[Adam]

Mission Number 68: 165 B-17's are dispatched against the Vilacoublay, France air depot; 12 hit the target while 6 hit the secondary target, Poissy Airfield, and 39 bomb Tricqueville Airfield; they claim 17-5-10 Luftwaffe aircraft; 5 B-17's are lost and 14 others are damaged; casualties are 1 KIA, 3 WIA and 51 MIA. 5 YB-40 escort bombers take off to accompany heavy bombers but none are able to complete the attack.

According to Tony Wood's claim lists, claims for the day (for B-17s) included:

1) Ofw. Willi Stratmann (12./JG 2) POS: 0155 / 05 Ost: 6.000 m. at 1805hrs
2) Fw. Martin Brendel (1./JG 2) POS: 15 km. E. Lisieux: 6.000 m. at 1810hrs
3) Ltn. Fritz Karch (6./JG 2) POS:Flugplatz St. Gâtien: 7.000 m. [Deauville] at 1830hrs
4) Ofw. Immerl (2./JG 105) POS CE 4: 2.000 m. [Etampes] at 1844hrs
5) Ofw. Kurt Goltzsch (5./JG 2) POS: E of Dieppe: 6.500 m. at 1901hrs
6) Ltn. Karl Wünsch: of 3./JG 27 also made a supplementary claim for a B-17 but no details are available


Sorry I can't help with any German losses on the day