The Mighty Eighth Air Force JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC August 1944 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 01 Mission 508-509 Airfields and bridges in France 9 Aircraft lost 02 Mission 510-511 Paris oil supply dumps and bridges 12 Aircraft lost 03 Mission 512-513 French/German border area 15 Aircraft lost 04 Mission514-15-16 Targets in Germany and France 31 Aircraft lost 05 Mission 519-520 Magdeburg-Brunswick Germany 17 Aircraft lost 06 Mission 524-526 Oil refineries, aircraft, Germnay 32 Aircraft lost 07 Mission527-28-29 Fuel dumps, bridges, France 12 Aircraft lost 08 Mission530-31-32 V-Weapons-enemy troops 20 Aircraft lost 09 Mission533-35-36 Aircraft and tank factories 21 Aircraft lost 10 Miss537-8-9-40 Fuel Dumps, bridges 9 Aircraft lost 11 Miss541-2-3-44 NE France and Paris 6 Aircraft lost 12 Mission 545-546 Metz rail yards and airfields 21 Aircraft lost 13 Miss548-49-50-51 Support Ground forces 26 Aircraft lost 14 Mission 552-553 SW Germany, E France 7 Aircraft lost 15 Mission 554 Eleven Airfields in NW Germany 21 Aircraft lost 16 Mission 556-557 Aircraft Plants in Central Germany 26 Aircraft lost 17 Mission558-59-60 Paris Brussels Area 7 Aircraft lost 18 Mission561-62-64 Bridges and Airfields in France 8 Aircraft lost 19 20 21 22 23 24 Mission 568-569 Targets in Germany 30 Aircraft lost 25 Miss570-1-2-73 Synthetic Oil industry in Germany 25 Aircraft lost 26 Mission575 to 582 Eight Missions 23 Aircraft lost 27 Mission 583-584 Targets in N and C Germany 13 Aircraft lost 28 Mission 588 German/French Border 20 Aircraft lost 29 Bad weather P-38s and P47's attack 3 Aircraft lost 30 Mission590-91-92 V Weapons sites Pas de Calais 31 Mission 594 Leaflets in France Total Aircraft Lost in August 1944 414 1942 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC 1943 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC 1944 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC 1945 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC