14 January 1944

FRIDAY, 14 JANUARY 1944

EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)

STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): Mission 183: 356 of 374 B-17's and
156 of 178 B-24's hit 20 of 21 V-weapon sites in the Pas de Calais area of
France; 19 B-24's hit targets of opportunity; they claim 8-0-1 Luftwaffe
aircraft; 2 B-17's and 1 B-24 are lost, 1 B-24 is damaged beyond repair and
66 B-17's and 9 B-24's are damaged; casualties are 1 KIA, 11 WIA and 31 MIA.
98 P-38's, 504 P-47's and 43 Ninth Air Force P-51's escort; they claim 14-1-0
Luftwaffe aircraft; 1 P-38, 1 P-47 and 1 P-51 are lost, 1 P-47 is damaged
beyond repair and 9 P-47's and 1 P-51 are damaged; casualties are 3 MIA.
Mission 184: During the evening, 4 B-17's drop 840,000 leaflets on Amiens,
Lille, Cambrai and St. Omer France without loss.
Mission 185: 2 B-17's are dispatched to Wesel, Germany for a night test
of Oboe Mk II; 1 aircraft aborts and 1 drops 2 tons of high explosive bombs
on the target without loss.

TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): HQ 71st Fighter Wing transfers from
Aldermaston to Greenham Common, England.