4 October 1943

MONDAY, 4 OCTOBER 1943

EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): VIII Bomber Command
Mission 108: 4 targets in Germany and a diversion are flown. 12 B-17's and
4 B-24's are lost.
1. 104 B-17's are dispatched to the Wiesbaden industrial area; 15
aircraft hit Wiesbaden and 77 hit the industrial area at Frankfurt at
1059-1105 hours; they claim 19-3-15 Luftwaffe aircraft; 5 B-17's are lost
and 45 damaged; casualties are 2 KIA, 8 WIA and 40 MIA.
2. 37 of 51 B-17's dispatched to Frankfurt hit the target at 1110-1111
hours; they claim 18-8-22 Luftwaffe aircraft; 3 B-17's are lost and 35
damaged; casualties are 1 KIA, 2 WIA and 30 MIA.
3. 115 B-17's are dispatched to the Saarlautern industrial area; 67 hit
Saarlautern and 38 hit St Dizier/Robinson Airfield in France at 1136-1148
hours; they claim 37-7-7 Luftwaffe aircraft; 4 B-17's are lost, 4 are
damaged beyond repair and 19 damaged; casualties are 6 WIA and 29 MIA.
4. 47 of 53 B-17's dispatched hit Sarreguemnines and Saarbrucken
marshalling yards at 1133-1139 hours; 2 B-17's are damaged; no casualties.
5. 38 B-24's fly a diversion; they claim 13-6-3 Luftwaffe aircraft; 4
B-24's are lost and 19 damaged; casualties are 11 WIA and 43 MIA.
These missions are escorted by 223 P-47's; they claim 19-1-2 Luftwaffe
aircraft; 1 P-47 is damaged beyond repair and 15 damaged; casualties are 1
KIA.
VIII Air Support Command Mission 79: 25 B-26's are dispatched to
Beauvais/Nivilliers and Evreux/Fauville Airfield in France; they return to
base without bombing.
VIII Bomber Command Mission 109: 4 B-17's drop 240,352 leaflets over
Paris between 2257-2307 hours.