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6 August 1944
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UPL 19801
B-17 Mother ship [L] follows within transmission range of Aphrodite drone B-17 flying bomb [R].
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Mission Details
WATTEN
Description: Target: V-2 missile site Watten, France.
Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Notes: APHRODITE mission.
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 45
- People returned to duty: 6
- Aircraft sent: 3
- Aircraft missing in action: 3
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Sources
Lee Cunningham, 8th Air Force missions research database / Stan Bishop's 'Losses of the US 8th and 9th Air Forces', the Combat Chronology of the US Army Air Forces and the work of Roger Freeman including the 'Mighty Eighth War Diary'.