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SUNDAY, 20 AUGUST 1944
EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)
TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): In France, 61 B-26s bomb
troop and
equipment concentrations waiting at Foret de la Lande to be ferried
across the
Seine River; fighters fly armed reconnaissance along the Seine
River, support
ground troops in the battle area, and fly an escort mission to 100+
C-47s on
a supply and evacuation run; HQ 71st Fighter Wing moves from
Ecrammeville to
Rennes; the 14th Liaison Squadron, XIX Tactical Air Command
(attached to
Third Army), moves from La Bozoge to Dampierre with L-5s; the 410th,
411th
and 412th Fighter Squadrons, 373d Fighter Group, moves from Tour-en-Bassin
to
St-James with P-47s; and the 584th and 585th Bombardment Squadrons
(Medium),
394th Bombardment Group (Medium), move from Holmsley, England to
Tour-en-
Bassin with B-26s.
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