18 août 1944 31ème victoire

P-51 Mustang

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COMBAT CHRONOLOGY OF THE US ARMY AIR FORCES
FTP SITES
1. ftp.rutgers.edu in directory pub/wwii/usaf
2. byrd.mu.wvnet.edu (129.71.32.152) in pub/history/military/airforce/wwii_chronology

FRIDAY, 18 AUGUST 1944

EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)

STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force) :

Three missions are flown (numbers in parenthesis are numbers of bombers attacking) :

Mission 561 :

52 B-24s are dispatched to hit Roye/Amy Airfield, France (42) and 10 hit targets of opportunity; 2 B-24s are lost, 1 damaged beyond repair and 37 damaged; 2 airmen are KIA, 1 WIA and 21 MIA.
Escort is provided by 96 of 99 P-51s without loss.

Mission 562 :

720 bombers and 242 fighters are dispatched against bridges, airfields, fueld dumps and an aircraft engine factory in France and Belgium; 2 bombers and 1 fighter are lost:

1. 269 B-17s are dispatched against bridges at Namur (37), Liege/Benoit (36), Huy (35), Yvoir (35), Liege/Seraing (26), Vise (25) and Maastricht (24); 13 hit Tongres marshalling yard, 12 hit Eindhoven Airfield and 12 hit targets of opportunity; 57 B-17s are damaged and 5 airmen are WIA.
Escort is proivded by 99 of 153 P-38 and P-51s; they claim 46-0-15 Luftwaffe aircraft on the ground; 1 P-38 is lost (pilot is MIA), 1 P-51 is damaged beyond repair and 1 P-38 is damaged.

2. 256 B-24s are dispatched to hit airfields at Metz (78) and Nancy/Essey (70) and Woippy (60) and Laneureville (35); 1 B-24 is damaged beyond repair; 4 airmen are KIA and 2 WIA.
Escort is provided by 38 of 43 P-51s; 1 P-51 is lost (pilot is MIA).

3. 195 B-17s are dispatched to hit St Dizier Airfield (116), Pacy-sur-Armancon (39) and Bourran (38); 1 other hits a target of opportunity; 7 B-17s are damaged.
Escort is provided by 93 of 96 P-51s; they claim 2-0-3 aircraft on the ground; 2 P-51s are lost (pilots are MIA).

Mission 564 :

7 of 7 B-17s drop leaflets in France during the night.

TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force) :

In France, nearly 100 B-26s and A-20s strike a fuel dump, ammunition dump, rail and road overpass, rail
embankment, and junction beyond the battleline to disorganize retreating German forces; 1,000+ fighters fly cover over ground forces in the Argentan-Paris area, along the Seine River, and armed reconnaissance over N and W France ;
the 31st Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), moves from Chalgrove, England to Rennes with F-5s ;
the 425th Night Fighter Squadron, IX Air Defense Command, moves from Stoneman Park, England to Vannes with P-61s.

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P-51 déclarés perdus le 18 août 1944 (résultat actuel de mes travaux) :

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Source : 4th Fighter Group "The Eagles" 334th Fighter Squadron

N° série	Type	Squadron	Code	Date	Raison	Mission	Pilote
44-13314	P-51D-5-NA	4 FG 334 FS	QP-X	18 août 1944	Chasseurs	Point de Chute près de Beauvais	Lt. Arthur C Cwiklinski Evasion MACR 7940
43-24841	P-51B-15-NA	4 FG 334 FS	QP-D	18 août 1944	Chasseurs	Point de Chute près de Beauvais	Lt. C.G. Howard KIA MACR 7943
42-103791	P-51C-10-NT	4 FG 334 FS	QP-N	18 août 1944	Chasseurs	Point de Chute près de Therdonne 2 kms Sud Est de Beauvais	Lt. Dean E Lange POW MACR 7944

Source : 359th Fighter Group 369th Fighter Squadron

N° série	Type	Squadron	Code	Date	Raison	Mission	Pilote
42-106916	P-51B-15-NA "Loretta"	359 FG 369 FS	IV-D	18 août 1944	Flak	Point de Chute près de St. Dizier	Lt. Don S Melrose ? MIA ou KIA ? MACR 8124
43-12186	P-51B-1-NA	359 FG 369 FS	IV-R	18 août 1944	Flak	Point de Chute près de Sompuis	Lt. Rene L Burtner Jr. Evasion MACR 8126

- - - Un grand merci à Martin Kyburz (Swiss Mustangs) pour son aide - - -

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Description de cette victoire par Heinz Knoke et renseignements divers :

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	Informations Heinz Knoke	Commentaires personnels
Source	I flew for the f... page 165 /166
Date	18 août 1944
Type d'avion revendiqué	Mustang
Lieu de l'interception	"Au dessus de Lisieux"
Point de chute
Mission présumée de la Luftwaffe	"Avec mes 40 avions je mitraille les colonnes de ravitaillement ennemies près d'Avrenges, en coordination avec les autres escadrilles qui constituent la JG1."	? Avrenges = Avranche ? ? Avrenges = Argentan ?
Horaire		Décollage de Vailly-sur-Aisne
Météo
Unité de Knoke	III./JG1
Description du combat	"Au dessus de Lisieux je réussi à descendre un Mustang. Cinq minutes plus tard un second Mustang tombe devant mes canons."
Détail 1	"La JG1 reçoit l'ordre de se transtérer à Vailly, à l'est de Soissons."	Vailly-sur-Aisne (à l'est de Soissons)

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