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THURSDAY, 10 AUGUST 1944
EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)
STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): 45 P-51s in Italy during an
Operation FRANTIC mission are dispatched with Fifteenth Air Force
aircraft to
escort a troop carrier evacuation mission.
Mission 537: 175 B-24 and 249 fighters are dispatched against fuel
dumps
and bridges SE of Paris; 38 hit Clamecy Bridge, 31 hit Joigny, 31
hit Pacy-
sur-Armencon, 26 hit Sens, 23 hit St Florentin and 13 hit targets of
opportunity; 1 B-24 is lost, 1 damaged beyond repair and 19 damaged;
1
airman is WIA and 1 MIA. Escort is provided by 238 of 249 P-51s;
they claim
8-0-0 aircraft; 3 P-51s are lost.
Mission 538: 138 fighters are dispatched to hit rail targets in C
and E
France; 5 fighters are lost.
Mission 539: 1 of 1 B-17s drops leaflets on Brest, France.
Mission 540: 4 of 4 B-17s drop leaflets in France and Norway during
the
night.
583 fighters are dispatched to hit rail targets in France; they
claim
19-0-8 Luftwaffe aircraft; 2 P-38s and 4 P-51s are lost.
In England, the 788th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), 467th
Bombardment Group
(Heavy), moves from Harrington to Rackheath with B-24s; and the
856th,
857th, 858th and 859th Bombardment Squadrons (Heavy), 492d
Bombardment
Group (Heavy) move from North Pickenham to Harrington with B-24s
(the
squadrons fly CARPETBAGGER missions until Apr 45).
TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): In France, almost 200 B-26s
and
A-20s bomb rail bridges and embankments in wide areas around Paris;
fighters
escort bombers, support ground forces, give defensive cover, and fly
armed
reconnaissance in battle areas and around Amiens, Paris, Cambrai,
Meaux,
Dijon, and Troyes; HQ 362d Fighter Group and 379th Fighter Squadron
move from
Lignerolles to Rennes with P-47s; and the 15th Tactical
Reconnaissance
Squadron and 155th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron, 10th
Photographic
Group (Reconnaissance), move from Chalgrove, England to Rennes with
F-6s and
A-20s, respectively.
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