OPERATIONAL PERIOD 

Data                               A-20's          A-26's          Total         

A/C Dispatched                     6251            4614            10865 
A/C Attacking Target               4012 (64%)      3918 (85%)       7930 (73%) 
A/C Abortive                       2239 (36%)       696 (15%)       2935 (27%) 
Sorties                            5567 (89%)      4442 (96%)      10009 (92%) 
Total Tonnage over E/T             4353.25         6766.06         11119.31 
Total Operational Hours           17678:25        15801:25         33479:50 


A/C Losses 

Due to Flak over E/T               26              14              40 
Due to Battle Damage               21              19              40 
Total Combat Losses                47              33              80 


Personnel Losses 

MIA                                59              26              85 
KIA                                11              19              30 
Confirmed P/W's                    18              1               19 
Total Personnel Losses             88              46             124 

Missions                          158             127             285 


Type of Target 

Airdromes, Landing Fields          35  (.221)       7  (.055)      42  (.147) 
NOBALL                             23  (.145)       0              23  (.080) 
Window Missions                     3  (.019)       0               3  (.011) 
Marshalling Yards (RR)             23  (.145)      20  (.157)      43  (.151) 
Coastal Batteries, Gun Positions   14  (.089)       0              14  (.049) 
Headquarters (German Staff)         3  (.019)       0              3   (.011) 
RR Bridges, Lines and Junctions    26  (.164)      23  (.181)      49  (.171) 
Fuel Dumps                          5  (.031)       3  (.023)       8  (.028) 
Highways and Highway Junctions      3  (.019)       0               3  (.011) 
Ammo and Ord. Dumps                 1  (.006)      21  (.165)      22  (.077) 
Radar Stations                      2  (.012)       0               2  (.007) 
Defended Areas (Fortified villages  0  (.000)      44  (.346)      44  (.154) 
                and towns) 
**Miscellaneous Targets            20  (.135)       9  (.073)      29  (.103) 
                                  ________________________________________________ 
                                  158    100%     127    100%     285    100% 

**NOTE: Miscellaneous Targets were Strafing Missions, Troops concentrations, 
        General Storage Areas, Transport Centers (Motor), Communications Centers, 
        Barracks Area. 

During the Operational Period of this Group (3 March 1944- 3 May 1945), 60,349 
manhours of training were given by the Intelligence Section. Subjects were as 
follows: 
       Map and Target Study (Combat Crews) 
       Weekly War Summaries (All Personnel) 
       GLO Lectures (Preceding each Briefing and also to other unit personnel) 
       A/C Recognition (Combat Crews) 
       P/W & E/E Lectures (Combat Crews) 
       Security (All Personnel) 

Each individual of this Group received an average of 50 hours of training from 
the Intelligence Section. (On the basis that during our operational period per-
sonnel strength averaged 1200). 

Additional: 442 Briefed Missions (442 pre-Briefings and 442 Briefings) of 60 
            minutes each average.  Each Individual returned crew member from 
            each of the 10009 operational sorties of this unit, received an indivi-
            dual interrogation (approx. 25,000 interrogations).