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FRIDAY, 1 DECEMBER 1944
EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)
STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): Mission 733: 7 B-17s and 7
B-24s
drop leaflet in the Netherlands, France and Germany during the
night.
TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): In Germany, 134 B-26s and
A-20s
strike defended areas at Fraulautern, Ensdorf, and Saarlautern;
fighters fly
sweeps, armed reconnaissance, and bombing missions over W Germany
and support
US VII Corps elements at Inden and the Hurtgen Forest and the 8th
Infantry
Division of the V Corps at Tiefenbach Creek and Brandenberger
Forest. In
France, HQ 354th Fighter Group and the 355th Fighter Squadron move
from
Orconte to Meurthe-et-Moselle and Rosieres-en-Haye respectively with
P-47s
(the 355th is operating from St Dizier); the 15th Tactical
Reconnaissance
Squadron, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), moves from St
Dizier to
Giraumont with F-6s; the 72d Liaison Squadron, Ninth AF, moves from
Epinal to
Buhl with L-5s.
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