22 March 1943

MONDAY, 22 MARCH 1943

EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force)
VIII Bomber Command Mission No. 46: 76 B-17's and 26 B-24's are
dispatched against the U-boat yards at Wilhelmshaven, Germany; 69 B-17's and
15 B-24's drop 224 tons of bombs on the target at 1501-1510 hours local.
We claim 28-9-9; we lose 1 B-17 and 2 B-24's; 12 B-17's and 10 B-24's are
damaged; casualties are 1 KIA, 18 WIA and 32 MIA.
The 452d Bombardment Squadron (Medium), 322d Bombardment Group (Medium)
with B-26's transfers from Rattlesden to Rougham, England