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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.


P-51 declared lost on August 18, 1944 (current result of my works) :

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

serial number

 plane name

squadron

 code

 date lost

 reason

mission lost on

pilot 

44-13314

P-51D-5-NA

4 FG
334 FS

QP-X

Aug. 18, 1944

Fighters

Crash Location
near
Beauvais

Lt. Arthur C Cwiklinski
Evaded
MACR 7940

43-24841

P-51B-15-NA

4 FG
334 FS

QP-D

Aug. 18, 1944

Fighters

Crash Location
near
Beauvais

Lt. C.G. Howard
KIA
MACR 7943

42-103791

P-51C-10-NT

4 FG
334 FS

QP-N

Aug. 18, 1944

Fighters

Crash Location
near
Therdonne
2 kms
South East from
Beauvais

Lt. Dean E Lange
POW
MACR 7944

Source : 4th Fighter Group "The Eagles" 335th Fighter Squadron
Mail of Martin Kyburz

serial number

 plane name

squadron

 code

 date lost

 reason

mission lost on

pilot 

42-106555

P-51B-10-NA

4 FG
335 FS

WD-M

Aug. 18, 1944

Fighters

Crash Location
near
? La Ferté ?
Is it La Ferté-Frenet 40 kms far from Lisieux ?

Lt. Leo Dailey
KIA
MACR 8143

42-106855

P-51B-15-NA

4 FG
335 FS

WD-Z

Aug. 18, 1944

Fighters

Crash Location
near
? Ully St. Georges ?

Lt. Robert J Cooper
KIA
MACR 8141

43-24813

P-51B-15-NA

4 FG
335 FS

WD-N

Aug. 18, 1944

Fighters

Crash Location
near
? La Ferté ?
Is it La Ferté-Frenet 40 kms far from Lisieux ?

Lt. John T Conley
KIA
MACR 8144

44-13563

P-51D-5-NA
"Marj"

4 FG
335 FS

WD-R

Aug. 18, 1944

Fighters

Crash Location
near
? La Ferté ?
Is it La Ferté-Frenet 40 kms far from Lisieux ?

Lt. Donald E Smith
KIA
MACR 8146

44-13567

P-51D-5-NA

4 FG
335 FS

WD-O

Aug. 18, 1944

Fighters

Crash Location
near
? La Ferté ?
Is it La Ferté-Frenet 40 kms far from Lisieux ?

Lt. Bernard J Rosenson
KIA
MACR 8145

Source : 4th Fighter Group "The Eagles" 336th Fighter Squadron

serial number

 plane name

squadron

 code

 date lost

 reason

mission lost on

pilot 

42-106797

P-51B-15-NA

4 FG
336 FS

VF-G

Aug. 18, 1944

Fighters

Crash Location
near
Lannoy
20 kms
North / North West from
Beauvais

Capt. Otey M Glass Jr.
Evaded
MACR 8142

Source : 355th Fighter Group "The Steeple Morden Strafers" 358th Fighter Squadron
Mail of Martin Kyburz

serial number

 plane name

squadron

 code

 date lost

 reason

mission lost on

pilot 

42-106860

P-51B-15-NA "Princess"

355 FG
358 FS

YF-A
with bar

Aug. 18, 1944

flak

Crash Location
near
? St. Etienne ?
Is it St. Etienne -l'Allier 28 kms far from Lisieux ?

Lt. Cleveland J Brien Jr.
Evaded
MACR 8129

44-13625

P-51D-5-NA "Slugger"

355 FG
358 FS

YF-L

Aug. 18, 1944

lost in Channel

Lt.Col. Emil L Sluga
Returned

Source : 359th Fighter Group 369th Fighter Squadron

serial number

 plane name

squadron

 code

 date lost

 reason

mission lost on

pilot 

42-106916

P-51B-15-NA "Loretta"

359 FG
369 FS

IV-D

Aug. 18, 1944

flak

Crash Location
near
St. Dizier

Lt. Don S Melrose
? MIA or KIA ?
MACR 8124

43-12186

P-51B-1-NA

359 FG
369 FS

IV-R

Aug. 18, 1944

flak

Crash Location
near
Sompuis

Lt. Rene L Burtner Jr.
Evaded
MACR 8126


* - - - Special thanks to Martin Kyburz (Swiss Mustangs) for his help - - - *


Description of this victory by Heinz Knoke and different information :

Heinz Knoke Informations

Personal comments

 Source

 I flew for the f... page 165 / 166

 Date

August 18, 1944

Type of claimed plane

Mustang

Place of the interception

 Crash Location

"Over Lisieux"

Presumed mission
Luftwaffe

"With my forty aircraft I strafe the ennemy supply columns near Avrenges, in conjunction with the other squadrons which constitute the Wing.

? Avrenges = Avranche ?
?
Avrenges = Argentan ?

 Schedule

Vailly-sur-Aisne's take off

Weather report

Knoke's Unit

  JG1 1944 III./JG1

Description of the fight

"Over Lisieux I manage to shoot down a Mustang. Five minutes later a second Mustang goes down before my guns."

Detail 1

"The wing is ordered to move to Vailly, east of Soissons."

Vailly-sur-Aisne (east of Soissons)
Vailly sur Aisne


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