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Old 24th June 2008, 13:15
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Re: Summary of USAAF missions in Europe?

Online
http://paul.rutgers.edu/~mcgrew/wwii/usaf/html/

It doesn't get into great detail though.

example
TUESDAY, 4 JANUARY 1944

EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)

STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): Mission 174: 2 targets in Germany are hit; 19 bombers and 2 fighters are lost.
1. 371 of 439 B-17's and 115 of 130 B-24's are dispatched to the port area
at Kiel; 7 B-17's and 34 B-24's hit targets of opportunity; they claim 4-12-4
Luftwaffe aircraft; 11 B-17's and 6 B-24's are lost; 2 B-17's and 3 B-24's
are damaged beyond repair and 111 B-17's and 16 B-24's are damaged;
casualties are 22 KIA, 53 WIA and 170 MIA. 70 P-38's and 42 Ninth Air Force P-51's escort; they claim 1-1-4 Luftwaffe aircraft; 1 P-38 and 1 P-51 are lost and 1 P-38 is damaged beyond repair; casualties are 1 WIA and 2 MIA.
2. 68 of 75 B-17's hit Munster; 2 B-17's are lost, 1 is damaged beyond
repair and 35 damaged; casualties are 1 WIA and 20 MIA. 430 P-47's escort; they claim 7-0-2 Luftwaffe aircraft; 1 P-47 is damaged.
Mission 175: During the evening, 4 B-17's drop 800,000 leaflets on Orleans,
Lorient, Rouen and Tours, France at 2005-2021 hours; no losses. This is the first CARPETBAGGER operation from Tempsford, England on this night.
US airplanes begin flying supplies from UK to underground resistance forces
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