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WEDNESDAY, 25 AUGUST 1943
EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS
STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): US heavy bombers are
assigned i
role of bombing important Luftwaffe targets in Operation STARKEY,
designed
to contain enemy forces in the west to prevent their transfer to
Eastern
Front, and to serve as a dress rehearsal in the Pas de Calais,
France area
for the invasion of W Europe. The Allies hope to provoke the
Luftwaffe into
a prolonged air battle.
VIII Air Support Command Missions 34A and 34B: Two locations in
France are
targetted:
1. 21 B-26's are dispatched to the power station at Rouen; all hit
the
target at 1832 hours; 2 aircraft are damaged.
2. 36 B-26's are dispatched to Tricqueville Airfield; 31 hit the
target
at 1834 hours; they claim 1-8-5 Luftwaffe aircraft; 2 B-26's are
damaged.
HQ 45th Bombardment Wing (Heavy) arrives at Brampton Grange, England
from
the US; it will remain at this station until Sep 43.
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