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WEDNESDAY, 23 AUGUST 1944
EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)
STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): 142 of 163 P-47s bomb and
strafe
rail transportation from Saint-Omer to Reims, France; 2 P-47s are
damaged.
Mission 567: 6 of 6 B-17s drop leaflets in France and Belgium during
the
night.
TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): In France, 4 B-26s drop
leaflets in
the Lisieux-Bernay area; fighters fly ground forces cover, sweeps,
armed
reconnaissance over the battle areas and along the Seine River, and
attack
artillery positions; 150+ C-47s fly supply and evacuation missions
and
several hundred reconnaissance aircraft fly tactical, visual,
photographic,
and artillery adjustment reconnaissance missions; HQ 98th Combat
Bombardment
Wing (Medium) arrives at Lessay from Beaulieu, England; HQ 36th
Fighter Group
moves from Brucheville to Le Mans; HQ 363d Fighter Group and the
381st and
382d Fighter Squadrons move from Maupertus to Azeville with P-51s
(the 363d
will be redesignated the 363d Tactical Reconnaissance Group and the
381st and
382d Fighter Squadrons to 161st and 162d Tactical Reconnaissance
Squadrons on
25 Aug); HQ 368th Fighter Group moves from Cardonville to Chartres;
the 125th
Liaison Squadron, Ninth Air Force (attached to Ninth Army), based at
Erlestokes, England begins operating from bases in France with L-5s;
the 153d
Liaison Squadron, IX Tactical Air Command (attached to First Army),
moves
from St Pois to Couterne with L-5s; and the 397th Fighter Squadron,
368th
Fighter Group, moves from Cardonville to Chartres with P-47s. The
98th Troop
Carrier Squadron, 440th Troop Carrier Group, ceases operating from
Ramsbury
with C-47s and returns to base at Exeter, England. The following
units that
have been operating from bases in Italy with C-47s since Jul return
to the
bases indicated:
- 76th and 78th Troop Carrier Squadrons, 435th Troop Carrier Group,
from
Tarquinia to Welford Park
- 79th, 80th and 81st Troop Carrier Squadrons, 436th Troop Carrier
Group,
from Voltone Airfield to Membury
- 83d, 84th, 85th and 86th Troop Carrier Squadrons, 437th Troop
Carrier
Group from Montala Airfield to Ramsbury
- 87th, 88th and 89th Troop Carrier Squadrons, 438th Troop Carrier
Group
from Canino Airfield to Greenham Common
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