[Nick Beale]

According to Roger A. Freeman's "Mighty Eighth War Diary" (Jane's, 1981) losses to all causes on 21 June 1944 were:

3rd Bomb Div: 10 x B-17 missing, 142 damaged
1st Bomb Div: 16 x B-17 missing, 216 damaged
2nd Bomb Div: 19 x B-24 missing, 2 damaged beyond repair, 150 damaged
(5 more B-24 damaged on a mission to the Pas de Calais)

13 missing bombers landed or crashed in Sweden (the most aircraft from a single Bomb Group was 2 from the 93rd).

VII FC: 9 fighters lost, 2 damaged beyond repair.