13 June 1943

SUNDAY, 13 JUNE 1943

EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force)
VIII Bomber Command Mission Number 63: 151 B-17's are dispatched against
the Bremen, Germany U-boat yards; 122 hit the target claiming 2-2-1
Luftwaffe aircraft; we lose 4 and 31 are damaged; casualties are 8 WIA and
32 MIA. A smaller force of 76 B-17's is dispatched against the Kiel,
Germany U-boat yards; 60 hit the target and claim 39-5-14 Luftwaffe
aircraft; we lose 22, 1 is damaged beyond repair and 23 are damaged;
casualties are 3 KIA, 20 WIA and 213 MIA. Heaviest fighter attacks to date
against Eighth Air Force accounts for 26 B-17's, mostly of the force
attacking Kiel.
HQ 13th Bombardment Wing (Medium) transfers from Marks Hall, England to
Camp Blainey, England.
The 331st, 332d, 333d and 410th Bombardment Squadrons (Heavy), 94th
Bombardment Group (Heavy) transfer with B-17's from Earls Colne, England
to Bury St Edmunds, England.
The 338th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), 96th Bombardment Group (Heavy)
transfers with B-17's from Great Saling, England to Snetterton Heath,
England.