Leutnant Rudolf Dassow - 21 June 1944

[Evgeny Velichko]

THX. What publisher of that book?

[Gizmo]

Originally Posted by FalkeEins

..'only' fourteen 492nd BG B-24s fell to ZG 26 on 20/06/44 - detailed break-down is in Lorant/Goyat JG 300 Vol 1. (four pages of text on this clash)

2nd Bombardment Division lost 34 B-24 on 20 June. In true six of 14 missings from 492nd BG landed in Sweden.

[Evgeny Velichko]

Also, how many damaged (and crashed on landing e.t.c) ?

[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.

[FalkeEins]

Originally Posted by Gizmo

2nd Bombardment Division lost 34 B-24 on 20 June. In true six of 14 missings from 492nd BG landed in Sweden.

..as explained in the reference I quoted thanks

[Gizmo]

Detailed information about all missing planes from 492. BG:
http://www.492ndbombgroup.com/cgi-bi...ion&mission=34


About 8th USAAF actions on 20 June look at http://www.airwarweb.net/usaaf/8af_1944-06.php

TUESDAY, 20 JUNE 1944
STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): Mission 425: In the morning 1,548 bombers are dispatched to attack 14 strategic targets in N Germany and V-weapon sites in France; 49 bombers are lost:
1. 126 of 146 B-24s bomb V-weapon sites in the Pas de Calais area; 1 B-24 is lost, 1 damaged beyond repair and 83 damaged; 4 airmen are KIA, 8 WIA and 24 MIA. Escort is provided by 44 P-47s; they claim 3-0-0 Luftwaffe aircraft; 1 P-47 is lost (pilot is MIA).
2. Of 341 B-17s dispatched, 137 hit Fallersleben, 95 hit Magdeburg/ Rothensee and 52 hit Konigsberg; they claim 2-0-6 Luftwaffe aircraft; 6 B-17s are lost, 2 damaged beyond repair and 116 damaged; 11 airmen are WIA and 60 MIA. Of 191 B-24s, 169 hit Hannover/Misburg and 3 hit a target of opportunity; 1 B-24 is lost, 1 damaged beyond repair and 89 damaged; 4 airmen are KIA, 6 WIA and 9 MIA. Escort is provided by 98 P-38s, 86 P-47s and 38 P-51s and 81 Ninth Air Force P-51s; they claim 10-1-10 Luftwaffe aircraft in the air and 8-0-3 on the ground; 1 P-38, 1 P-47 and 1 P-51 are lost (2 pilots MIA).
3. Of 512 B-17s dispatched, 107 hit Hamburg/Eurotank oil refinery, 60 hit Harburg/Ebano oil refinery, 54 hit Hamburg/Schliemanns oil refinery, 53 hit Harburg/Rhenania oil refinery, 53 hit Hamburg/Deut.Petr.AG, 50 hit Hamburg/ Rhenania-Ossag oil refinery, 26 hit Hamburg/Schindler oil refinery, 12 hit Brunsbuttel canal lock and 2 hit targets of opportunity; 7 B-17s are lost and 349 damaged; 1 airman is KIA, 13 WIA and 63 MIA. Escort is provided by 96 P-38s and 48 P-47s without claims or loss.
4. Of 358 B-24s, 245 hit Politz, 71 bomb Ostermoor and 12 hit targets of opportunity; they claim 10-3-2 Luftwaffe aircraft; 34 B-24s are lost and 205 damaged; 3 airmen are KIA, 6 WIA and 343 MIA. Escort is provided by 50 P-38s and 221 P-51s; they claim 28-1-9 Luftwaffe aircraft in the air and 5-0-9 on the ground; 3 P-38s are lost.
Mission 426: In the afternoon, 33 of 37 B-17s and 196 of 380 B-24s attack 10 V-weapon sites in the Pas de Calais area; 1 B-24 is lost and 96 damaged. Escort is provided by 72 P-47s and 40 P-51s without loss.
Mission 427: 5 of 5 B-17s drop leaflets in France during the night.
25 B-24s fly CARPETBAGGER missions in France.