1
USUAL SQUADRON DUTIES. TOTAL OF 122 OFFICERS AND
415 ENLISTED MEN ASSIGNED TO UNIT AS OF THIS DATE.
2
TOTAL OF 51 OFFICERS AND 58 ENLISTED MEN IN 11
AIRCRAFT AIRBORNE ON MISSION TO MERSEBURG, GERMANY.
DEPARTED 0700 AND RETURNED 1545. TEN CASUALTIES.
ONE BOMBARDIER (LWA) 4 OFFICERS MIA AND 5 ENLISTED
MEN MIA. 10 AIRCRAFT RETURNED. LOSS OF THIS AIR-
CRAFT WAS FIRST LOSS OF PERSONNEL SUSTAINED BY THIS
UNIT IN 76 MISSIONS. UNIT HAD BEEN OPERATIONAL
SINCE MAY 7 WITHOUT LOSS OF PERSONNEL. ONE PLANE HAD
PREVIOUSLY BEEN LOST BUT WAS NOT BEING FLOWN AT THE
TIME BY PERSONNEL OF THIS SQUADRON.
3
USUAL SQUADRON DUTIES.
4
17 OFFICERS AND 20 ENLISTED MEN PARTICIPATED IN A
RAID ON NURNBERG, GERMANY. NO CASUALTIES. SIX PLANES
AIRBORNE ON MISSION.
5
44 OFFICERS, 59 ENLISTED MEN, 8 AIRCRAFT PARTICIPA-
TED IN MISSION TO KAISERSLAUTERN, GERMANY. NO CASUAL-
TIES AND ALL PLANES RETURNED.
6.
30 OFFICERS, 43 ENLISTED MEN, 6 PLANES PARTICIPATED
IN RAID ON NEUMUNSTER, GERMANY. NO CASUALTIES.
7-8
USUAL SQUADRON DUTIES. NO MISSION FOR SQUADRON. ALL
COMBAT PERSONNEL ENGAGED IN GROUND SCHOOL, OTHER
TRAINING ACTIVITIES.
9
33 OFFICERS, 48 ENLISTED MEN, 9 PLANES PARTICIPATED
IN RAID ON GUN EMPLACEMENTS TO SUPPORT GROUND TROOPS
BATTLING INTO GERMANY. NO CASUALTIES AMONG COMBAT
PERSONNEL.
10
33 OFFICERS, 49 ENLISTED MEN, 8 AIRCRAFT PARTICIPATED
IN RAID ON WIESBADEN, GERMANY. NO CASUALTIES.
11-15
USUAL SQUADRON DUTIES. TRAINING ACTIVITIES FOR ALL
COMBAT PERSONNEL. MANY PERSONNEL HAVING FINISHED THE
REQUIRED NUMBER OF MISSIONS, ARE BEING SENT BACK TO
THE ZONE OF INTERIOR.