-17s
dispatched to the Pas de Calais area return to base with bombs due to cloud
cover over the target; 70 of 78 B-24s hit Siracourt; 48 B-17s are damaged.
Escort is provided by 57 Ninth Air Force P-38s, 47 P-47s and 81 P-51s without
loss.
Mission 341: 5 of 5 B-17s drop 3.22 million leaflets on 19 towns in
France and Belgium; 1 B-17 encounters a night fighter and claims 0-1-0; the
B-17 is damaged.
22 B-24s are dispatched on CARPETBAGGER operations.

TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): 75 B-26s and A-20s dispatched to
attack coastal defenses abort the mission because of weather.
422d Night Fighter Squadron, 71st Fighter Wing, moves from Charmy Down to
Scorton, England with P-61s; first mission is 3 Jul.









 

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