Highlights of Day by Day Air Operations
18 August 1944

Harvest time had come to the Argentan-Trun pocket, with Allied aircraft enjoying one of their biggest days of the war. The lion's share of the spoils, however, went to RAF aircraft, since the concentration of enemy vehicles was in British-assigned territory. Although denied a chance at the jackpot, XIX TAC groups accounted for 17 tanks, 206 motor transport, 30 horse-drawn vehicles, 7 locomotives, and 218 railroad cars. Two troop concentrations, 1 motor transport park, 5 gun positions, and 3 marshalling yards were attacked. Combat sorties totaled 679; claims were 5-0-2 (air) and losses were 7.