| Mission 264, March 18 1944
On this date, the 8th AF was up in force with aircraft industrial and airfields as the briefed targets
1st BD had 290 B17's bombing Oberpfaffenhofen aircraft industrial area, and the Lechfield and Landsberg airfields.
Only eight loss's.
2nd BD had 221 B17's bombing Munich city, Oberpfaffenhofen aircraft industrial area, and the Lechfield airfield.
Only seven loss's.
3rd BD had 227 B24's bombing the Fredrichshafen/Lowenthal, Fredrichshafen/Manzell and Fredrichshafen/Zepplin aircraft industrial area's.
28 loss's were recorded. The 44th BG had eight MIA and the 392nd had 14 MIA (although two f them were due to a midair collision over France with no Luftwaffe activity).
Interesting enough, two B17's and 12 B24's (including six 44th BG and two 392nd BG B24's) sought sanctuary in Switzerland
Fighter groups present (includes double sorties for 3 P47 and 1 P51 groups):
113 P38 sorties, with 11 claims for 5 loss's
598 P47 sorties, with 2 claims for 2 loss's
214 P51 sorties, with 25 claims for 6 loss's
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