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TUESDAY, 15 JUNE 1943
EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force)
Additional modifications of YB-40 escort bombers are completed in
the
United Kingdom. It is now hoped that these B-17's converted to
heavily
armored aircraft with great firepower will solve the problem of
long-range
escort for bombers
HQ 94th Bombardment Group (Heavy) transfers from Earls Colne,
England to
Bury St Edmunds, England.
HQ 95th Bombardment Group (Heavy) and it's 334th, 335th, 336th and
412th
Bombardment Squadrons (Heavy) transfer with B-17's from Framlingham,
England to Horham, England.
The 329th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), 93d Bombardment Group
(Heavy)
transfers with B-24's from Bungay, England to Hardwick, England.
The 565th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), 389th Bombardment Group
(Heavy)
arrives at Hethel, England from the US with B-24's.
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