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TUESDAY, 4 APRIL 1944
EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)
STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): Units arriving in England
from the
US: HQ 339th Fighter Group at Fowlmere; and 836th, 837th, 838th and
839th
Bombardment Squadrons (Heavy), 487th Bombardment Group, at Lavenham
with
B-24s (first mission is 7 May).
TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): Units arriving in England
from the
US: HQ 373d Fighter Group and 410th Fighter Squadron at Woodchurch
with P-47s
(first mission is 8 May); HQ 404th Fighter-Bomber Group at Winkton;
HQ 406th
Fighter-Bomber Group at Ashford; HQ 410th Bombardment Group (Light)
and
644th, 645th, 646th and 647th Bombardment Squadrons (Light) at Birch
with
A-20s (first mission is 4 May); and 393d and 394th Fighter
Squadrons, 367th
Fighter Group, at Stony Cross with P-38s (first mission is 9 May).
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