Mission 29 - 445BG

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Mission 29

Mission Summaries > February 1944
FRIDAY, 25 FEBRUARY 1944
EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)
STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force):

Mission 235:
In the final "Big Week" mission, 4 targets in Germany are hit; 31 bombers and 3 fighters are lost.

268 B-17s are dispatched to aviation industry targets at Augsburg and the industrial area at Stuttgart; 196 hit Augsburg and targets of opportunity and 50 hit Stuttgart; they claim 8-4-4 Luftwaffe aircraft; 13 B-17s are lost and 172 damaged; casualties are 12 WIA and 130 MIA.

267 of 290 B-17s hit aviation industry targets at Regensburg and targets of opportunity; they claim 13-1-7 Luftwaffe aircraft; 12 B-17s are lost, 1 damaged beyond repair and 82 damaged; casualties are 4 KIA, 12 WIA and 110 MIA.

172 of 196 B-24s hit aviation industry targets at Fürth and targets of opportunity; they claim 2-2-2 Luftwaffe aircraft; 6 B-24s are lost, 2 damaged beyond repair and 44 damaged; casualties are 2 WIA and 61 MIA.

Escort is provided by 73 P-38s, 687 Eighth and Ninth Air Force P-47s and 139 Eighth and Ninth Air Force P-51s; the P-38s claim 1-2-0 Luftwaffe aircraft, 1 P-38 is damaged beyond repair; the P-47s claim 13-2-10 Luftwaffe aircraft, 1 P-47 is lost and 6 damaged, 1 pilot is MIA; the P-51s claim 12-0-3 Luftwaffe aircraft, 2 P-51s are lost and 1 damaged beyond repair, 2 pilots are MIA.

Mission 236:
5 of 5 B-17s drop 250 bundles of leaflets on Grenoble, Toulouse, Chartres, Caen and Raismes, France at 2129-2335 hours without loss.
Target: Fürth, Germany - Bachmann Von Blumenthal & Company (Flugzeugbau)
8th Air Force F.O. No:
235
Aircraft Taking Off:
17
Aircraft Dispatched:
17
Aircraft Aborts:
5
Aircraft Over Primary:
12
Aircraft Over Secondary:
0
Aircraft Over Last Resort:
0
Aircraft Bomb Load:
40 x 120 lb. M1 Fragmentation Cluster bombs
Group Bomb Load:
480 x 120 lb. M1 Fragmentation Cluster bombs
Results:
Excellent
Tactical Mission Report:
Mission Data:
Date:  
25 Feb 44
Primary Target:  Fürth, Germany - Bachmann Von Blumenthal & Company Flugzeugbau (Aircraft Construction Factory)
Secondary Target:   Nurnberg city center
Last Resort Target:   Any positively identified German military or industrial target
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