21 March 1944

TUESDAY, 21 MARCH 1944

EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)

STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): Mission 270: 56 of 65 B-24s hit
V-weapon sites at Watten, France; 7 B-24s are damaged; escort is provided by
48 P-47s without loss.
Mission 271: 41 P-51s carry out a sweep of the Bordeaux, France area; they
claim 12-0-0 Luftwaffe aircraft in the air and 9-0-4 on the ground; 7 P-51s
are lost and 2 damaged; casualties are 1 WIA and 7 MIA.
Mission 272: 6 of 6 B-17s drop 300 bundles of leaflets on The Hague,
Amsterdam, Leeuwarden, Rotterdam and Utrecht, The Netherlands at 2102-2133
hours without loss.

TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): All B-26s dispatched to bomb NOBALL
(V-weapon) targets in France are recalled because of bad weather.