The Mighty 8th

The Mighty Eighth Air Force

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April 1945

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
01 Mission 921 Leaflets	02 Mission 922-23 airfields in Denmark 2 aircraft lost	03 Mission 924-925 U-boat yards at Kiel 6 aircraft lost	04 Mission 926 shipyards in Germany 14 aircraft lost	05 Mission 928-929 armament works in Germany 11 aircraft lost	06 Mission 930 rail targets near Leipzig,Germany ] 5 aircraft lost	07 Mission 931 oil and munitions depots, Germany 22 aircraft lost
08 Mission 932-3-4 various targets in Germany 10 aircraft lost	09 Mission 935-6-7 10 jet airfields in Germany 12 aircraft lost	10 Mission 938-9-0 various targets in Germany 27 aircraft lost	11 Mission 941-942 various targets in Germany 1 aircraft lost	12 Mission 944 Leaflets	13 Mission 945-6-7 rail yard at Neumunster 8 aircraft lost	14 Mission 948-9-0 French Gironde estuary 4 aircraft lost
15 Mission 951-2-3 flak batteries in the Royan area 1 aircraft lost	16 Mission 954-5-6 rail targets in Germany 32 aircraft lost	17 Mission 957-958 rail targets in E Germany 25 aircraft lost	18 Mission 959-960 rail targets in Czechoslovakia 4 aircraft lost	19 Mission 961 rail targets in SE Germany 9 aircraft lost	20 Mission 962 rail targets NNW to SSW of Berlin 4 aircraft lost	21 Mission 963-964 jet fighter airfields SE Ger. 4 aircraft lost
22 Mission 965 Leaflets	23 Mission 966 Leaflets	24 Mission 967 Leaflets	25 Mission 968-969 final heavy bomber mission 7 aircraft lost	26 Mission 970 Leaflets	27 By this date the flow of P-51, B-17, and B-24 replacement aircraft has stopped	28 Bad Weather halts operations
29 Mission 971 Leaflets	30 Mission 972 Leaflets		Total Aircraft Lost in April 208

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