According to a report from the "Air War Europe Chronology" by Eric Hammel, 283 B-17 "Flying Fortress" bombers of the 3rd Division attacked the aircraft factories in Bremen on that day. At the same time, 267 B-24 "Liberator" bombers of the 2nd Division attacked the marshalling yard in Osnabrück. Five of the 483 VIII Fighter Escorts and three heavy bombers were lost.

12:15 p.m., Me 109-G14, 12th Squadron, JG. 26, factory number 461538, pilot Obfnr. Hans.Theodor Bühring, crash in the Bremervörde area, buried in Stade12:20 p.m., Me 109-G14, 9th Squadron, JG. 26, factory number 461979, pilot Obgefr. Horst Grimm, crash location Hippstedt, buried in Stade12:30 p.m., Me 109, 9th Squadron, JG. 26, factory number 781300, pilot Lt. Heinz Schild, crash location Bremervörde FW. 190 A-8, JG. 26, factory number 171642, pilot Lt. Edmund Fischer, crash location probably Bremervörde area, pilot missing. FW. 190 A-8, JG. 26, serial number 171580, pilot Fhr. Martin Hennemann, crash site probably Bremervörde area, pilot missing.

After the war, the Allies carried out extensive searches for their own missing and fallen soldiers. In addition to the Wesermünde section, Cuxhaven was also searched. Many dead aircraft crews and washed-up war victims were buried here in the Brockeswalde and Berensch cemeteries. The Allied victims were then mainly reburied in the military cemetery in Becklingen near Soltau.