9 October 1943

SATURDAY, 9 OCTOBER 1943

EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS

STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): VIII Bomber Command Mission 113.
2 targets in Germany and 2 in Poland are hit; 26 B-17's and 2 B-24's are
lost.
1. 106 of 115 B-17's hit the industrial area in Anklam, Germany at
1142-1146 hours; they claim 65-19-47 Luftwaffe aircraft, 18 B-17's are
lost, 1 damaged beyond repair and 51 damaged; casualties are 25 WIA and 185
MIA.
2. 96 of 100 B-17's hit the industrial area in Marienburg, Germany at
1253-1302 hours; they claim 9-2-0 Luftwaffe aircraft; 2 B-17's are lost and
13 damaged; casualties are 3 WIA and 21 MIA.
3. 41 of 51 B-24's hit the U-boat yards at Danzig and the port area at
Gdynia, Poland at 1305 hours; they claim 7-3-4 Luftwaffe aircraft; 2 B-24's
are lost, 1 is damaged beyond repair and 19 damaged; casualties are 1 WIA
and 21 MIA.
4. 109 of 112 B-17's hit the port area at Gdynia, Poland at 1304-1324
hours; they claim 41-5-10 Luftwaffe aircraft; 6 B-17's are lost, 1 damaged
beyond repair and 62 damaged; casualties are 6 WIA and 60 MIA.
VIII Air Support Command Mission 81: 66 of 72 B-26's bomb the Woensdrecht
Airfield in the Netherlands at 1516-1526 hours; 26 B-26's are damaged. This
is the final Eighth Air Force B-26 operation; the B-26's will be transfered
to the Ninth Air Force.