Allied air missions over central France : 18 January 1944

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There was an attack on 5 February 1944.
http://paul.rutgers.edu/~mcgrew/wwii...ml/Feb.44.html

" Mission 210: Airfields in France are targetted. 103 B-17s are dispatched
to Chateauroux/Martinerie and Avord Airfields with 50 hitting each target;
121 B-17s are dispatched to Chateaudun (61 bomb) and Orleans/Bricy (60 bomb)
Airfields; 182 B-17s are dispatched to Romilly-sur-Seine air depot but 133
hit Villacoublay; 103 B-24s are dispatched to Meslay Airfield (90 bomb) and
8 hit Chateaudun; they claim 5-0-5 Luftwaffe aircraft; 2 B-24s are lost, 3
B-17s and 1 B-24 are damaged beyond repair and 39 B-17s and 31 B-24s are
damaged; casualties are 1 KIA, 15 WIA and 22 MIA. Escort is provided by 92
P-38s, 496 Eighth and Ninth Air Force P-47s and 46 Ninth Air Force P-51s;
they claim 6-0-4 Luftwaffe aircraft; 2 P-47s are lost, 1 P-38 and 1 P-47 are
damaged beyond repair and 1 P-38 and 1 P-47 are damaged; casualties are 2
MIA."