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29 August 1944Mission Details
Description: TRANSPORTATION TARGET
Notes: 104 of 202 P-38s and P-47s attack transportation targets in France, Belgium and Germany. Targets hit include; 2 airfields, 3 marshalling yards, rail lines ant several points, and a large number of rail and road vehicles. Bad weather precludes any heavy bomber operations. All claims are on the ground.
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 53.3 T
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ContributorAAM
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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'.