The Mighty Eighth Air Force
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28 June 1944
WEDNESDAY, 28 JUNE 1944

EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)

STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): Mission 445: 992 bombers and 638
fighters are dispatched to targets in France, Germany and Belgium; 2 bombers
and 2 fighters are lost. 485 B-17s attack targets in France: 72 hit Laon/
Couvron Airfield, 64 hit Juvincourt Airfield, 60 hit Laon/Athies Airfield, 36
hit Fismes bridge, 28 hit Denain/Prouvy Airfield, 24 hit targets of
opportunity, 20 hit Anizy le Chateau bridge, 19 hit Le Bourget Airfield and
18 hit the Dugny oil depot; 1 B-17s is lost, 1 damaged beyond repair and 99
damaged; 2 airmen are WIA and 9 MIA. Of 378 B-24s, 331 hit Saarbrucken
marshalling yards, 11 hit Florennes/Juzaine Airfield and 1 hits Givet Bridge;
1 B-24 is lost and 125 damaged; 8 airmen are WIA and 10 MIA. Escort is
provided by 188 P-38s, 169 P-47s and 231 P-51s; they claim 1-0-0 Luftwaffe
aircraft; 1 P-47 and 1 P-51 are lost (pilots are MIA) and 2 P-51s damaged
beyond repair. About one-third of the escorting fighters afterward bomb and
strafe transport targets, claiming 3 locomotives and an armored vehicle
destroyed.
30 of 50 P-47s fly a fighter-bomber mission against La Perthe Airfield
without loss.
18 B-24s fly CARPETBAGGER missions in France.

TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): 220+ fighters, based in France,
attack railroad facilities, bridges, fuel and ammunition dumps, artillery,
troop concentrations, vehicles, and other targets; bad weather cancels bomber
and fighter operations from the UK; HQ 365th Fighter Group moves from
Beaulieu, England to Azeville; and 107th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron,
67th Tactical Reconnaissance Group, moves from Middle Wallop, England to
Jumeaux with F-6s. In England, 422d Night Fighter Squadron, 71st Fighter
Wing, based at Scorton with P-61s, sends a detachment to operate from Hern.