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Planes destroyed on field

AFTER: Of 122 planes on the field, 43 were destroyed and eight damaged in addition to 48 wrecked from previous bombings. The NAAF destroyed 248 planes on the ground and damaged 93 from 15 August acquired... 42ND WING U.S. A-2 SECTION... BOMB FALL PLOT-PRATICA DI MARE-320 B.G. 18-9-43 COURSE: 340° 121 A/C PRESENT 48 A/C UNSERVICEABLE 5 A/C NOT PLOTTED 0 200 400 600 800 1000 SCALE = YARDS BOMB BURST AREA: % ACCURACY = 100 % DESTRUCTION = 48