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MONDAY, 17 APRIL 1944
EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)
STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): Mission 304: 14 of 15 B-24s
bomb
the V-weapon site at Wizernes, France without loss; escort is
provided by 33
P-47s.
Mission 305: 5 of 5 B-17s drop 1.48 million leaflets on Rennes,
Brest,
Nantes, Lorient and St Nazaire, France at 2248-2258 hours without
loss.
HQ 493d Bombardment Group (Heavy) and 860th, 861st, 862d and 863d
Bombardment Squadrons (Heavy) move from Elveden Hall to Debach,
England with
B-24s; first mission is 6 Jun.
TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): Unit moves in England: HQ
70th
Fighter Wing from Boxted to Ibsley; and HQ 354th Fighter Group and
353d and
356th Fighter Squadrons from Boxted to Lashenden with P-51s.
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